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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RAJENDRA SINGH PAW
Contact: 83****5583
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- LGD code
- 501766
- Pincode
- 484440
- Post office
- Bijuri
- Population
- 771
- Households
- 195
- Literacy rate
- 48%
- Sex ratio
- 1024 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 402
- Distance to district centre
- 130 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 126 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 482 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 643 km
- Nearest railway station
- Boridand Junction · 7 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Goverment Hospital · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Jalsar compares
By population, Jalsar ranks #50 of 101 villages in Kotma mandal.
Literacy rate
%
48.0%
−9.0% vs mandal average
- Jalsar
- 48.0%
- Kotma mandal
- 57.0%
- Anuppur district
- 58.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,024
+21 vs mandal average
- Jalsar
- 1,024
- Kotma mandal
- 1,003
Household size
people per home
4.0
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Jalsar
- 4.0
- Kotma mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jalsar at a glance
Jalsar is a village of 771 people in 195 households (Census 2011) in Kotma tehsil, Anuppur district, Madhya Pradesh, the 50th-largest of 101 villages in Kotma tehsil. Literacy is 48%, 9 points below the tehsil average of 57% and the sex ratio is 1,024 women per 1,000 men. It lies 130 km from the Anuppur district centre, 7 km from Boridand Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 484440, served by Bijuri post office; the LGD village code is 501766. The nearest hospital or health centre is Goverment Hospital, 7 km away. The sarpanch is RAJENDRA SINGH PAW, and the village votes in Bandhavgarh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Shivnarayan Gyan Singh (Lallu Bhaiya). The population is estimated at 909 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Jalsar
- 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)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 10
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BIJURI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 15
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 65
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 42
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 921.42
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 3.14
- Forest area (ha)
- 64.51
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Jalsar
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Jalsar
- LGD code
- 501766
- Pincode
- 484440
- Post office
- Bijuri
- Population (Census 2011)
- 771
- Population (projected 2026)
- 909
- Households
- 195
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1024
- Literacy rate
- 48.0%
- Coordinates
- 23.31240°N, 82.13427°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
- RAJENDRA SINGH PAW
- Block / Mandal
- Kotma
Getting there
How to reach Jalsar
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal482 kmcapital
- Kolkata643 km
- Hyderabad761 km
- Delhi768 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBoridand Junction7 km
- Hospital / PHCGoverment Hospital7 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India24 km
- Petrol pumpHP Petro Pump22 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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