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CJP chief Dipke visits tribal families in MP's Balaghat, seeks accountability over child deaths
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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Pushpendra deshmukh
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- LGD code
- 497478
- Pincode
- 481335
- Post office
- Rampaily
- Population
- 554
- Households
- 172
- Literacy rate
- 67%
- Sex ratio
- 1139 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 314
- Distance to district centre
- 55 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 80 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 309 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 503 km
- Nearest railway station
- Lakhanwara · 10 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Katangi · 13 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Jamkhari compares
By population, Jamkhari ranks #77 of 84 villages in Khairlanji mandal.
Literacy rate
%
67.0%
−2.4% vs mandal average
- Jamkhari
- 67.0%
- Khairlanji mandal
- 69.4%
- Balaghat district
- 67.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,139
+112 vs mandal average
- Jamkhari
- 1,139
- Khairlanji mandal
- 1,027
Household size
people per home
3.2
−0.8 vs mandal average
- Jamkhari
- 3.2
- Khairlanji mandal
- 4.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jamkhari at a glance
Jamkhari is a village of 554 people in 172 households (Census 2011) in Khairlanji tehsil, Balaghat district, Madhya Pradesh, the 77th-largest of 84 villages in Khairlanji tehsil. Literacy is 67%, 2 points below the tehsil average of 69% and the sex ratio is 1,139 women per 1,000 men. It lies 55 km from the Balaghat district centre, 22 km from Ashti, the nearest town, 10 km from Lakhanwara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 481335, served by Rampaily post office; the LGD village code is 497478. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Katangi, 13 km away. The sarpanch is Pushpendra deshmukh, and the village votes in Churai assembly constituency, represented by MLA Choudhary Sujeet Mersingh. The population is estimated at 653 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Jamkhari
- 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)
- 9
- Power hours (winter)
- 9
- 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
- WARASEONI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 24
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 43
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 23
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 311.6
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 67.36
- Forest area (ha)
- 99.93
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Jamkhari
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Jamkhari
- LGD code
- 497478
- Pincode
- 481335
- Post office
- Rampaily
- Population (Census 2011)
- 554
- Population (projected 2026)
- 653
- Households
- 172
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1139
- Literacy rate
- 67.0%
- Coordinates
- 21.70380°N, 79.90465°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Chhindwara
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Churai
- Member of Parliament
- Vivek Kumar Sahu
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Choudhary Sujeet Mersingh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Pushpendra deshmukh
- Block / Mandal
- Khairlanji
Getting there
How to reach Jamkhari
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal309 kmcapital
- Hyderabad503 km
- Mumbai788 km
- Delhi815 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationLakhanwara10 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Katangi13 km
- ATM / bankSBI32 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petrolium32 km
- CollegeMitali Institute of Nursing33 km
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- AmaiKhairlanji mandal3,048 pop
- SalebardiKhairlanji mandal2,839 pop
- YakodiWaraseoni mandal2,748 pop
- KharkhadiKhairlanji mandal2,734 pop
- NawegaonKhairlanji mandal2,731 pop
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-17
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)