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Mahidpur

महिदपुर
Piprai mandal
Pincode 473440
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Festival

Dussehra (Vijayadashami)दशहरा

Mahidpur observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.

20 OctObserved in 36 states

Temple in Piprai mandal

The principal temple recorded for Piprai mandal is Gargaj and Mahadev Ghat Group of Temples. No temple of this dedication is on record within Mahidpur itself.

Dussehra (Vijayadashami) in Madhya Pradesh

Ramlila through the nine nights and the burning of Ravana, Meghnad and Kumbhakarna effigies on Dussehra evening. Kullu Dussehra in Himachal begins on Vijayadashami and runs a week, with village deities carried to Dhalpur maidan.

The regional form observed across North India. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.

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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot

Quick panchayat-at-a-glance

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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
ramkresh singh lodhi
Contact: 89****8156
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LGD code
500318
Pincode
473440
Post office
Piprai
Population
156
Households
32
Literacy rate
36.5%
Sex ratio
814 ♀/1000♂
Workers
87
Distance to district centre
29 km
Distance to mandal centre
35 km
Distance to Bhopal
170 km
Distance to Delhi
431 km
Nearest railway station
Shahdora Gaon · 19 km
Nearest hospital / PHC
Government Hospital · 12 km
Census 2011 · in context

How Mahidpur compares

By population, Mahidpur ranks #89 of 106 villages in Piprai mandal.

Literacy rate
%
36.5%
−16.7% vs mandal average
Mahidpur36.5%
Piprai mandal53.2%
Ashoknagar district55.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
814
−90 vs mandal average
Mahidpur814
Piprai mandal904
Household size
people per home
4.9
+0.1 vs mandal average
Mahidpur4.9
Piprai mandal4.8

Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).

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Mahidpur at a glance

Mahidpur is a village of 156 people in 32 households (Census 2011) in Piprai tehsil, Ashoknagar district, Madhya Pradesh, the 89th-largest of 106 villages in Piprai tehsil. Literacy is 37%, 17 points below the tehsil average of 53% and the sex ratio is 814 women per 1,000 men. It lies 29 km from the Ashoknagar district centre, 49 km from Jakhalon, the nearest town, 19 km from Shahdora Gaon railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 473440, served by Piprai post office; the LGD village code is 500318. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, 12 km away. The sarpanch is ramkresh singh lodhi, and the village votes in Mungaoli assembly constituency, represented by MLA Brajendra Singh Yadav. The population is estimated at 184 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.

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Nearby villages compared

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villagePopulationLiteracyDistance
Mahidpur · this village15637%—
Mahidpur · Nai Sarai2,85163%0 km N
Kurayala · Nai Sarai84758%2 km S
Sandoh · Teonthar78457%3.1 km SW
Sandoh · Nai Sarai1,46861%3.1 km SW
Sihar · Fatehpur1,43532%3.8 km S
Sihar · Dhariawad3,65432%3.8 km S

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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Mahidpur

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)
8
Primary school
1
Middle school
1
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
No
ASHA worker
Yes
Fair-price shop
No
Mandi / regular market
No
Weekly haat
No
Nearest statutory town
ASHOKNAGAR
Distance to nearest town (km)
30
Distance to district HQ (km)
30
Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
45
All-weather road
No
Total area (ha)
248.74
Irrigated area (ha)
58.31
Forest area (ha)
0

Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.

Notice board · Mahidpur

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Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.

Key facts — Mahidpur

LGD code
500318
Pincode
473440
Post office
Piprai
Population (Census 2011)
156
Population (projected 2026)
184
Households
32
Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
814
Literacy rate
36.5%
Coordinates
24.76304°N, 77.70759°E
Lok Sabha constituency
Guna
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Mungaoli
Member of Parliament
Jyotiraditya Scindia
Member of Legislative Assembly
Brajendra Singh Yadav
Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
ramkresh singh lodhi
Block / Mandal
Piprai
Getting there

How to reach Mahidpur

Mandal centre
Piprai · ≈ 35 km
≈ 1 h 12 min by car · 1 h 25 min by bike
Directions
District centre
Ashoknagar · ≈ 29 km
≈ 1 h by car · 1 h 11 min by bike
Directions
Nearest town · 10,828 people
Jakhalon · ≈ 49 km
≈ 1 h 40 min by car · 1 h 58 min by bike
Directions
Distance to cities · straight line
  • Bhopal170 kmcapital
  • Delhi431 km
  • Mumbai805 km
  • Hyderabad824 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
  • Railway stationShahdora Gaon19 km
  • Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital12 km
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Sources & freshness
  • Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
  • Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
  • Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
  • Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
  • Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
  • Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
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