Chapra observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
Chapra is a village in Gormi mandal, Bhind district, Madhya Pradesh. It has a population of 1,665 spread across 324 households, with a literacy rate of 69.6%.
By population, Chapra ranks #25 of 61 villages in Gormi mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chapra is a village of 1,665 people in 324 households (Census 2011) in Gormi tehsil, Bhind district, Madhya Pradesh, the 25th-largest of 61 villages in Gormi tehsil. Literacy is 70%, 5 points above the tehsil average of 65% and the sex ratio is 852 women per 1,000 men. It lies 39 km from the Bhind district centre, 18 km from Rajaudha, the nearest town, 7 km from Sondha Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 477660, served by Gormi post office; the LGD village code is 453235. The nearest hospital or health centre is Mishra Hospital, Gormi, 9 km away. The sarpanch is foolan devi, and the village votes in Mehgaon assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rakesh Shukla. The population is estimated at 1,963 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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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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