Barai observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
By population, Barai ranks #21 of 142 villages in Multai mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Barai is a village of 1,619 people in 311 households (Census 2011) in Multai tehsil, Betul district, Madhya Pradesh, the 21st-largest of 142 villages in Multai tehsil. Literacy is 68%, 2 points above the tehsil average of 67% and the sex ratio is 999 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 460661, served by Multai post office; the LGD village code is 486305. The sarpanch is YUVARAJ KHAWASE. The population is estimated at 783 in 2026, down 52% 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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