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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Barah is a village in Jawa mandal, Rewa district, Madhya Pradesh. The village has a population of 1,177 across 282 households with a literacy rate of 63.6%. It is located at coordinates 24.859°N, 81.169°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Rama Devi
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- LGD code
- 465417
- Pincode
- 486447
- Post office
- Patehara
- Population
- 1,177
- Households
- 282
- Literacy rate
- 63.6%
- Sex ratio
- 958 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 428
- Distance to district centre
- 44 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 3 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 421 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 573 km
- Nearest railway station
- Manikpur Junction · 24 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government hospital Rimari · 15 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Barah compares
By population, Barah ranks #58 of 264 villages in Jawa mandal.
Literacy rate
%
63.6%
+5.6% vs mandal average
- Barah
- 63.6%
- Jawa mandal
- 58.0%
- Rewa district
- 61.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
958
+37 vs mandal average
- Barah
- 958
- Jawa mandal
- 921
Household size
people per home
4.2
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Barah
- 4.2
- Jawa mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Barah at a glance
Barah is a village of 1,177 people in 282 households (Census 2011) in Jawa tehsil, Rewa district, Madhya Pradesh, the 58th-largest of 264 villages in Jawa tehsil. Literacy is 64%, 6 points above the tehsil average of 58% and the sex ratio is 958 women per 1,000 men. It lies 44 km from the Rewa district centre, 35 km from Gahira, the nearest town, 24 km from Manikpur Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 486447, served by Patehara post office; the LGD village code is 465417. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government hospital Rimari, 15 km away. The sarpanch is Rama Devi, and the village votes in Semariya assembly constituency, represented by MLA Abhay Mishra. The population is estimated at 1,388 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Barah
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 9
- Power hours (winter)
- 9
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 0
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- SIRMOUR
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 100
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 11
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 188.02
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 96.55
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Barah
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Barah
- LGD code
- 465417
- Pincode
- 486447
- Post office
- Patehara
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,177
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,388
- Households
- 282
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 958
- Literacy rate
- 63.6%
- Coordinates
- 24.85926°N, 81.16916°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Rewa
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Semariya
- Member of Parliament
- Janardan Mishra
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Abhay Mishra
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Rama Devi
- Block / Mandal
- Jawa
- Nearest railway station
- Manikpur Junction (23.8 km)
Getting there
How to reach Barah
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal421 kmcapital
- Delhi573 km
- Kolkata775 km
- Hyderabad876 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationManikpur Junction24 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment hospital Rimari15 km
- ATM / bankIDBI Bank36 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil35 km
- CollegeJRD STATE UNIVERSITY, CHITRAKOOT48 km
- Police stationPolice station47 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-15
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)