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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Anil Kalen
Contact: 88****9020
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- LGD code
- 473726
- Pincode
- 455332
- Post office
- Kannod
- Population
- 922
- Households
- 181
- Literacy rate
- 47.4%
- Sex ratio
- 953 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 492
- Distance to district centre
- 41 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 35 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 104 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 559 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bhirangi · 63 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- CIVIL HOSPITAL KANNOD · 14 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Maljipura compares
By population, Maljipura ranks #42 of 66 villages in Kannod mandal.
Literacy rate
%
47.4%
−1.7% vs mandal average
Maljipura47.4%
Kannod mandal49.1%
Dewas district59.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
953
+11 vs mandal average
Maljipura953
Kannod mandal942
Household size
people per home
5.1
+0.2 vs mandal average
Maljipura5.1
Kannod mandal4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Maljipura at a glance
Maljipura is a village of 922 people in 181 households (Census 2011) in Kannod tehsil, Dewas district, Madhya Pradesh, the 42nd-largest of 66 villages in Kannod tehsil. Literacy is 47%, 2 points below the tehsil average of 49% and the sex ratio is 953 women per 1,000 men. It lies 41 km from the Dewas district centre, 63 km from Bhirangi railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 455332, served by Kannod post office; the LGD village code is 473726. The nearest hospital or health centre is CIVIL HOSPITAL KANNOD, 14 km away. The sarpanch is Anil Kalen, and the village votes in Ashta assembly constituency, represented by MLA Gopal Singh Engineer. The population is estimated at 1,087 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Maljipura
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- Primary school
- 3
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KANNOD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 15
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 100
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 605.25
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 39.56
- Forest area (ha)
- 302.69
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Maljipura
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Maljipura
- LGD code
- 473726
- Pincode
- 455332
- Post office
- Kannod
- Population (Census 2011)
- 922
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,087
- Households
- 181
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 953
- Literacy rate
- 47.4%
- Coordinates
- 22.69959°N, 76.60458°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dewas
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Ashta
- Member of Parliament
- Mahendra Solanki
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Gopal Singh Engineer
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Anil Kalen
- Block / Mandal
- Kannod
Getting there
How to reach Maljipura
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal104 kmcapital
- Mumbai559 km
- Hyderabad623 km
- Delhi660 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBhirangi63 km
- Hospital / PHCCIVIL HOSPITAL KANNOD14 km
- Petrol pumpmukati petrol pump37 km
- CollegeVellore Institute of Technology - VIT Bhopal49 km
- Police stationSikandar bazaar police station37 km
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View all 60+ →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)