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One vote, four years: Madhya Pradesh High Court orders recount in sarpanch polls
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Chapa is a village in Gunnor mandal, Panna district, Madhya Pradesh. With a population of 535 across 123 households, it has a literacy rate of 45.4%. The village is located at coordinates 24.538°N, 80.360°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
ramratan verma
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- LGD code
- 458997
- Pincode
- 488333
- Post office
- Devendra Nagar
- Population
- 535
- Households
- 123
- Literacy rate
- 45.4%
- Sex ratio
- 838 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 249
- Distance to district centre
- 39 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 22 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 332 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 551 km
- Nearest railway station
- Lagargawan · 47 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital Gunnor · 14 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Chapa compares
By population, Chapa ranks #83 of 149 villages in Gunnor mandal.
Literacy rate
%
45.4%
−10.6% vs mandal average
- Chapa
- 45.4%
- Gunnor mandal
- 56.0%
- Panna district
- 54.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
838
−80 vs mandal average
- Chapa
- 838
- Gunnor mandal
- 918
Household size
people per home
4.3
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Chapa
- 4.3
- Gunnor mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chapa at a glance
Chapa is a village of 535 people in 123 households (Census 2011) in Gunnor tehsil, Panna district, Madhya Pradesh, the 83rd-largest of 149 villages in Gunnor tehsil. Literacy is 45%, 11 points below the tehsil average of 56% and the sex ratio is 838 women per 1,000 men. It lies 39 km from the Panna district centre, 18 km from Hadha, the nearest town, 47 km from Lagargawan railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 488333, served by Devendra Nagar post office; the LGD village code is 458997. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital Gunnor, 14 km away. The sarpanch is ramratan verma, and the village votes in Gunnaor assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rajesh Kumar Verma. The population is estimated at 631 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chapa · this village | 535 | 45% | — |
| Chapa · Nagod | 151 | 64% | 0 km N |
| Chapa · Sohagpur | 1,030 | 54% | 0 km N |
| Syamardanda · Gunnor | 1,744 | 63% | 0.9 km W |
| Bangla · Devendranagar | 390 | 73% | 1 km N |
| Bhatharmegha · Devendranagar | 751 | 66% | 1.1 km NE |
| Tidunhai · Gunnor | 1,285 | 51% | 1.6 km SE |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chapa
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- 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)
- 8
- 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
- No
- 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
- PANNA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 38
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 38
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 13
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 222.6
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 102.87
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Chapa
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Chapa
- LGD code
- 458997
- Pincode
- 488333
- Post office
- Devendra Nagar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 535
- Population (projected 2026)
- 631
- Households
- 123
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 838
- Literacy rate
- 45.4%
- Coordinates
- 24.53797°N, 80.36017°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Khajuraho
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gunnaor
- Member of Parliament
- V. D. Sharma
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rajesh Kumar Verma
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- ramratan verma
- Block / Mandal
- Gunnor
Getting there
How to reach Chapa
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal332 kmcapital
- Delhi551 km
- Hyderabad819 km
- Kolkata844 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationLagargawan47 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital Gunnor14 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, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)