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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
preeta dehariya
Contact: 94****0093
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- LGD code
- 496465
- Pincode
- 480991
- Post office
- Khairapalari
- Population
- 528
- Households
- 109
- Literacy rate
- 60.4%
- Sex ratio
- 956 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 161
- Distance to district centre
- 143 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 171 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 132 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 570 km
- Nearest railway station
- Ratona · 21 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government hospital Jaisinagar · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bichuwa compares
By population, Bichuwa ranks #116 of 184 villages in Keolari mandal.
Literacy rate
%
60.4%
−2.9% vs mandal average
- Bichuwa
- 60.4%
- Keolari mandal
- 63.3%
- Seoni district
- 62.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
956
−40 vs mandal average
- Bichuwa
- 956
- Keolari mandal
- 996
Household size
people per home
4.8
+0.5 vs mandal average
- Bichuwa
- 4.8
- Keolari mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bichuwa at a glance
Bichuwa is a village of 528 people in 109 households (Census 2011) in Keolari tehsil, Seoni district, Madhya Pradesh, the 116th-largest of 184 villages in Keolari tehsil. Literacy is 60%, 3 points below the tehsil average of 63% and the sex ratio is 956 women per 1,000 men. It lies 143 km from the Seoni district centre, 21 km from Ratona railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 480991, served by Khairapalari post office; the LGD village code is 496465. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government hospital Jaisinagar, 7 km away. The sarpanch is preeta dehariya. The population is estimated at 623 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bichuwa
- 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)
- 9
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SEONI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 50
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 50
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 18
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 283.38
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 218.95
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bichuwa
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bichuwa
- LGD code
- 496465
- Pincode
- 480991
- Post office
- Khairapalari
- Population (Census 2011)
- 528
- Population (projected 2026)
- 623
- Households
- 109
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 956
- Literacy rate
- 60.4%
- Coordinates
- 23.65316°N, 78.62982°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mandla
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Lakhnadon
- Member of Parliament
- Faggan Singh Kulaste
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- preeta dehariya
- Block / Mandal
- Keolari
Getting there
How to reach Bichuwa
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal132 kmcapital
- Delhi570 km
- Hyderabad697 km
- Mumbai783 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationRatona21 km
- Bus stopBus Stend Agariya5 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment hospital Jaisinagar7 km
- ATM / bankMadhanchal gramin kiosk Bank6 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum Petrol Pump .6 km
- CollegeG. P. S. karaiya1 km
- Police stationPolice Control Room Edit24 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Bichuwa
8 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Bichuwa
3 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
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Other villages in Keolari mandal
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, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-17
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)