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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Chakar is a village in Majhgawan mandal, Satna district, Madhya Pradesh, with a population of 867 across 158 households. The literacy rate is 29.4%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
GYANWATI SINGH
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- LGD code
- 463317
- Pincode
- 485666
- Post office
- Kothi (Satna)
- Population
- 867
- Households
- 158
- Literacy rate
- 29.4%
- Sex ratio
- 1002 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 441
- Distance to district centre
- 26 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 18 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 371 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 540 km
- Nearest railway station
- Majhagawan · 20 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital Kothi · 18 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Chakar compares
By population, Chakar ranks #37 of 206 villages in Majhgawan mandal.
Literacy rate
%
29.4%
−19.4% vs mandal average
- Chakar
- 29.4%
- Majhgawan mandal
- 48.8%
- Satna district
- 61.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,002
+92 vs mandal average
- Chakar
- 1,002
- Majhgawan mandal
- 910
Household size
people per home
5.5
+0.8 vs mandal average
- Chakar
- 5.5
- Majhgawan mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chakar at a glance
Chakar is a village of 867 people in 158 households (Census 2011) in Majhgawan tehsil, Satna district, Madhya Pradesh, the 37th-largest of 206 villages in Majhgawan tehsil. Literacy is 29%, 19 points below the tehsil average of 49% and the sex ratio is 1,002 women per 1,000 men. It lies 26 km from the Satna district centre, 21 km from Gahira, the nearest town, 20 km from Majhagawan railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 485666, served by Kothi (Satna) post office; the LGD village code is 463317. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital Kothi, 18 km away. The sarpanch is GYANWATI SINGH, and the village votes in Panna assembly constituency, represented by MLA Brijendra Pratap Singh. The population is estimated at 1,022 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chakar
- 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
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KOTHI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 25
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 46
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 46
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 806.87
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 2.1
- Forest area (ha)
- 673.15
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Chakar
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Chakar
- LGD code
- 463317
- Pincode
- 485666
- Post office
- Kothi (Satna)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 867
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,022
- Households
- 158
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1002
- Literacy rate
- 29.4%
- Coordinates
- 24.83826°N, 80.62826°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Khajuraho
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Panna
- Member of Parliament
- V. D. Sharma
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Brijendra Pratap Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- GYANWATI SINGH
- Block / Mandal
- Majhgawan
Getting there
How to reach Chakar
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal371 kmcapital
- Delhi540 km
- Kolkata827 km
- Hyderabad858 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationMajhagawan20 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital Kothi18 km
- CollegeShri Ram Milan Junior High School , Kalyanpur34 km
- Police stationPolice Station Badausa45 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, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-16
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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