# Barkheda Village, Ashta, Sehore (Madhya Pradesh) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Ashta, Sehore 

# Barkheda

Barkheda is a village in Ashta sub-district of Sehore district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,425 people in 270 households**, the 42nd largest of 186 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 67.4%.

- 1,425people (2011)
- 270households
- 68.2%literacy
- 931females per 1,000 males

## Barkheda PIN code and other codes

Barkheda falls in Ashta sub-district, Sehore district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockAshta
- Census village code482873

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

## How far is Barkheda from nearby towns?

- Ashta (sub-district HQ)16 km by road
- Sehore (district HQ)58 km by road
- Ashta (nearest town)16 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 Barkheda?

12 services counted by the Census are inside Barkheda; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Ashta
- ○Degree college10+ km · Ashta
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Sehore
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)8 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 Barkheda known for?

The main crops are **soyabean**. About 83% of the 421 hectares of village land is sown, and 226 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 Barkheda

Of every 100 households in Barkheda in 2011, 70 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 19 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Barkheda · ■ Ashta rural average

Electricity for lighting ****70%**

**84%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**9%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**97%

Use banking services ****49%**

**63%

Television ****25%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****19%**

**19%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**2%

None of these assets ****31%**

**29%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Barkheda?

■ Barkheda · ■ Ashta rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.2%**

**67.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****931**

**927

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****980**

**898

Working population ****45.5%**

**52.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.1% for men and 52.1% for women. 53% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 182 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 43 (7%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 30 (5%) · **■** Marginal 392 (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 Ashta

- Beda Khedi1,494 people
- Hirapur1,475 people
- Bheel Khedi Sadak1,463 people
- Bor Kheda1,459 people
- Badodiya Gadri1,416 people
- Samarda1,389 people
- Chopadiya1,373 people
- Guradiya Rupchand1,345 people

[All 195 villages in Ashta](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/sehore/ashta/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Barkheda from Sehore?58 km by road
- What is the population of Barkheda?1,425 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barkheda in?Sehore district (Ashta sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Barkheda?68.2% (Census 2011)