Jhapal observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
By population, Jhapal ranks #6 of 139 villages in Bhimpur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jhapal is a village of 2,638 people in 508 households (Census 2011) in Bhimpur tehsil, Betul district, Madhya Pradesh, the 6th-largest of 139 villages in Bhimpur tehsil. Literacy is 36%, 8 points below the tehsil average of 43% and the sex ratio is 1,012 women per 1,000 men. It lies 35 km from the Betul district centre, 34 km from Rahu, the nearest town, 38 km from Maramjhiri railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 460220, served by Bhainsdehi post office; the LGD village code is 485201. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government hospital Chicholi, 16 km away. The sarpanch is Guddu Dhurve, and the village votes in Timarni assembly constituency, represented by MLA Abhijeet Shah (Ankit Baba). The population is estimated at 3,110 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Jhapal →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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