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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Sangeeta Alave
Contact: 99****5341
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- LGD code
- 475900
- Pincode
- 454552
- Post office
- Dhamnod
- Population
- 2,735
- Households
- 514
- Literacy rate
- 53.9%
- Sex ratio
- 1017 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,136
- Distance to district centre
- 85 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 91 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 238 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 432 km
- Nearest railway station
- Hathi gate station · 38 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Vyanktesh Nursing Home and Research Centre · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Khal Buzurg compares
By population, Khal Buzurg ranks #11 of 102 villages in Dharampuri mandal.
Literacy rate
%
53.9%
+3.9% vs mandal average
- Khal Buzurg
- 53.9%
- Dharampuri mandal
- 50.0%
- Dhar district
- 49.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,017
+39 vs mandal average
- Khal Buzurg
- 1,017
- Dharampuri mandal
- 978
Household size
people per home
5.3
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Khal Buzurg
- 5.3
- Dharampuri mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Khal Buzurg at a glance
Khal Buzurg is a village of 2,735 people in 514 households (Census 2011) in Dharampuri tehsil, Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh, the 11th-largest of 102 villages in Dharampuri tehsil. Literacy is 54%, 4 points above the tehsil average of 50% and the sex ratio is 1,017 women per 1,000 men. It lies 85 km from the Dhar district centre, 56 km from Kodriya, the nearest town, 38 km from Hathi gate station railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 454552, served by Dhamnod post office; the LGD village code is 475900. The nearest hospital or health centre is Vyanktesh Nursing Home and Research Centre, 7 km away. The sarpanch is Sangeeta Alave, and the village votes in Sanwer assembly constituency, represented by MLA Tulsiram Silawat. The population is estimated at 3,225 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Khal Bujurg →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Khal Buzurg · this village | 2,735 | 54% | — |
| Lunhera Khurd · Dharampuri | 974 | 61% | 2.5 km NW |
| Chichali · Kolar | — | — | 3.8 km W |
| Chichali · Kasrawad | 2,365 | 56% | 3.8 km W |
| Satrati · Kasrawad | 2,171 | 72% | 4.6 km S |
| Pipaljhopa · Kasrawad | 876 | 55% | 5.4 km S |
| Pipaljhopa · Khargone | 0 | — | 5.4 km S |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Khal Buzurg
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- 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)
- 10
- Primary school
- 5
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- DHARAMPURI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 12
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 55
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 530.55
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 274.26
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Khal Buzurg
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Khal Buzurg
- LGD code
- 475900
- Pincode
- 454552
- Post office
- Dhamnod
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,735
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,225
- Households
- 514
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1017
- Literacy rate
- 53.9%
- Coordinates
- 22.13698°N, 75.43608°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Indore
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sanwer
- Member of Parliament
- Shankar Lalwani
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Tulsiram Silawat
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Sangeeta Alave
- Block / Mandal
- Dharampuri
Getting there
How to reach Khal Buzurg
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal238 kmcapital
- Mumbai432 km
- Hyderabad617 km
- Delhi742 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationHathi gate station38 km
- Hospital / PHCVyanktesh Nursing Home and Research Centre7 km
- ATM / bankSBI16 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil Petrol Pump26 km
- CollegeGovt College38 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, 2026-09-17
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)