By population, Bakoda ranks #116 of 157 villages in Chhapara mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bakoda is a village of 427 people in 93 households (Census 2011) in Chhapara tehsil, Seoni district, Madhya Pradesh, the 116th-largest of 157 villages in Chhapara tehsil. Literacy is 42%, 12 points below the tehsil average of 54% and the sex ratio is 986 women per 1,000 men. It lies 100 km from the Seoni district centre, 51 km from Ashti, the nearest town, 8 km from Magardharra Ph railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 480884, served by Chhapara post office; the LGD village code is 495991. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, 3 km away. The sarpanch is AVADHLAL MARKAM, and the village votes in Amarwara assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kamlesh Pratap Shah. The population is estimated at 503 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bakoda Seoni →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakoda · this village | 427 | 42% | — |
| Bakoda · Keolari | 248 | 50% | 0 km N |
| Bakoda · Lalbarra | 1,908 | 68% | 0 km N |
| Miregaon · Lalbarra | 1,465 | 72% | 1.7 km S |
| Khirri · Lalbarra | 1,293 | 71% | 3.2 km E |
| Pandharwani · Lalbarra | 6,450 | 73% | 4.2 km N |
| Pandharwani · Barghat | 1,839 | 62% | 4.2 km N |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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