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Ex-CM Uma Bharti renews call for total alcohol prohibition in Madhya Pradesh after Sagar hooch tragedy
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
vidhyarani kurmi
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- LGD code
- 461019
- Pincode
- 470232
- Post office
- Garhakota Nadipar
- Population
- 939
- Households
- 229
- Literacy rate
- 68.9%
- Sex ratio
- 882 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 438
- Distance to district centre
- 62 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 38 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 193 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 567 km
- Nearest railway station
- Patharia · 8 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital Patharia · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Charkhari compares
By population, Charkhari ranks #34 of 107 villages in Garhakota mandal.
Literacy rate
%
68.9%
+8.8% vs mandal average
- Charkhari
- 68.9%
- Garhakota mandal
- 60.1%
- Sagar district
- 65.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
882
−16 vs mandal average
- Charkhari
- 882
- Garhakota mandal
- 898
Household size
people per home
4.1
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Charkhari
- 4.1
- Garhakota mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Charkhari at a glance
Charkhari is a village of 939 people in 229 households (Census 2011) in Garhakota tehsil, Sagar district, Madhya Pradesh, the 34th-largest of 107 villages in Garhakota tehsil. Literacy is 69%, 9 points above the tehsil average of 60% and the sex ratio is 882 women per 1,000 men. It lies 62 km from the Sagar district centre, 8 km from Patharia railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 470232, served by Garhakota Nadipar post office; the LGD village code is 461019. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital Patharia, 7 km away. The sarpanch is vidhyarani kurmi, and the village votes in Banda assembly constituency, represented by MLA Veerendra Singh Lodhi. The population is estimated at 1,107 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Charkhari
- 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)
- 10
- 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
- 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
- GARHAKOTA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 65
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 486.73
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 119.9
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Charkhari
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Charkhari
- LGD code
- 461019
- Pincode
- 470232
- Post office
- Garhakota Nadipar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 939
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,107
- Households
- 229
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 882
- Literacy rate
- 68.9%
- Coordinates
- 23.83367°N, 79.19860°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Damoh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Banda
- Member of Parliament
- Rahul Lodhi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Veerendra Singh Lodhi
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- vidhyarani kurmi
- Block / Mandal
- Garhakota
Getting there
How to reach Charkhari
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal193 kmcapital
- Delhi567 km
- Hyderabad721 km
- Mumbai841 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationPatharia8 km
- Bus stopBus Stend Garhakota8 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital Patharia7 km
- ATM / bankESAF Small Finance Bank7 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Patroleum7 km
- CollegeGovt. College Rehli25 km
- Police stationBaheriya Police Station38 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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-17
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)