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One vote, four years: Madhya Pradesh High Court orders recount in sarpanch polls
Reported by The Indian Express.
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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
DURGESH RAHANGDALE
Contact: 62****0362
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- LGD code
- 496959
- Pincode
- 480667
- Post office
- Barghat
- Population
- 743
- Households
- 159
- Literacy rate
- 46.6%
- Sex ratio
- 1014 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 403
Census 2011 · in context
How Paunar Khurd compares
By population, Paunar Khurd ranks #102 of 140 villages in Barghat mandal.
Literacy rate
%
46.6%
−19.5% vs mandal average
- Paunar Khurd
- 46.6%
- Barghat mandal
- 66.1%
- Seoni district
- 62.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,014
Same as the mandal average
- Paunar Khurd
- 1,014
- Barghat mandal
- 1,014
Household size
people per home
4.7
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Paunar Khurd
- 4.7
- Barghat mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Paunar Khurd at a glance
Paunar Khurd is a village of 743 people in 159 households (Census 2011) in Barghat tehsil, Seoni district, Madhya Pradesh, the 102nd-largest of 140 villages in Barghat tehsil. Literacy is 47%, 19 points below the tehsil average of 66% and the sex ratio is 1,014 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 480667, served by Barghat post office; the LGD village code is 496959. The sarpanch is DURGESH RAHANGDALE, and the village votes in Keolari assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rajneesh Harvansh Singh. The population is estimated at 876 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Paunar Khurd
- 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)
- 9
- 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
- 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
- BARGHAT
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 40
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 194
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 30
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Paunar Khurd
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Paunar Khurd
- LGD code
- 496959
- Pincode
- 480667
- Post office
- Barghat
- Population (Census 2011)
- 743
- Population (projected 2026)
- 876
- Households
- 159
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1014
- Literacy rate
- 46.6%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mandla
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Keolari
- Member of Parliament
- Faggan Singh Kulaste
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rajneesh Harvansh Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- DURGESH RAHANGDALE
- Block / Mandal
- Barghat
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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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)