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One vote, four years: Madhya Pradesh High Court orders recount in sarpanch polls
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
MS
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
mohan singh
Contact: 99****7245
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- LGD code
- 453107
- Pincode
- 477557
- Post office
- Mehgoun
- Population
- 1,074
- Households
- 211
- Literacy rate
- 67.5%
- Sex ratio
- 793 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 335
- Distance to district centre
- 10 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 7 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 369 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 288 km
- Nearest railway station
- Ashokhar · 21 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Amayan · 10 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kerora compares
By population, Kerora ranks #57 of 145 villages in Mehgaon mandal.
Literacy rate
%
67.5%
+4.9% vs mandal average
- Kerora
- 67.5%
- Mehgaon mandal
- 62.6%
- Bhind district
- 64.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
793
−22 vs mandal average
- Kerora
- 793
- Mehgaon mandal
- 815
Household size
people per home
5.1
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Kerora
- 5.1
- Mehgaon mandal
- 5.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kerora at a glance
Kerora is a village of 1,074 people in 211 households (Census 2011) in Mehgaon tehsil, Bhind district, Madhya Pradesh, the 57th-largest of 145 villages in Mehgaon tehsil. Literacy is 68%, 5 points above the tehsil average of 63% and the sex ratio is 793 women per 1,000 men. It lies 10 km from the Bhind district centre, 21 km from Pur, the nearest town, 21 km from Ashokhar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 477557, served by Mehgoun post office; the LGD village code is 453107. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Amayan, 10 km away. The sarpanch is mohan singh, and the village votes in Gohad assembly constituency, represented by MLA Keshav Singh Desai. The population is estimated at 1,266 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kerora
- 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)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- Primary school
- 1
- 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
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- 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)
- 18
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 38
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 18
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 547.82
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 78.89
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kerora
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kerora
- LGD code
- 453107
- Pincode
- 477557
- Post office
- Mehgoun
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,074
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,266
- Households
- 211
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 793
- Literacy rate
- 67.5%
- Coordinates
- 26.37130°N, 78.67443°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bhind
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gohad
- Member of Parliament
- Sandhya Ray
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Keshav Singh Desai
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- mohan singh
- Block / Mandal
- Mehgaon
Getting there
How to reach Kerora
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal369 kmcapital
- Delhi288 km
- Hyderabad999 km
- Mumbai1005 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationAshokhar21 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Amayan10 km
- ATM / bankSBI Lahar Road Bhind24 km
- Petrol pumpReliance Petrol Pump24 km
- CollegeJain Degree College24 km
- Police stationPolice Line Ground Bhind24 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, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)