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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
darsan singh
Contact: 89****2096
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- LGD code
- 453104
- Pincode
- 477557
- Post office
- Mehgoun
- Population
- 1,196
- Households
- 183
- Literacy rate
- 62.7%
- Sex ratio
- 809 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 418
- Distance to district centre
- 11 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 6 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 365 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 288 km
- Nearest railway station
- Soni · 20 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Mamta Hospital · 11 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Chirol compares
By population, Chirol ranks #48 of 145 villages in Mehgaon mandal.
Literacy rate
%
62.7%
+0.1% vs mandal average
- Chirol
- 62.7%
- Mehgaon mandal
- 62.6%
- Bhind district
- 64.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
809
−6 vs mandal average
- Chirol
- 809
- Mehgaon mandal
- 815
Household size
people per home
6.5
+1.0 vs mandal average
- Chirol
- 6.5
- Mehgaon mandal
- 5.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chirol at a glance
Chirol is a village of 1,196 people in 183 households (Census 2011) in Mehgaon tehsil, Bhind district, Madhya Pradesh, the 48th-largest of 145 villages in Mehgaon tehsil. Literacy is 63%, about the same as the tehsil average of 63% and the sex ratio is 809 women per 1,000 men. It lies 11 km from the Bhind district centre, 24 km from Pur, the nearest town, 20 km from Soni railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 477557, served by Mehgoun post office; the LGD village code is 453104. The nearest hospital or health centre is Mamta Hospital, 11 km away. The sarpanch is darsan singh, and the village votes in Gohad assembly constituency, represented by MLA Keshav Singh Desai. The population is estimated at 1,410 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chirol
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- 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
- MEHGAON
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 17
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 37
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 17
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 309.6
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 121.25
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Chirol
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Key facts — Chirol
- LGD code
- 453104
- Pincode
- 477557
- Post office
- Mehgoun
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,196
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,410
- Households
- 183
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 809
- Literacy rate
- 62.7%
- Coordinates
- 26.35510°N, 78.62968°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bhind
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gohad
- Member of Parliament
- Sandhya Ray
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Keshav Singh Desai
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- darsan singh
- Block / Mandal
- Mehgaon
Getting there
How to reach Chirol
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal365 kmcapital
- Delhi288 km
- Hyderabad998 km
- Mumbai1001 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSoni20 km
- Hospital / PHCMamta Hospital11 km
- ATM / bankSBI Lahar Road Bhind28 km
- Petrol pumpReliance Petrol Pump28 km
- CollegeJain Degree College28 km
- Police stationPolice Line Ground Bhind28 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, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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