By population, Handikhora ranks #101 of 128 villages in Bajna mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Handikhora is a village of 345 people in 66 households (Census 2011) in Bajna tehsil, Ratlam district, Madhya Pradesh, the 101st-largest of 128 villages in Bajna tehsil. Literacy is 33%, 2 points below the tehsil average of 34% and the sex ratio is 949 women per 1,000 men. It lies 56 km from the Ratlam district centre, 44 km from Ghatol, the nearest town, 34 km from Bhairongarh railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 457555, served by Bajna (Ratlam) post office; the LGD village code is 470660. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Chhoti Sarwan, 10 km away. The sarpanch is kamla bai dodiyar, and the village votes in Nagada-Khachrod assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dr. Tejbahadur Singh Chauhan. The population is estimated at 407 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Handikhora · this village | 345 | 33% | — |
| Dungripada · Bajna | 480 | 34% | 1.9 km SE |
| Rajakhora · Bajna | 244 | 28% | 2.9 km SE |
| Alka Kheda · Sailana | 1,092 | 40% | 3.8 km N |
| Chira Khadan · Sailana | 484 | 21% | 4.6 km NE |
| Matar · Sailana | 410 | 26% | 5 km E |
| Jambudia Ka Mal · Sailana | 339 | 7% | 5.1 km SE |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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