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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
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Ishwarlal
Contact: 99****5503
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- LGD code
- 474416
- Pincode
- 454660
- Post office
- Badnawar
- Population
- 1,399
- Households
- 286
- Literacy rate
- 62.6%
- Sex ratio
- 984 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 767
- Distance to district centre
- 72 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 47 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 242 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 495 km
- Nearest railway station
- Pritam Nagar · 24 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Govt. Hospital · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bakhatpura compares
By population, Bakhatpura ranks #46 of 172 villages in Badnawar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
62.6%
+8.4% vs mandal average
- Bakhatpura
- 62.6%
- Badnawar mandal
- 54.2%
- Dhar district
- 49.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
984
+7 vs mandal average
- Bakhatpura
- 984
- Badnawar mandal
- 977
Household size
people per home
4.9
Same as the mandal average
- Bakhatpura
- 4.9
- Badnawar mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bakhatpura at a glance
Bakhatpura is a village of 1,399 people in 286 households (Census 2011) in Badnawar tehsil, Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh, the 46th-largest of 172 villages in Badnawar tehsil. Literacy is 63%, 8 points above the tehsil average of 54% and the sex ratio is 984 women per 1,000 men. It lies 72 km from the Dhar district centre, 24 km from Pritam Nagar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 454660, served by Badnawar post office; the LGD village code is 474416. The nearest hospital or health centre is Govt. Hospital, 7 km away. The sarpanch is Ishwarlal. The population is estimated at 1,649 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bakhatpura →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakhatpura · this village | 1,399 | 63% | — |
| Bakhatpura · Biaora | — | — | 0 km N |
| Bakhatpura · Petlawad | 667 | 34% | 0 km N |
| Bakhatpura · Piploda | — | — | 0 km N |
| Bakhatpura · Petlawad | 45 | 38% | 0 km N |
| Bakhatpura · Sarangpur | 0 | — | 0 km N |
| Bakhatpura · Palera | 1,674 | 63% | 0 km N |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bakhatpura
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 16
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BADNAWAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 30
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 45
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 30
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 474.27
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 99.16
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bakhatpura
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bakhatpura
- LGD code
- 474416
- Pincode
- 454660
- Post office
- Badnawar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,399
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,649
- Households
- 286
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 984
- Literacy rate
- 62.6%
- Coordinates
- 23.03054°N, 75.06284°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Indore
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Debalpur
- Member of Parliament
- Shankar Lalwani
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Ishwarlal
- Block / Mandal
- Badnawar
Getting there
How to reach Bakhatpura
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal242 kmcapital
- Mumbai495 km
- Delhi657 km
- Hyderabad722 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationPritam Nagar24 km
- Hospital / PHCGovt. Hospital7 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, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)