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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
sajid alli
Contact: 96****7578
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- LGD code
- 484737
- Pincode
- 464672
- Post office
- Bamhori
- Population
- 274
- Households
- 44
- Literacy rate
- 46.7%
- Sex ratio
- 877 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 100
- Distance to district centre
- 37 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 4 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 106 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 589 km
- Nearest railway station
- Ratona · 51 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Silwani · 14 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Gajanda compares
By population, Gajanda ranks #177 of 249 villages in Silwani mandal.
Literacy rate
%
46.7%
−10.1% vs mandal average
Gajanda46.7%
Silwani mandal56.8%
Raisen district61.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
877
−46 vs mandal average
Gajanda877
Silwani mandal923
Household size
people per home
6.2
+1.7 vs mandal average
Gajanda6.2
Silwani mandal4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gajanda at a glance
Gajanda is a village of 274 people in 44 households (Census 2011) in Silwani tehsil, Raisen district, Madhya Pradesh, the 177th-largest of 249 villages in Silwani tehsil. Literacy is 47%, 10 points below the tehsil average of 57% and the sex ratio is 877 women per 1,000 men. It lies 37 km from the Raisen district centre, 51 km from Ratona railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 464672, served by Bamhori post office; the LGD village code is 484737. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Silwani, 14 km away. The sarpanch is sajid alli, and the village votes in Silwani assembly constituency, represented by MLA Devendra Patel. The population is estimated at 323 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Gajanda
- 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)
- 4
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SILWANI
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 70
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 46.86
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 4
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Gajanda
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Gajanda
- LGD code
- 484737
- Pincode
- 464672
- Post office
- Bamhori
- Population (Census 2011)
- 274
- Population (projected 2026)
- 323
- Households
- 44
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 877
- Literacy rate
- 46.7%
- Coordinates
- 23.43123°N, 78.43843°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Vidisha
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Silwani
- Member of Parliament
- Shivraj Singh Chauhan
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Devendra Patel
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- sajid alli
- Block / Mandal
- Silwani
Getting there
How to reach Gajanda
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal106 kmcapital
- Delhi589 km
- Hyderabad672 km
- Mumbai753 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationRatona51 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Silwani14 km
- ATM / bankMadhyanchal Gramin Bank Kiosk25 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil25 km
- CollegeGynodaya Mahavidyalaya25 km
- Police stationPolice Control Room Edit55 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 464672
- Bamhori KasbaSilwani mandal5,177 pop
- KundaliSilwani mandal4,450 pop
- DilhariSilwani mandal2,340 pop
- KuchwadaUdaipura mandal2,153 pop
- Uchera JamuniyaSilwani mandal2,005 pop
- KiratpurSilwani mandal1,541 pop
- Padariya KalanSilwani mandal1,279 pop
- PehariyaSilwani mandal1,236 pop
- Chingwada KalanSilwani mandal1,098 pop
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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)