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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
sitaram kurmi
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- LGD code
- 461213
- Pincode
- 470221
- Post office
- Surkhi
- Population
- 748
- Households
- 177
- Literacy rate
- 60%
- Sex ratio
- 884 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 387
- Distance to district centre
- 44 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 19 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 141 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 583 km
- Nearest railway station
- Ratona · 32 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Govt Hospital · 11 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bhonhara compares
By population, Bhonhara ranks #49 of 189 villages in Kesli mandal.
Literacy rate
%
60.0%
+0.9% vs mandal average
- Bhonhara
- 60.0%
- Kesli mandal
- 59.1%
- Sagar district
- 65.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
884
−16 vs mandal average
- Bhonhara
- 884
- Kesli mandal
- 900
Household size
people per home
4.2
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Bhonhara
- 4.2
- Kesli mandal
- 4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bhonhara at a glance
Bhonhara is a village of 748 people in 177 households (Census 2011) in Kesli tehsil, Sagar district, Madhya Pradesh, the 49th-largest of 189 villages in Kesli tehsil. Literacy is 60%, about the same as the tehsil average of 59% and the sex ratio is 884 women per 1,000 men. It lies 44 km from the Sagar district centre, 32 km from Ratona railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 470221, served by Surkhi post office; the LGD village code is 461213. The nearest hospital or health centre is Govt Hospital, 11 km away. The sarpanch is sitaram kurmi, and the village votes in Rehli assembly constituency, represented by MLA Gopal Bhargava. The population is estimated at 882 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bhonhara
- 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)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 10
- 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
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- 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
- DEORI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 4
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 34
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 25
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 654.8
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 132.44
- Forest area (ha)
- 6.32
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bhonhara
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bhonhara
- LGD code
- 461213
- Pincode
- 470221
- Post office
- Surkhi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 748
- Population (projected 2026)
- 882
- Households
- 177
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 884
- Literacy rate
- 60.0%
- Coordinates
- 23.55588°N, 78.75693°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Damoh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Rehli
- Member of Parliament
- Rahul Lodhi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Gopal Bhargava
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- sitaram kurmi
- Block / Mandal
- Kesli
Getting there
How to reach Bhonhara
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal141 kmcapital
- Delhi583 km
- Hyderabad687 km
- Mumbai787 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationRatona32 km
- Bus stopBus Stend Gourjhamar18 km
- Hospital / PHCGovt Hospital11 km
- ATM / bankSBI ATM11 km
- Petrol pumpSourabh Petroleum11 km
- CollegeNanhi Deori14 km
- Police stationPolice Control Room Edit31 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, 2026-05-15
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-20
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)