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Payakhedi

पायखेडी
Sitamau mandal
Pincode 458558
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Festival

Dussehra (Vijayadashami)दशहरा

Payakhedi observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.

20 OctObserved in 36 states

Dussehra (Vijayadashami) in Madhya Pradesh

Ramlila through the nine nights and the burning of Ravana, Meghnad and Kumbhakarna effigies on Dussehra evening. Kullu Dussehra in Himachal begins on Vijayadashami and runs a week, with village deities carried to Dhalpur maidan.

The regional form observed across North India. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.

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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot

Quick panchayat-at-a-glance

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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Pappu Surywanshi
Contact: 81****4332
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LGD code
469774
Pincode
458558
Post office
Nahargarh
Population
1,408
Households
267
Literacy rate
64%
Sex ratio
964 ♀/1000♂
Workers
774
Distance to district centre
10 km
Distance to mandal centre
19 km
Distance to Bhopal
235 km
Distance to Delhi
525 km
Nearest railway station
Shamgarh · 30 km
Nearest hospital / PHC
Primary Hospital, Billod · 11 km
Census 2011 · in context

How Payakhedi compares

By population, Payakhedi ranks #38 of 167 villages in Sitamau mandal.

Literacy rate
%
64.0%
+3.2% vs mandal average
Payakhedi64.0%
Sitamau mandal60.8%
Mandsaur district62.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
964
+4 vs mandal average
Payakhedi964
Sitamau mandal960
Household size
people per home
5.3
+0.6 vs mandal average
Payakhedi5.3
Sitamau mandal4.7

Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).

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Payakhedi at a glance

Payakhedi is a village of 1,408 people in 267 households (Census 2011) in Sitamau tehsil, Mandsaur district, Madhya Pradesh, the 38th-largest of 167 villages in Sitamau tehsil. Literacy is 64%, 3 points above the tehsil average of 61% and the sex ratio is 964 women per 1,000 men. It lies 10 km from the Mandsaur district centre, 57 km from Bhensoda, the nearest town, 30 km from Shamgarh railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 458558, served by Nahargarh post office; the LGD village code is 469774. The nearest hospital or health centre is Primary Hospital, Billod, 11 km away. The sarpanch is Pappu Surywanshi, and the village votes in Suwasra assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dung Hardeep Singh. The population is estimated at 1,660 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.

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Nearby villages compared

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villagePopulationLiteracyDistance
Payakhedi · this village1,40864%—
Ramgarh · Sitamau35267%1.4 km E
Ramgarh · Sitamau1,49759%1.4 km E
Bhilyakhedi · Sitamau74061%1.8 km S
Balahedi · Sitamau22143%2.2 km W
Dhorri · Malhargarh34765%2.6 km N
Dhorri · Seondha38465%2.6 km N

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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Payakhedi

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)
8
Power hours (winter)
6
Primary school
1
Middle school
1
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
Yes
Commercial bank
No
Cooperative bank
No
ATM
No
Public bus service
No
Private bus service
Yes
Railway station
No
Pucca (paved) road
Yes
Anganwadi centre
Yes
ASHA worker
Yes
Fair-price shop
No
Mandi / regular market
No
Weekly haat
No
Nearest statutory town
KAYAMPUR
Distance to nearest town (km)
12
Distance to district HQ (km)
45
Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
45
All-weather road
Yes
Total area (ha)
481.91
Irrigated area (ha)
256.95
Forest area (ha)
0

Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.

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Key facts — Payakhedi

LGD code
469774
Pincode
458558
Post office
Nahargarh
Population (Census 2011)
1,408
Population (projected 2026)
1,660
Households
267
Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
964
Literacy rate
64.0%
Coordinates
24.20031°N, 75.34874°E
Lok Sabha constituency
Mandsour
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Suwasra
Member of Parliament
Sudhir Gupta
Member of Legislative Assembly
Dung Hardeep Singh
Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
Pappu Surywanshi
Block / Mandal
Sitamau
Getting there

How to reach Payakhedi

Mandal centre
Sitamau · ≈ 19 km
≈ 38 min by car · 45 min by bike
Directions
District centre
Mandsaur · ≈ 10.0 km
≈ 21 min by car · 24 min by bike
Directions
Nearest town · 15,365 people
Bhensoda · ≈ 57 km
≈ 1 h 56 min by car · 2 h 18 min by bike
Directions
Distance to cities · straight line
  • Bhopal235 kmcapital
  • Delhi525 km
  • Mumbai624 km
  • Hyderabad825 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
  • Railway stationShamgarh30 km
  • Hospital / PHCPrimary Hospital, Billod11 km
  • Petrol pumpHindustan Petroleum37 km
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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, 2026-09-25
  • Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
  • Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
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