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One vote, four years: Madhya Pradesh High Court orders recount in sarpanch polls
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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Amit Singh Parihar
Contact: 62****4318
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- LGD code
- 463598
- Pincode
- 485441
- Post office
- Sohawal
- Population
- 1,336
- Households
- 257
- Literacy rate
- 61.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1015 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 568
- Distance to district centre
- 6 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 26 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 367 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 566 km
- Nearest railway station
- Sagma · 12 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Sohawal · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Chhinda compares
By population, Chhinda ranks #39 of 262 villages in Nagod mandal.
Literacy rate
%
61.8%
+2.1% vs mandal average
- Chhinda
- 61.8%
- Nagod mandal
- 59.7%
- Satna district
- 61.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,015
+93 vs mandal average
- Chhinda
- 1,015
- Nagod mandal
- 922
Household size
people per home
5.2
+0.6 vs mandal average
- Chhinda
- 5.2
- Nagod mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chhinda at a glance
Chhinda is a village of 1,336 people in 257 households (Census 2011) in Nagod tehsil, Satna district, Madhya Pradesh, the 39th-largest of 262 villages in Nagod tehsil. Literacy is 62%, 2 points above the tehsil average of 60% and the sex ratio is 1,015 women per 1,000 men. It lies 6 km from the Satna district centre, 20 km from Hadha, the nearest town, 12 km from Sagma railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 485441, served by Sohawal post office; the LGD village code is 463598. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Sohawal, 7 km away. The sarpanch is Amit Singh Parihar, and the village votes in Nagod assembly constituency, represented by MLA Nagendra Singh. The population is estimated at 1,575 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chhinda
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- Primary school
- 3
- 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
- SATNA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 18
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 18
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 18
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 613.09
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 183.49
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Chhinda
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Chhinda
- LGD code
- 463598
- Pincode
- 485441
- Post office
- Sohawal
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,336
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,575
- Households
- 257
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1015
- Literacy rate
- 61.8%
- Coordinates
- 24.60457°N, 80.71425°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Satna
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Nagod
- Member of Parliament
- Ganesh Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Nagendra Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Amit Singh Parihar
- Block / Mandal
- Nagod
Getting there
How to reach Chhinda
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal367 kmcapital
- Delhi566 km
- Kolkata811 km
- Hyderabad835 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSagma12 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Sohawal7 km
Same pincode
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- BandiNagod mandal2,071 pop
- MauhariNagod mandal1,918 pop
- Reruwa KalanNagod mandal1,829 pop
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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, 2026-09-18
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