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Kankhedi

कनखेडी
Tamia mandal
Pincode 480559
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Dussehra (Vijayadashami)दशहरा

Kankhedi observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.

20 OctObserved in 36 states
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Dussehra (Vijayadashami) in Madhya Pradesh

Ramlila through the nine nights and the burning of Ravana, Meghnad and Kumbhakarna effigies on Dussehra evening. Kullu Dussehra in Himachal begins on Vijayadashami and runs a week, with village deities carried to Dhalpur maidan.

The regional form observed across North India. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.

Represented by
Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
LS
Chhindwara
PC 16
→VS
Junnardeo
AC 122 · ST
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Sukalsing Dhurvey
Contact: 88****5478
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LGD code
493765
Pincode
480559
Post office
Tamia
Population
252
Households
52
Literacy rate
36.5%
Sex ratio
909 ♀/1000♂
Workers
148
Census 2011 · in context

How Kankhedi compares

By population, Kankhedi ranks #141 of 191 villages in Tamia mandal.

Literacy rate
%
36.5%
−12.3% vs mandal average
Kankhedi36.5%
Tamia mandal48.8%
Chhindwara district61.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
909
−70 vs mandal average
Kankhedi909
Tamia mandal979
Household size
people per home
4.8
−0.1 vs mandal average
Kankhedi4.8
Tamia mandal4.9

Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).

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Kankhedi at a glance

Kankhedi is a village of 252 people in 52 households (Census 2011) in Tamia tehsil, Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh, the 141st-largest of 191 villages in Tamia tehsil. Literacy is 37%, 12 points below the tehsil average of 49% and the sex ratio is 909 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 480559, served by Tamia post office; the LGD village code is 493765. The sarpanch is Sukalsing Dhurvey , and the village votes in Junnardeo assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sunil Uikey. The population is estimated at 297 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.

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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kankhedi

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)
8
Power hours (winter)
8
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
No
Railway station
No
Pucca (paved) road
No
Anganwadi centre
No
ASHA worker
No
Fair-price shop
No
Mandi / regular market
No
Weekly haat
No
Nearest statutory town
DONGAR PARASIA
Distance to nearest town (km)
58
Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
28
All-weather road
No
Total area (ha)
864
Irrigated area (ha)
0
Forest area (ha)
799

Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.

Notice board · Kankhedi

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Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.

Key facts — Kankhedi

LGD code
493765
Pincode
480559
Post office
Tamia
Population (Census 2011)
252
Population (projected 2026)
297
Households
52
Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
909
Literacy rate
36.5%
Lok Sabha constituency
Chhindwara
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Junnardeo
Member of Parliament
Vivek Kumar Sahu
Member of Legislative Assembly
Sunil Uikey
Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
Sukalsing Dhurvey
Block / Mandal
Tamia
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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)
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