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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SITA
Contact: 88****1145
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- LGD code
- 494285
- Pincode
- 480115
- Post office
- Chourai
- Population
- 133
- Households
- 31
- Literacy rate
- 78.2%
- Sex ratio
- 1111 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 82
Census 2011 · in context
How Sarra compares
By population, Sarra ranks #98 of 101 villages in Chaurai mandal.
Literacy rate
%
78.2%
+16.9% vs mandal average
- Sarra
- 78.2%
- Chaurai mandal
- 61.3%
- Chhindwara district
- 61.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,111
+163 vs mandal average
- Sarra
- 1,111
- Chaurai mandal
- 948
Household size
people per home
4.3
−0.5 vs mandal average
- Sarra
- 4.3
- Chaurai mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sarra at a glance
Sarra is a village of 133 people in 31 households (Census 2011) in Chaurai tehsil, Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh, the 98th-largest of 101 villages in Chaurai tehsil. Literacy is 78%, 17 points above the tehsil average of 61% and the sex ratio is 1,111 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 480115, served by Chourai post office; the LGD village code is 494285. The sarpanch is SITA, and the village votes in Amarwara assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kamlesh Pratap Shah. The population is estimated at 157 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Ghorawadi →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sarra · this village | 133 | 78% | — |
| Ghorawadi · Chaurai | 1,118 | 71% | — |
| Khamariya Khurd · Chaurai | 446 | 59% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sarra
- 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)
- 4
- Power hours (winter)
- 5
- Primary school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- CHAURAI KHAS
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 15
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 51
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 243.74
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 155.2
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Sarra
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Sarra
- LGD code
- 494285
- Pincode
- 480115
- Post office
- Chourai
- Population (Census 2011)
- 133
- Population (projected 2026)
- 157
- Households
- 31
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1111
- Literacy rate
- 78.2%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Chhindwara
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Amarwara
- Member of Parliament
- Vivek Kumar Sahu
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kamlesh Pratap Shah
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SITA
- Block / Mandal
- Chaurai
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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)