Kachnavkalan observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
By population, Kachnavkalan ranks #7 of 61 villages in Gormi mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kachnavkalan is a village of 3,305 people in 518 households (Census 2011) in Gormi tehsil, Bhind district, Madhya Pradesh, the 7th-largest of 61 villages in Gormi tehsil. Literacy is 58%, 7 points below the tehsil average of 65% and the sex ratio is 846 women per 1,000 men. It lies 43 km from the Bhind district centre, 16 km from Rajaudha, the nearest town, 12 km from Ashokhar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 477660, served by Gormi post office; the LGD village code is 453195. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government hospital Gormi, 9 km away. The sarpanch is Balbhadrakumar nigam, and the village votes in Mehgaon assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rakesh Shukla. The population is estimated at 3,897 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kachnaw Kalan →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kachnavkalan · this village | 3,305 | 58% | — |
| Khadit · Ater | 2,405 | 67% | 2.4 km NW |
| Khadit · Jasrana | 2,740 | 65% | 2.4 km NW |
| Suchchapura · Gormi | 563 | 67% | 3.2 km S |
| Ahrolighat · Ater | 1,725 | 65% | 3.3 km NE |
| Shukalpura · Ater | 2,117 | 64% | 3.6 km N |
| Khaderi · Ater | 1,368 | 70% | 3.6 km NE |
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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