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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Karu lal Antela
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- LGD code
- 470404
- Pincode
- 457118
- Post office
- Tal
- Population
- 1,286
- Households
- 301
- Literacy rate
- 53%
- Sex ratio
- 1048 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 792
- Distance to district centre
- 39 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 13 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 215 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 564 km
- Nearest railway station
- Vikramgarh Alot · 16 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Civil hospital tal · 10 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Barkheda Khurd compares
By population, Barkheda Khurd ranks #29 of 87 villages in Tal mandal.
Literacy rate
%
53.0%
+0.8% vs mandal average
- Barkheda Khurd
- 53.0%
- Tal mandal
- 52.2%
- Ratlam district
- 56.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,048
+93 vs mandal average
- Barkheda Khurd
- 1,048
- Tal mandal
- 955
Household size
people per home
4.3
−0.5 vs mandal average
- Barkheda Khurd
- 4.3
- Tal mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Barkheda Khurd at a glance
Barkheda Khurd is a village of 1,286 people in 301 households (Census 2011) in Tal tehsil, Ratlam district, Madhya Pradesh, the 29th-largest of 87 villages in Tal tehsil. Literacy is 53%, about the same as the tehsil average of 52% and the sex ratio is 1,048 women per 1,000 men. It lies 39 km from the Ratlam district centre, 47 km from Dag, the nearest town, 16 km from Vikramgarh Alot railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 457118, served by Tal post office; the LGD village code is 470404. The nearest hospital or health centre is Civil hospital tal, 10 km away. The sarpanch is Karu lal Antela, and the village votes in Alot assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dr. Chintamani Malviya. The population is estimated at 1,516 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barkheda Khurd · this village | 1,286 | 53% | — |
| Barkheda Khurd · Badarwas | 1,232 | 40% | 0 km N |
| Barkheda Khurd · Berasia | 609 | 41% | 0 km N |
| Pipal Khedi · Berasia | 11 | 27% | 1.8 km NE |
| Pipal Khedi · Khilchipur | 316 | 47% | 1.8 km NE |
| Pipal Khedi · Bamori | 89 | 25% | 1.8 km NE |
| Pipal Khedi · Raghogarh | 375 | 37% | 1.8 km NE |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Barkheda Khurd
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 9
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- TAL
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 14
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 85
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 14
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 751.11
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 122.75
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Barkheda Khurd
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Barkheda Khurd
- LGD code
- 470404
- Pincode
- 457118
- Post office
- Tal
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,286
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,516
- Households
- 301
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1048
- Literacy rate
- 53.0%
- Coordinates
- 23.81189°N, 75.39038°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Ujjain
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Alot
- Member of Parliament
- Anil Firojiya
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dr. Chintamani Malviya
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Karu lal Antela
- Block / Mandal
- Tal
Getting there
How to reach Barkheda Khurd
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal215 kmcapital
- Delhi564 km
- Mumbai587 km
- Hyderabad784 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationVikramgarh Alot16 km
- Hospital / PHCCivil hospital tal10 km
- CollegePrincipal's Bungalow35 km
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- Jamuniya Shankar
- Ankya Kalan
- Negroon
- Semliya
- Kasari Chouhan
- Minawada
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- Barsi
- Lasudiya Khedi
- Kasari Harod
- Asawata
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- Kolu Khedi
- Sanga Kheda
- Kelukheda
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- Kheta Khedi
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- Bhensola
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-17
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)