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CJP chief Dipke visits tribal families in MP's Balaghat, seeks accountability over child deaths
Reported by The New Indian Express.
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
MP
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Manda Pardhi
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- LGD code
- 497817
- Pincode
- 481226
- Post office
- Hatta (Balaghat)
- Population
- 1,981
- Households
- 424
- Literacy rate
- 73.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1026 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,058
- Distance to district centre
- 7 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 30 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 263 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 553 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kaniwara · 2 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Kanhiwada · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bamhani compares
By population, Bamhani ranks #28 of 148 villages in Kirnapur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
73.8%
+6.3% vs mandal average
- Bamhani
- 73.8%
- Kirnapur mandal
- 67.5%
- Balaghat district
- 67.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,026
+7 vs mandal average
- Bamhani
- 1,026
- Kirnapur mandal
- 1,019
Household size
people per home
4.7
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Bamhani
- 4.7
- Kirnapur mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bamhani at a glance
Bamhani is a village of 1,981 people in 424 households (Census 2011) in Kirnapur tehsil, Balaghat district, Madhya Pradesh, the 28th-largest of 148 villages in Kirnapur tehsil. Literacy is 74%, 6 points above the tehsil average of 68% and the sex ratio is 1,026 women per 1,000 men. It lies 7 km from the Balaghat district centre, 2 km from Kaniwara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 481226, served by Hatta (Balaghat) post office; the LGD village code is 497817. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Kanhiwada, 3 km away. The sarpanch is Manda Pardhi, and the village votes in Balaghat assembly constituency, represented by MLA Anubha Munjare. The population is estimated at 2,336 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bamhani
- 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)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BALAGHAT
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 14
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 14
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 24
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 752.03
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 375.07
- Forest area (ha)
- 158.31
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bamhani
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bamhani
- LGD code
- 497817
- Pincode
- 481226
- Post office
- Hatta (Balaghat)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,981
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,336
- Households
- 424
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1026
- Literacy rate
- 73.8%
- Coordinates
- 22.22562°N, 79.71772°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Balaghat
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Balaghat
- Member of Parliament
- Bharti Pardhi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Anubha Munjare
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Manda Pardhi
- Block / Mandal
- Kirnapur
Getting there
How to reach Bamhani
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal263 kmcapital
- Hyderabad553 km
- Delhi754 km
- Mumbai793 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKaniwara2 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Kanhiwada3 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil7 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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-17
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