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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
HC
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Heera Chadhar
Contact: 62****4067
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- LGD code
- 456946
- Pincode
- 472118
- Post office
- Jatara
- Population
- 251
- Households
- 42
- Literacy rate
- 60.2%
- Sex ratio
- 931 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 118
- Distance to district centre
- 259 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 274 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 132 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 569 km
- Nearest railway station
- Sobhapur · 28 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Community Health Center · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Barkachhar compares
By population, Barkachhar ranks #88 of 101 villages in Palera mandal.
Literacy rate
%
60.2%
+10.7% vs mandal average
- Barkachhar
- 60.2%
- Palera mandal
- 49.5%
- Tikamgarh district
- 51.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
931
+21 vs mandal average
- Barkachhar
- 931
- Palera mandal
- 910
Household size
people per home
6.0
+0.9 vs mandal average
- Barkachhar
- 6.0
- Palera mandal
- 5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Barkachhar at a glance
Barkachhar is a village of 251 people in 42 households (Census 2011) in Palera tehsil, Tikamgarh district, Madhya Pradesh, the 88th-largest of 101 villages in Palera tehsil. Literacy is 60%, 11 points above the tehsil average of 50% and the sex ratio is 931 women per 1,000 men. It lies 259 km from the Tikamgarh district centre, 51 km from Bankhedi, the nearest town, 28 km from Sobhapur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 472118, served by Jatara post office; the LGD village code is 456946. The nearest hospital or health centre is Community Health Center, 3 km away. The sarpanch is Heera Chadhar, and the village votes in Jatara assembly constituency, represented by MLA Khatik Harishankar. The population is estimated at 296 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barkachhar · this village | 251 | 60% | — |
| Barkachhar · Shahpura | 427 | 66% | 0 km N |
| Mongra · Deori | 0 | — | 10.2 km N |
| Pisua · Pipariya | 592 | 42% | 10.7 km N |
| Singanama · Pipariya | 738 | 49% | 10.3 km NE |
| Birjikhapa · Pipariya | 177 | 31% | 11.4 km NW |
| Matkuli · Pipariya | 2,625 | 64% | 11.6 km NE |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Barkachhar
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 15
- Power hours (winter)
- 15
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- PALERA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 60
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 103.55
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 54.91
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Barkachhar
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Barkachhar
- LGD code
- 456946
- Pincode
- 472118
- Post office
- Jatara
- Population (Census 2011)
- 251
- Population (projected 2026)
- 296
- Households
- 42
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 931
- Literacy rate
- 60.2%
- Coordinates
- 22.50012°N, 78.40748°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Tikamgarh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Jatara
- Member of Parliament
- Virendra Kumar Khatik
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Khatik Harishankar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Heera Chadhar
- Block / Mandal
- Palera
- Nearest police station
- Police Station, Pachmarhi (3.4 km)
- Nearest post office
- India Post (4.0 km)
Getting there
How to reach Barkachhar
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal132 kmcapital
- Hyderabad569 km
- Mumbai689 km
- Delhi690 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSobhapur28 km
- Bus stopPachmarhi Bus Station4 km
- Hospital / PHCCommunity Health Center3 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India4 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil Petrol Pump5 km
- CollegeGovernment College, Pachmarhi4 km
- Police stationPolice Station, Pachmarhi3 km
Nearest to the village
- Bus stop
- Pachmarhi Bus Station4.0 km
- Health centre
- Community Health Center3.3 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Barkachhar
6 Temples, 1 Mosque, 1 Church mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Barkachhar
4 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
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Sources & freshness
- 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, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)