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One vote, four years: Madhya Pradesh High Court orders recount in sarpanch polls
Reported by The Indian Express.
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
JANKI SINGH
Contact: 81****8198
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- LGD code
- 501735
- Pincode
- 484334
- Post office
- Kotma
- Population
- 408
- Households
- 91
- Literacy rate
- 69.1%
- Sex ratio
- 934 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 164
- Distance to district centre
- 239 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 237 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 398 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 482 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bortalao · 4 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Rural Hospital, Salekasa · 14 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bicharpur compares
By population, Bicharpur ranks #83 of 101 villages in Kotma mandal.
Literacy rate
%
69.1%
+12.1% vs mandal average
- Bicharpur
- 69.1%
- Kotma mandal
- 57.0%
- Anuppur district
- 58.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
934
−69 vs mandal average
- Bicharpur
- 934
- Kotma mandal
- 1,003
Household size
people per home
4.5
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Bicharpur
- 4.5
- Kotma mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bicharpur at a glance
Bicharpur is a village of 408 people in 91 households (Census 2011) in Kotma tehsil, Anuppur district, Madhya Pradesh, the 83rd-largest of 101 villages in Kotma tehsil. Literacy is 69%, 12 points above the tehsil average of 57% and the sex ratio is 934 women per 1,000 men. It lies 239 km from the Anuppur district centre, 4 km from Bortalao railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 484334, served by Kotma post office; the LGD village code is 501735. The nearest hospital or health centre is Rural Hospital, Salekasa, 14 km away. The sarpanch is JANKI SINGH, and the village votes in Bandhavgarh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Shivnarayan Gyan Singh (Lallu Bhaiya). The population is estimated at 481 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bicharpur
- 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
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 14
- Power hours (winter)
- 14
- 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
- KOTMA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 14
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 54
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 14
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 95.32
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0.46
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bicharpur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bicharpur
- LGD code
- 501735
- Pincode
- 484334
- Post office
- Kotma
- Population (Census 2011)
- 408
- Population (projected 2026)
- 481
- Households
- 91
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 934
- Literacy rate
- 69.1%
- Coordinates
- 21.23450°N, 80.59611°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Shahdol
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bandhavgarh
- Member of Parliament
- Himadri Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Shivnarayan Gyan Singh (Lallu Bhaiya)
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- JANKI SINGH
- Block / Mandal
- Kotma
Getting there
How to reach Bicharpur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal398 kmcapital
- Hyderabad482 km
- Kolkata815 km
- Mumbai841 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBortalao4 km
- Hospital / PHCRural Hospital, Salekasa14 km
- CollegeSmt KDM Collge51 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
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