Barela observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
Barela is a village in Pichhore mandal, Shivpuri district, Madhya Pradesh, with a population of 779 in 181 households. Its literacy rate is 48.4%.
By population, Barela ranks #117 of 185 villages in Pichhore mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Barela is a village of 779 people in 181 households (Census 2011) in Pichhore tehsil, Shivpuri district, Madhya Pradesh, the 117th-largest of 185 villages in Pichhore tehsil. Literacy is 48%, about the same as the tehsil average of 48% and the sex ratio is 850 women per 1,000 men. It lies 20 km from the Shivpuri district centre, 16 km from Sirsod, the nearest town, 40 km from Shivpuri railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 473995, served by Pichhore post office; the LGD village code is 456136. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dr Ashok Hospital, 26 km away. The sarpanch is MAKHANIYA ADIWASI, and the village votes in Pichhore assembly constituency, represented by MLA Preetam Lodhi. The population is estimated at 918 in 2026, up 18% 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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