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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
VY
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Vishnubai Yadav
Contact: 96****9149
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- LGD code
- 470274
- Pincode
- 457114
- Post office
- Alote
- Population
- 1,614
- Households
- 346
- Literacy rate
- 53.2%
- Sex ratio
- 933 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 871
- Distance to district centre
- 39 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 24 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 202 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 570 km
- Nearest railway station
- Luni Richha · 6 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital Alot · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Sherpur Khurd compares
By population, Sherpur Khurd ranks #12 of 110 villages in Alot mandal.
Literacy rate
%
53.2%
+3.9% vs mandal average
Sherpur Khurd53.2%
Alot mandal49.3%
Ratlam district56.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
933
−36 vs mandal average
Sherpur Khurd933
Alot mandal969
Household size
people per home
4.7
−0.1 vs mandal average
Sherpur Khurd4.7
Alot mandal4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sherpur Khurd at a glance
Sherpur Khurd is a village of 1,614 people in 346 households (Census 2011) in Alot tehsil, Ratlam district, Madhya Pradesh, the 12th-largest of 110 villages in Alot tehsil. Literacy is 53%, 4 points above the tehsil average of 49% and the sex ratio is 933 women per 1,000 men. It lies 39 km from the Ratlam district centre, 41 km from Dag, the nearest town, 6 km from Luni Richha railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 457114, served by Alote post office; the LGD village code is 470274. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital Alot, 7 km away. The sarpanch is Vishnubai Yadav, and the village votes in Mahidpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dinesh Jain Boss. The population is estimated at 1,903 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sherpur Khurd · this village | 1,614 | 53% | — |
| Hingadi · Alot | 676 | 60% | 1.3 km S |
| Malya (Alot) · Alot | 556 | 52% | 1.6 km NE |
| Beti Khedi · Alot | 402 | 41% | 2 km N |
| Mau Khedi · Alot | 1,095 | 53% | 2.6 km N |
| Dhutakhedi · Alot | 462 | 47% | 2.9 km SW |
| Jhangariya · Alot | 617 | 38% | 3.2 km NW |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sherpur Khurd
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 9
- 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
- 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
- ALOT
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 9
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 80
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 9
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 430.64
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 85.76
- Forest area (ha)
- 2
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Sherpur Khurd
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Sherpur Khurd
- LGD code
- 470274
- Pincode
- 457114
- Post office
- Alote
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,614
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,903
- Households
- 346
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 933
- Literacy rate
- 53.2%
- Coordinates
- 23.71770°N, 75.50057°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Ujjain
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mahidpur
- Member of Parliament
- Anil Firojiya
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dinesh Jain Boss
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Vishnubai Yadav
- Block / Mandal
- Alot
Getting there
How to reach Sherpur Khurd
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal202 kmcapital
- Delhi570 km
- Mumbai583 km
- Hyderabad770 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationLuni Richha6 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital Alot7 km
- CollegePrincipal's Bungalow40 km
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Villages near Sherpur Khurd
Other villages in Alot mandal
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- Karadiya
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- Kalsiya
- Dudhiya
- Bhoja Khedi
- Bhim
- Rinchha
- Pipalya Sisodiya
- Pipalya Pitha
- Bardiya
- Dabdiya
- Joyan
- Gulbalod
- Baguniya
- Nipaniya Rajguru
- Thuriya
- Baman Khedi
- Khamariya
- Kachhaliya
- Guradiya
- Mau Khedi
- Bhutiya
- Khajuri Solanki
- Bapcha
- Isampur
- Shisakhedi
- Pipalya Maru
- Dharola
- Moriya
- Narayangarh
- Dhapna
- Jahanabad
- Bajpur
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)