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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SONAM DESHMUKH
Contact: 94****8483
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- LGD code
- 496484
- Pincode
- 480996
- Post office
- Ugli
- Population
- 695
- Households
- 180
- Literacy rate
- 66.2%
- Sex ratio
- 1138 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 379
- Distance to district centre
- 38 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 15 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 256 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 572 km
- Nearest railway station
- Palari · 14 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital Keolari · 18 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Barbaspur compares
By population, Barbaspur ranks #92 of 184 villages in Keolari mandal.
Literacy rate
%
66.2%
+2.9% vs mandal average
- Barbaspur
- 66.2%
- Keolari mandal
- 63.3%
- Seoni district
- 62.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,138
+142 vs mandal average
- Barbaspur
- 1,138
- Keolari mandal
- 996
Household size
people per home
3.9
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Barbaspur
- 3.9
- Keolari mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Barbaspur at a glance
Barbaspur is a village of 695 people in 180 households (Census 2011) in Keolari tehsil, Seoni district, Madhya Pradesh, the 92nd-largest of 184 villages in Keolari tehsil. Literacy is 66%, 3 points above the tehsil average of 63% and the sex ratio is 1,138 women per 1,000 men. It lies 38 km from the Seoni district centre, 14 km from Palari railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 480996, served by Ugli post office; the LGD village code is 496484. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital Keolari, 18 km away. The sarpanch is SONAM DESHMUKH. The population is estimated at 819 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Barbaspur
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 9
- Power hours (winter)
- 9
- Primary school
- 1
- 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
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BARGHAT
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 67
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 37
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 236.05
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Barbaspur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Barbaspur
- LGD code
- 496484
- Pincode
- 480996
- Post office
- Ugli
- Population (Census 2011)
- 695
- Population (projected 2026)
- 819
- Households
- 180
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1138
- Literacy rate
- 66.2%
- Coordinates
- 22.39953°N, 79.72855°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mandla
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Lakhnadon
- Member of Parliament
- Faggan Singh Kulaste
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SONAM DESHMUKH
- Block / Mandal
- Keolari
Getting there
How to reach Barbaspur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal256 kmcapital
- Hyderabad572 km
- Delhi736 km
- Mumbai802 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationPalari14 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital Keolari18 km
- ATM / bankCentral Bank of India39 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil26 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, 2026-09-24
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)