By population, Penchi ranks #2 of 150 villages in Chachaura mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Penchi is a village of 2,689 people in 582 households (Census 2011) in Chachaura tehsil, Guna district, Madhya Pradesh, the 2nd-largest of 150 villages in Chachaura tehsil. Literacy is 59%, 13 points above the tehsil average of 47% and the sex ratio is 973 women per 1,000 men. It lies 42 km from the Guna district centre, 26 km from Maksudangarh, the nearest town, 5 km from Chachaura Binaganj railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 473115, served by Binaganj post office; the LGD village code is 499919. The nearest hospital or health centre is Civil Hospital Chachaura, 5 km away. The sarpanch is munni bai, and the village votes in Chachoura assembly constituency, represented by MLA Priyanka Penchi. The population is estimated at 3,170 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Penchi →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penchi · this village | 2,689 | 59% | — |
| Kirwada · Chachaura | 538 | 45% | 1.1 km SW |
| Bamori · Chachaura | 206 | 56% | 1.9 km NE |
| Muhasa Kalan · Chachaura | 776 | 51% | 2.3 km NW |
| Merya Khedi Kalan · Chachaura | 553 | 48% | 3 km SE |
| Naipura Kalan · Chachaura | 189 | 65% | 3 km NW |
| Kotra · Rajgarh | 28 | 57% | 3.2 km SW |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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