Bharda observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
Temples near Bharda
Named places of worship on record
By population, Bharda ranks #121 of 144 villages in Baihar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bharda is a village of 227 people in 50 households (Census 2011) in Baihar tehsil, Balaghat district, Madhya Pradesh, the 121st-largest of 144 villages in Baihar tehsil. Literacy is 52%, 4 points below the tehsil average of 56% and the sex ratio is 1,121 women per 1,000 men. It lies 74 km from the Balaghat district centre, 4 km from Mandla Fort railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 481111, served by Baihar post office; the LGD village code is 497971. The nearest hospital or health centre is Palak pathology center, 5 km away. The sarpanch is SHAKUNTALA MARKAM, and the village votes in Mandla assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sampatiya Uikey. The population is estimated at 268 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bamhani →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bharda · this village | 227 | 52% | — |
| Dhaurgaon · Mandla | 1,362 | 65% | 1.4 km S |
| Newargaon · Baihar | 815 | 64% | 2 km N |
| Semarkhapa · Mandla | 536 | 72% | 2.3 km NE |
| Semarkhapa · Mandla | 1,437 | 69% | 2.3 km NE |
| Limarua · Mandla | 2,466 | 69% | 2.9 km SW |
| Dudwa · Baihar | 806 | 44% | 3.5 km N |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
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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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