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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
UMROAV SINGH BHATI
Contact: 89****5521
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- LGD code
- 470250
- Pincode
- 457114
- Post office
- Alote
- Population
- 636
- Households
- 136
- Literacy rate
- 50.8%
- Sex ratio
- 939 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 389
- Distance to district centre
- 52 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 25 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 202 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 554 km
- Nearest railway station
- Thuria · 3 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital Alot · 11 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kandiya compares
By population, Kandiya ranks #53 of 110 villages in Alot mandal.
Literacy rate
%
50.8%
+1.5% vs mandal average
- Kandiya
- 50.8%
- Alot mandal
- 49.3%
- Ratlam district
- 56.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
939
−30 vs mandal average
- Kandiya
- 939
- Alot mandal
- 969
Household size
people per home
4.7
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Kandiya
- 4.7
- Alot mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kandiya at a glance
Kandiya is a village of 636 people in 136 households (Census 2011) in Alot tehsil, Ratlam district, Madhya Pradesh, the 53rd-largest of 110 villages in Alot tehsil. Literacy is 51%, 2 points above the tehsil average of 49% and the sex ratio is 939 women per 1,000 men. It lies 52 km from the Ratlam district centre, 31 km from Dag, the nearest town, 3 km from Thuria railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 457114, served by Alote post office; the LGD village code is 470250. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital Alot, 11 km away. The sarpanch is UMROAV SINGH BHATI, and the village votes in Mahidpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dinesh Jain Boss. The population is estimated at 750 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kandiya →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kandiya · this village | 636 | 51% | — |
| Nisal Kheri · Gangdhar | 333 | 27% | 2 km N |
| Thuriya · Alot | 1,279 | 62% | 2.7 km SE |
| Thuriya · Kannod | 2,627 | 45% | 2.7 km SE |
| Aranya · Gangdhar | 574 | 55% | 3 km NW |
| Mina Khedi · Alot | 432 | 42% | 2.9 km W |
| Noguni · Alot | 333 | 28% | 3.6 km SW |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kandiya
- 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)
- 9
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 1
- Veterinary hospital
- 1
- Post office
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- ALOT
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 14
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 98
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 14
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 412.56
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 55.55
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kandiya
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kandiya
- LGD code
- 470250
- Pincode
- 457114
- Post office
- Alote
- Population (Census 2011)
- 636
- Population (projected 2026)
- 750
- Households
- 136
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 939
- Literacy rate
- 50.8%
- Coordinates
- 23.85815°N, 75.53899°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Ujjain
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mahidpur
- Member of Parliament
- Anil Firojiya
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dinesh Jain Boss
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- UMROAV SINGH BHATI
- Block / Mandal
- Alot
Getting there
How to reach Kandiya
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal202 kmcapital
- Delhi554 km
- Mumbai599 km
- Hyderabad782 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationThuria3 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital Alot11 km
- CollegePrincipal's Bungalow50 km
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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, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)