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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
gali vasuniya
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- LGD code
- 470856
- Pincode
- 457001
- Post office
- Ratlam City
- Population
- 664
- Households
- 132
- Literacy rate
- 18.2%
- Sex ratio
- 1012 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 365
- Distance to district centre
- 52 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 14 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 266 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 500 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bhairongarh · 7 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Aashirwad Hospital · 11 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Meghala Khali compares
By population, Meghala Khali ranks #48 of 93 villages in Raoti mandal.
Literacy rate
%
18.2%
−14.8% vs mandal average
- Meghala Khali
- 18.2%
- Raoti mandal
- 33.0%
- Ratlam district
- 56.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,012
+3 vs mandal average
- Meghala Khali
- 1,012
- Raoti mandal
- 1,009
Household size
people per home
5.0
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Meghala Khali
- 5.0
- Raoti mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Meghala Khali at a glance
Meghala Khali is a village of 664 people in 132 households (Census 2011) in Raoti tehsil, Ratlam district, Madhya Pradesh, the 48th-largest of 93 villages in Raoti tehsil. Literacy is 18%, 15 points below the tehsil average of 33% and the sex ratio is 1,012 women per 1,000 men. It lies 52 km from the Ratlam district centre, 7 km from Bhairongarh railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 457001, served by Ratlam City post office; the LGD village code is 470856. The nearest hospital or health centre is Aashirwad Hospital, 11 km away. The sarpanch is gali vasuniya, and the village votes in Sailana assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kamleshwar Dodiyar. The population is estimated at 783 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Meghala Khali
- 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)
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- RATLAM
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 41
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 41
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 6
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 262.9
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 15.18
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Meghala Khali
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Meghala Khali
- LGD code
- 470856
- Pincode
- 457001
- Post office
- Ratlam City
- Population (Census 2011)
- 664
- Population (projected 2026)
- 783
- Households
- 132
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1012
- Literacy rate
- 18.2%
- Coordinates
- 23.19276°N, 74.81512°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Ratlam
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sailana
- Member of Parliament
- Anita Nagar Singh Chouhan
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kamleshwar Dodiyar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- gali vasuniya
- Block / Mandal
- Raoti
Getting there
How to reach Meghala Khali
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal266 kmcapital
- Mumbai500 km
- Delhi649 km
- Hyderabad751 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBhairongarh7 km
- Hospital / PHCAashirwad Hospital11 km
- Collegecollege ground56 km
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- 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, 2026-09-20
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)