By population, Bhilma ranks #92 of 186 villages in Kurai mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bhilma is a village of 511 people in 109 households (Census 2011) in Kurai tehsil, Seoni district, Madhya Pradesh, the 92nd-largest of 186 villages in Kurai tehsil. Literacy is 72%, 9 points above the tehsil average of 63% and the sex ratio is 1,004 women per 1,000 men. It lies 91 km from the Seoni district centre, 28 km from Ashti, the nearest town, 18 km from Sukli railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 480886, served by Lakhnadon post office; the LGD village code is 497212. The nearest hospital or health centre is Rai Hospital, 16 km away. The sarpanch is Indrakala Karveti, and the village votes in Churai assembly constituency, represented by MLA Choudhary Sujeet Mersingh. The population is estimated at 602 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bhilma · this village | 511 | 72% | — |
| Bhilma · Lakhnadon | 1,220 | 59% | 0 km N |
| Chikhlapani · Kurai | 311 | 64% | 6.6 km NE |
| Pitesur · Kurai | 493 | 65% | 6.9 km SE |
| Chandarpur · Kurai | 371 | 72% | 7.8 km NE |
| Chikhlitola · Bichhiya | — | — | 8 km SW |
| Setewani · Kurai | 717 | 61% | 8.9 km W |
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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