Barka is a village in Bhander mandal, Datia district, Madhya Pradesh. The village has a population of 1,860 in 339 households with a literacy rate of 61.8%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Laxmi devi
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LGD code
454863
Pincode
475336
Post office
Salon B.
Population
1,860
Households
339
Literacy rate
61.8%
Sex ratio
834 ♀/1000♂
Workers
1,127
Distance to district centre
32 km
Distance to mandal centre
19 km
Distance to Bhopal
322 km
Distance to Delhi
338 km
Nearest railway station
Moth · 28 km
Nearest hospital / PHC
Renu Sharma Hospital · 13 km
జనగణన 2011 · పోలిక
Barka ఇతరులతో పోలిస్తే
By population, Barka ranks #16 of 154 villages in Bhander mandal.
Literacy rate
%
61.8%
−4.2% vs mandal average
Barka
61.8%
Bhander mandal
66.0%
Datia district
62.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
834
−38 vs mandal average
Barka
834
Bhander mandal
872
Household size
people per home
5.5
+0.7 vs mandal average
Barka
5.5
Bhander mandal
4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
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Barka ఒక్క చూపులో
Barka Madhya Pradeshలోని Datia జిల్లా, Bhander తహసీల్లో 1,860 జనాభా 339 కుటుంబాలలో (జనగణన 2011) గల గ్రామం, Bhander తహసీల్లోని 154 గ్రామాలలో 16వ పెద్దది. అక్షరాస్యత 62%, తహసీల్ సగటు 66% కంటే 4 పాయింట్లు తక్కువ మరియు లింగ నిష్పత్తి ప్రతి 1,000 పురుషులకు 834 మహిళలు. ఇది Datia జిల్లా కేంద్రం నుండి 32 కి.మీ, సమీప పట్టణం Jauri నుండి 12 కి.మీ, Moth రైల్వే స్టేషన్ నుండి 28 కి.మీ ఉంది (సరళ రేఖ దూరాలు). పిన్కోడ్ 475336, Salon B. పోస్టాఫీసు పరిధిలో; LGD గ్రామ కోడ్ 454863. సమీప ఆసుపత్రి/ఆరోగ్య కేంద్రం Renu Sharma Hospital, 13 కి.మీ దూరంలో. సర్పంచ్ Laxmi devi; గ్రామం Bhander అసెంబ్లీ నియోజకవర్గంలో ఉంది, ఎమ్మెల్యే Phool Singh Baraiya. 2026లో జనాభా సుమారు 2,193, 2011 జనగణన కంటే 18% ఎక్కువ.
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, 2026-09-09
Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
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Demographics — Census 2011 + 2026 estimate + NFHS-5
Population, education, health & sanitation
India's last full census was 2011 · 2026 figures are RGI projections · NFHS-5 (2019-21) covers the Datia district level
Then & Now
Barka — Census 2011 to projected 2026
Population · 2011
1,860
Census 2011 baseline
+17.9%
Population · 2026
2,193
RGI / state CAGR projection
Households · 2011
339
Census 2011 baseline
+18.0%
Households · 2026
400
RGI / state CAGR projection
2011 = decadal Census of India. 2026 = forward-projection from state-level CAGR — working estimate, refines when the next Census publishes.
Census 2011
Canonical baseline · last full census · village-level
Population
1,860Census 2011
Households
339Census 2011
Literacy rate
61.8%Census 2011
Sex ratio
834 ♀/1000♂Census 2011
2026 estimate
Projected from 2011 + state CAGR · live ECI electorate
Est. population
2,1932026 proj. · +17.9% vs 2011
Est. households
4002026 projection
Active job cards
43,886MGNREGA · district · Feb 2024-2025
HHs worked (FY)
19,857MGNREGA · district · Feb 2024-2025
State electorate
5,64,02,812ECI Lok Sabha 2024 final roll
NFHS-5 (2019-21)
National Family Health Survey · district overlay
Sex ratio @ birth
658NFHS-5 district
Female literacy
71.2%NFHS-5 district
Electricity
99.8%NFHS-5 district
Improved sanitation
66.8%NFHS-5 district
Children vaccinated
—NFHS-5 district
Anaemia (women)
58.6%NFHS-5 district
Post-2011 updates
Central-government dashboards · sourced from data.gov.in · refreshed when the ministry publishes
Tap water at homedistrict level
59.1%Jal Jeevan Mission · Dec 2023 · Datia district
Rural houses builtdistrict level
37,15,287PMAY-G · 37,15,287 of 49,89,236 sanctioned · Mar 2025 · Datia district
Toilets builtdistrict level
5,79,642Swachh Bharat Mission - Gramin · Dec 2023 · Datia district
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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