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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Shashi Bai
Contact: 87****2788
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- LGD code
- 491012
- Pincode
- 487441
- Post office
- Sihora (Narsinghpur)
- Population
- 896
- Households
- 139
- Literacy rate
- 58.6%
- Sex ratio
- 915 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 299
- Distance to district centre
- 78 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 62 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 134 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 579 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bankhedi · 20 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Community Health Center · 15 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Khanchari compares
By population, Khanchari ranks #104 of 270 villages in Gadarwara mandal.
Literacy rate
%
58.6%
−3.1% vs mandal average
- Khanchari
- 58.6%
- Gadarwara mandal
- 61.7%
- Narsimhapur district
- 65.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
915
−4 vs mandal average
- Khanchari
- 915
- Gadarwara mandal
- 919
Household size
people per home
6.4
+1.9 vs mandal average
- Khanchari
- 6.4
- Gadarwara mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Khanchari at a glance
Khanchari is a village of 896 people in 139 households (Census 2011) in Gadarwara tehsil, Narsimhapur district, Madhya Pradesh, the 104th-largest of 270 villages in Gadarwara tehsil. Literacy is 59%, 3 points below the tehsil average of 62% and the sex ratio is 915 women per 1,000 men. It lies 78 km from the Narsimhapur district centre, 37 km from Bankhedi, the nearest town, 20 km from Bankhedi railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 487441, served by Sihora (Narsinghpur) post office; the LGD village code is 491012. The nearest hospital or health centre is Community Health Center, 15 km away. The sarpanch is Shashi Bai, and the village votes in Udaipura assembly constituency, represented by MLA Narendra Shivaji Patel. The population is estimated at 1,056 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Khanchari
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 12
- 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
- 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
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- GADARWARA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 30
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 32
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 30
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 265.46
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 190.88
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Khanchari
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Khanchari
- LGD code
- 491012
- Pincode
- 487441
- Post office
- Sihora (Narsinghpur)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 896
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,056
- Households
- 139
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 915
- Literacy rate
- 58.6%
- Coordinates
- 22.59465°N, 78.50313°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Hoshangabad
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Udaipura
- Member of Parliament
- Darshan Singh Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Narendra Shivaji Patel
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Shashi Bai
- Block / Mandal
- Gadarwara
Getting there
How to reach Khanchari
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal134 kmcapital
- Hyderabad579 km
- Delhi682 km
- Mumbai703 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBankhedi20 km
- Bus stopPachmarhi Bus Station15 km
- Hospital / PHCCommunity Health Center15 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India15 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum5 km
- CollegeGovernment College, Pachmarhi15 km
- Police stationPolice Station, Pachmarhi15 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
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