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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Jamni Bai Bheel
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- LGD code
- 499428
- Pincode
- 473287
- Post office
- Maksudangarh
- Population
- 138
- Households
- 30
- Literacy rate
- 60.1%
- Sex ratio
- 971 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 50
- Distance to district centre
- 34 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 11 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 100 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 497 km
- Nearest railway station
- Ramri · 24 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital Jamner · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bala Kheda compares
By population, Bala Kheda ranks #158 of 183 villages in Maksoodangarh mandal.
Literacy rate
%
60.1%
+14.7% vs mandal average
- Bala Kheda
- 60.1%
- Maksoodangarh mandal
- 45.4%
- Guna district
- 52.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
971
+60 vs mandal average
- Bala Kheda
- 971
- Maksoodangarh mandal
- 911
Household size
people per home
4.6
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Bala Kheda
- 4.6
- Maksoodangarh mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bala Kheda at a glance
Bala Kheda is a village of 138 people in 30 households (Census 2011) in Maksoodangarh tehsil, Guna district, Madhya Pradesh, the 158th-largest of 183 villages in Maksoodangarh tehsil. Literacy is 60%, 15 points above the tehsil average of 45% and the sex ratio is 971 women per 1,000 men. It lies 34 km from the Guna district centre, 9 km from Maksudangarh, the nearest town, 24 km from Ramri railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 473287, served by Maksudangarh post office; the LGD village code is 499428. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital Jamner, 7 km away. The sarpanch is Jamni Bai Bheel, and the village votes in Raghogarh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Jaivardhan Singh. The population is estimated at 163 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bala Kheda · this village | 138 | 60% | — |
| Bala Kheda · Tonk Khurd | 634 | 76% | 0 km N |
| Bala Kheda · Ashta | 317 | 56% | 0 km N |
| Pachgodiya · Maksoodangarh | 1,140 | 44% | 1.7 km NW |
| Imaliya · Maksoodangarh | 353 | 50% | 2.1 km S |
| Imaliya · Maksoodangarh | 392 | 37% | 2.1 km S |
| Kanjai · Maksoodangarh | 664 | 55% | 2.2 km SW |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bala Kheda
- 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)
- 6
- 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
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- RAGHOGARH
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 40
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 70
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 14
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 248
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 87
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bala Kheda
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Key facts — Bala Kheda
- LGD code
- 499428
- Pincode
- 473287
- Post office
- Maksudangarh
- Population (Census 2011)
- 138
- Population (projected 2026)
- 163
- Households
- 30
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 971
- Literacy rate
- 60.1%
- Coordinates
- 24.14539°N, 77.26196°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Rajgarh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Raghogarh
- Member of Parliament
- Rodmal Nagar
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Jaivardhan Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Jamni Bai Bheel
- Block / Mandal
- Maksoodangarh
Getting there
How to reach Bala Kheda
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal100 kmcapital
- Delhi497 km
- Mumbai723 km
- Hyderabad762 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationRamri24 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital Jamner7 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 473287
- MaksudangarhMaksoodangarh mandal10,917 pop
- JamnerMaksoodangarh mandal6,571 pop
- UkawadMaksoodangarh mandal2,821 pop
- TodraMaksoodangarh mandal2,293 pop
- NaseerpurMaksoodangarh mandal2,282 pop
- KheradMaksoodangarh mandal2,264 pop
- DiroliMaksoodangarh mandal2,244 pop
- BarodMaksoodangarh mandal2,121 pop
- SalotaMaksoodangarh mandal1,890 pop
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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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-21
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)