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%.
By population, Barka ranks #16 of 154 villages in Bhander mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Barka is a village of 1,860 people in 339 households (Census 2011) in Bhander tehsil, Datia district, Madhya Pradesh, the 16th-largest of 154 villages in Bhander tehsil. Literacy is 62%, 4 points below the tehsil average, and the sex ratio is 834 women per 1,000 men. It lies 32 km from the Datia district centre, 12 km from Jauri, the nearest town, 28 km from Moth railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 475336, served by Salon B. post office; the LGD village code is 454863. The nearest hospital or health centre is Renu Sharma Hospital, 13 km away. The sarpanch is Laxmi devi, and the village votes in Bhander assembly constituency, represented by Phool Singh Baraiya.
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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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