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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Saraswati Masram
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- LGD code
- 495402
- Pincode
- 480111
- Post office
- Bichhua
- Population
- 151
- Households
- 31
- Literacy rate
- 45%
- Sex ratio
- 1097 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 51
- Distance to district centre
- 72 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 25 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 245 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 497 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bhimalgondi · 29 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government hospital Aamdeeh · 25 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Pathara Khurd compares
By population, Pathara Khurd ranks #133 of 147 villages in Bichhua mandal.
Literacy rate
%
45.0%
−16.0% vs mandal average
- Pathara Khurd
- 45.0%
- Bichhua mandal
- 61.0%
- Chhindwara district
- 61.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,097
+125 vs mandal average
- Pathara Khurd
- 1,097
- Bichhua mandal
- 972
Household size
people per home
4.9
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Pathara Khurd
- 4.9
- Bichhua mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pathara Khurd at a glance
Pathara Khurd is a village of 151 people in 31 households (Census 2011) in Bichhua tehsil, Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh, the 133rd-largest of 147 villages in Bichhua tehsil. Literacy is 45%, 16 points below the tehsil average of 61% and the sex ratio is 1,097 women per 1,000 men. It lies 72 km from the Chhindwara district centre, 29 km from Bhimalgondi railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 480111, served by Bichhua post office; the LGD village code is 495402. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government hospital Aamdeeh, 25 km away. The sarpanch is Saraswati Masram, and the village votes in Saunsar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Vijay Revnath Chore. The population is estimated at 178 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Pathara Khurd
- 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)
- 9
- Power hours (winter)
- 9
- Primary school
- 0
- Middle school
- 0
- 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
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- CHHINDWARA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 58
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 58
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 22
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 211.98
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 65.17
- Forest area (ha)
- 22.1
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Pathara Khurd
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Pathara Khurd
- LGD code
- 495402
- Pincode
- 480111
- Post office
- Bichhua
- Population (Census 2011)
- 151
- Population (projected 2026)
- 178
- Households
- 31
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1097
- Literacy rate
- 45.0%
- Coordinates
- 21.80723°N, 79.19991°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Chhindwara
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Saunsar
- Member of Parliament
- Vivek Kumar Sahu
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Vijay Revnath Chore
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Saraswati Masram
- Block / Mandal
- Bichhua
Getting there
How to reach Pathara Khurd
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal245 kmcapital
- Hyderabad497 km
- Mumbai725 km
- Delhi783 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBhimalgondi29 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment hospital Aamdeeh25 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India39 km
- Petrol pumpHindustan Petroleum27 km
- CollegeLal Bahadur Shastri Junior College, Baburwada44 km
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Sources & freshness
- 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, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)