# Barchhi Village, Bankhedi, Hoshangabad (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Bankhedi, Hoshangabad 

# Barchhi

Barchhi is a village in Bankhedi sub-district of Hoshangabad district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **849 people in 157 households**, the 52nd largest of 123 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 66.0%.

- 849people (2011)
- 157households
- 65.2%literacy
- 874females per 1,000 males

## Barchhi PIN code and other codes

Barchhi falls in Bankhedi sub-district, Hoshangabad district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockBankhedi
- Census village code487955

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Barchhi from nearby towns?

- Bankhedi (sub-district HQ)26 km by road
- Hoshangabad (district HQ)121 km by road
- Gadarwara (nearest town)29 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Barchhi?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Barchhi; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Saikheda
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Itarsi
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)4 h summer · 6 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Barchhi known for?

The main crops are **soyabean, wheat and chana**. About 71% of the 318 hectares of village land is sown, and 127 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Barchhi

Of every 100 households in Barchhi in 2011, 8 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Barchhi · ■ Bankhedi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**59%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**25%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**74%

Tap water ****25%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****35%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**94%

Use banking services ****3%**

**27%

Television ****15%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**16%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****42%**

**36%

Own their home ****99%**

**96%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Barchhi?

■ Barchhi · ■ Bankhedi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.2%**

**66.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****874**

**919

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****861**

**931

Working population ****54.3%**

**43.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.5% for men and 55.7% for women. 57% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 151 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 14 (3%) · **■** Other work 19 (4%) · **■** Marginal 277 (60%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Bankhedi

- Machhera Khurd937 people
- Kalkuhi935 people
- Khamariya864 people
- Kharsali860 people
- Mahgawan836 people
- Junawani827 people
- Mahua Kheda Dhiran796 people
- Nibhora795 people

[All 125 villages in Bankhedi](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/hoshangabad/bankhedi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Barchhi from Hoshangabad?121 km by road
- What is the population of Barchhi?849 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barchhi in?Hoshangabad district (Bankhedi sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Barchhi?65.2% (Census 2011)