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By population, Barga ranks #23 of 179 villages in Niwas mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Barga is a village of 1,063 people in 232 households (Census 2011) in Niwas tehsil, Mandla district, Madhya Pradesh, the 23rd-largest of 179 villages in Niwas tehsil. Literacy is 42%, 10 points below the tehsil average of 52% and the sex ratio is 1,029 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 481666, served by Beejadandi post office; the LGD village code is 492474. The sarpanch is Giranwati, and the village votes in Jabalpur Paschim assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rakesh Singh. The population is estimated at 1,253 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barga · this village | 1,063 | 42% | — |
| Katangi (Chaurai) · Niwas | 802 | 64% | — |
| Bataiganj · Niwas | 83 | 54% | — |
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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