By population, Charka ranks #30 of 154 villages in Beohari mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Charka is a village of 1,869 people in 440 households (Census 2011) in Beohari tehsil, Shahdol district, Madhya Pradesh, the 30th-largest of 154 villages in Beohari tehsil. Literacy is 41%, 11 points below the tehsil average of 52% and the sex ratio is 925 women per 1,000 men. It lies 343 km from the Shahdol district centre, 42 km from Jakhalon, the nearest town, 41 km from Hinotia Pipalkhera railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 484774, served by Beohari post office; the LGD village code is 500944. The nearest hospital or health centre is Metro Hospital, 9 km away. The sarpanch is BANVARILAL SINGH GOND, and the village votes in Maihar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Shrikant Chaturvedi. The population is estimated at 2,204 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Charka →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charka · this village | 1,869 | 41% | — |
| Semalkhedi · Sironj | 2,463 | 44% | 1.7 km S |
| Narayanpur · Shamshabad | 4 | 50% | 2 km NE |
| Narayanpur · Sironj | 501 | 48% | 2 km NE |
| Kachnariya · Sironj | 531 | 56% | 2.4 km NE |
| Bhojpur · Sironj | — | — | 2.9 km S |
| Kishanpura · Sironj | 402 | 56% | 3.8 km NE |
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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