Barela observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
By population, Barela ranks #3 of 229 villages in Ghansaur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Barela is a village of 1,818 people in 433 households (Census 2011) in Ghansaur tehsil, Seoni district, Madhya Pradesh, the 3rd-largest of 229 villages in Ghansaur tehsil. Literacy is 61%, 4 points above the tehsil average of 57% and the sex ratio is 987 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 480997, served by Ghansore post office; the LGD village code is 496125. The sarpanch is jhuniya bai baiga, and the village votes in Bargi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Neeraj Singh Lodhi. The population is estimated at 2,143 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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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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