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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
melaram thakur
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- LGD code
- 490690
- Pincode
- 487118
- Post office
- Gotegaon
- Population
- 517
- Households
- 113
- Literacy rate
- 59.8%
- Sex ratio
- 981 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 310
- Distance to district centre
- 34 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 2 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 183 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 625 km
- Nearest railway station
- Belkhera · 35 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- PHC Maharajpur · 14 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bhama compares
By population, Bhama ranks #109 of 250 villages in Gotegaon mandal.
Literacy rate
%
59.8%
−7.1% vs mandal average
- Bhama
- 59.8%
- Gotegaon mandal
- 66.9%
- Narsimhapur district
- 65.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
981
+57 vs mandal average
- Bhama
- 981
- Gotegaon mandal
- 924
Household size
people per home
4.6
+0.6 vs mandal average
- Bhama
- 4.6
- Gotegaon mandal
- 4.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bhama at a glance
Bhama is a village of 517 people in 113 households (Census 2011) in Gotegaon tehsil, Narsimhapur district, Madhya Pradesh, the 109th-largest of 250 villages in Gotegaon tehsil. Literacy is 60%, 7 points below the tehsil average of 67% and the sex ratio is 981 women per 1,000 men. It lies 34 km from the Narsimhapur district centre, 35 km from Belkhera railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 487118, served by Gotegaon post office; the LGD village code is 490690. The nearest hospital or health centre is PHC Maharajpur, 14 km away. The sarpanch is melaram thakur, and the village votes in Deori assembly constituency, represented by MLA Brijbihari Pateriya (Gudda Bhaiya). The population is estimated at 610 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bhama
- 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
- 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
- GOTEGAON
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 18
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 56
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 18
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 495.83
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 120.46
- Forest area (ha)
- 104.02
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bhama
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bhama
- LGD code
- 490690
- Pincode
- 487118
- Post office
- Gotegaon
- Population (Census 2011)
- 517
- Population (projected 2026)
- 610
- Households
- 113
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 981
- Literacy rate
- 59.8%
- Coordinates
- 23.28287°N, 79.19911°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Damoh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Deori
- Member of Parliament
- Rahul Lodhi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Brijbihari Pateriya (Gudda Bhaiya)
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- melaram thakur
- Block / Mandal
- Gotegaon
Getting there
How to reach Bhama
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal183 kmcapital
- Delhi625 km
- Hyderabad660 km
- Mumbai805 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBelkhera35 km
- Bus stopDeori Bus Stend22 km
- Hospital / PHCPHC Maharajpur14 km
- ATM / bankBank Of Baroda22 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil22 km
- CollegeGOVT. Industrial Training ...21 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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)