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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Aavid Khan
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- LGD code
- 490484
- Pincode
- 487118
- Post office
- Gotegaon
- Population
- 961
- Households
- 227
- Literacy rate
- 69.4%
- Sex ratio
- 911 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 456
- Distance to district centre
- 61 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 40 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 210 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 635 km
- Nearest railway station
- Shridham · 4 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Gohchar compares
By population, Gohchar ranks #49 of 250 villages in Gotegaon mandal.
Literacy rate
%
69.4%
+2.5% vs mandal average
- Gohchar
- 69.4%
- Gotegaon mandal
- 66.9%
- Narsimhapur district
- 65.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
911
−13 vs mandal average
- Gohchar
- 911
- Gotegaon mandal
- 924
Household size
people per home
4.2
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Gohchar
- 4.2
- Gotegaon mandal
- 4.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gohchar at a glance
Gohchar is a village of 961 people in 227 households (Census 2011) in Gotegaon tehsil, Narsimhapur district, Madhya Pradesh, the 49th-largest of 250 villages in Gotegaon tehsil. Literacy is 69%, 3 points above the tehsil average of 67% and the sex ratio is 911 women per 1,000 men. It lies 61 km from the Narsimhapur district centre, 4 km from Shridham railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 487118, served by Gotegaon post office; the LGD village code is 490484. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, 4 km away. The sarpanch is Aavid Khan, and the village votes in Deori assembly constituency, represented by MLA Brijbihari Pateriya (Gudda Bhaiya). The population is estimated at 1,133 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Gohchar
- Treated tap water
- No
- 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)
- 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
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- GOTEGAON
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 5
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 32
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 5
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 323.42
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 183.58
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Gohchar
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Gohchar
- LGD code
- 490484
- Pincode
- 487118
- Post office
- Gotegaon
- Population (Census 2011)
- 961
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,133
- Households
- 227
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 911
- Literacy rate
- 69.4%
- Coordinates
- 23.02202°N, 79.44971°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
- Aavid Khan
- Block / Mandal
- Gotegaon
Getting there
How to reach Gohchar
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal210 kmcapital
- Hyderabad635 km
- Delhi661 km
- Mumbai811 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationShridham4 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital4 km
- CollegeChanchala Bai College51 km
- Police stationpolice station53 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)