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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RAJKISHOR RAJAK
Contact: 95****4422
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- LGD code
- 463505
- Pincode
- 485226
- Post office
- Birsinghpur
- Population
- 1,013
- Households
- 175
- Literacy rate
- 62.9%
- Sex ratio
- 855 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 483
- Distance to district centre
- 28 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 23 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 389 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 562 km
- Nearest railway station
- Jaitwar · 2 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government hospital Jaitwara · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Galbal compares
By population, Galbal ranks #34 of 160 villages in Birsinghpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
62.9%
+3.7% vs mandal average
- Galbal
- 62.9%
- Birsinghpur mandal
- 59.2%
- Satna district
- 61.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
855
−61 vs mandal average
- Galbal
- 855
- Birsinghpur mandal
- 916
Household size
people per home
5.8
+1.2 vs mandal average
- Galbal
- 5.8
- Birsinghpur mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Galbal at a glance
Galbal is a village of 1,013 people in 175 households (Census 2011) in Birsinghpur tehsil, Satna district, Madhya Pradesh, the 34th-largest of 160 villages in Birsinghpur tehsil. Literacy is 63%, 4 points above the tehsil average of 59% and the sex ratio is 855 women per 1,000 men. It lies 28 km from the Satna district centre, 16 km from Gahira, the nearest town, 2 km from Jaitwar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 485226, served by Birsinghpur post office; the LGD village code is 463505. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government hospital Jaitwara, 3 km away. The sarpanch is RAJKISHOR RAJAK, and the village votes in Raigaon assembly constituency, represented by MLA Pratima Bagri. The population is estimated at 1,194 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Galbal
- 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
- 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
- JAITWARA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 4
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 40
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 192.65
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 86.7
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Galbal
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Galbal
- LGD code
- 463505
- Pincode
- 485226
- Post office
- Birsinghpur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,013
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,194
- Households
- 175
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 855
- Literacy rate
- 62.9%
- Coordinates
- 24.76036°N, 80.87353°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Satna
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Raigaon
- Member of Parliament
- Ganesh Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Pratima Bagri
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RAJKISHOR RAJAK
- Block / Mandal
- Birsinghpur
Getting there
How to reach Galbal
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal389 kmcapital
- Delhi562 km
- Kolkata801 km
- Hyderabad857 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationJaitwar2 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment hospital Jaitwara3 km
- CollegeJRD STATE UNIVERSITY, CHITRAKOOT48 km
- Police stationPURANI KOTWALI MAIDAN50 km
Same pincode
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- KarsaraKothi mandal3,421 pop
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- PratappurBirsinghpur mandal2,719 pop
- Pagar KalanBirsinghpur mandal2,306 pop
- RimariBirsinghpur mandal2,203 pop
- BandhiBirsinghpur mandal2,200 pop
- BerhanaBirsinghpur mandal2,164 pop
Villages near Galbal
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View all 60+ →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)