

In October 2011, she gave birth to a baby girl named Meira.

The couple tied the knot on 2 March 2008 in Haridwar after a two-year courtship. She is married to Indraneil Sengupta, her fellow actor and co-star from Pyaar Ke Do Naam: Ek Raadha, Ek Shyaam and Doli Saja Ke and a film based in lockdown titled Choices. She was also voted as the NDA Queen, in December 2000, where she was escorted by her old friend, S.Ganguly. She was very popular amongst her childhood friends, especially in Kendriya Vidyalaya, Fort William, Kolkata. She is the youngest of three sisters, the eldest being a hotel management professional and the elder a fashion designer. She is a Garhwali and originally belongs to Dehradun in Uttarakhand.

Barkha spent her childhood in military towns specially in Kolkata, as her father was a Colonel.
