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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Chhain is a small village in Amarpatan mandal, Maihar district, Madhya Pradesh, with a population of 421 in 113 households. It has a literacy rate of 49.9% and is located at 24.304°N, 81.124°E with PIN code 485778.
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sanju pal
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- LGD code
- 464347
- Pincode
- 485778
- Post office
- Kathaha
- Population
- 421
- Households
- 113
- Literacy rate
- 49.9%
- Sex ratio
- 986 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 250
- Distance to district centre
- 29 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 24 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 395 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 618 km
- Nearest railway station
- Turki · 27 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Ramnagar · 10 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Chhain compares
By population, Chhain ranks #108 of 162 villages in Amarpatan mandal.
Literacy rate
%
49.9%
−9.7% vs mandal average
- Chhain
- 49.9%
- Amarpatan mandal
- 59.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
986
+38 vs mandal average
- Chhain
- 986
- Amarpatan mandal
- 948
Household size
people per home
3.7
−0.6 vs mandal average
- Chhain
- 3.7
- Amarpatan mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chhain at a glance
Chhain is a village of 421 people in 113 households (Census 2011) in Amarpatan tehsil, Maihar district, Madhya Pradesh, the 108th-largest of 162 villages in Amarpatan tehsil. Literacy is 50%, 10 points below the tehsil average of 60% and the sex ratio is 986 women per 1,000 men. It lies 29 km from the Maihar district centre, 27 km from Turki railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 485778, served by Kathaha post office; the LGD village code is 464347. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Ramnagar, 10 km away. The sarpanch is sanju pal, and the village votes in Rampur-Baghelan assembly constituency, represented by MLA Vikram Singh (Vicky). The population is estimated at 496 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chhain
- 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)
- 6
- 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
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- AMARPATAN
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 27
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 52
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 27
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 1,171.63
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 34.15
- Forest area (ha)
- 755.77
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Chhain
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Chhain
- LGD code
- 464347
- Pincode
- 485778
- Post office
- Kathaha
- Population (Census 2011)
- 421
- Population (projected 2026)
- 496
- Households
- 113
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 986
- Literacy rate
- 49.9%
- Coordinates
- 24.30445°N, 81.12362°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Satna
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Rampur-Baghelan
- Member of Parliament
- Ganesh Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Vikram Singh (Vicky)
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- sanju pal
- Block / Mandal
- Amarpatan
Getting there
How to reach Chhain
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal395 kmcapital
- Delhi618 km
- Kolkata763 km
- Hyderabad817 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationTurki27 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Ramnagar10 km
- ATM / bankUnion Bank of India30 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil30 km
- Police stationPolice Station Manpur60 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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-21
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)