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One vote, four years: Madhya Pradesh High Court orders recount in sarpanch polls
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Gajraj Singh
Contact: 88****0239
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- LGD code
- 480643
- Pincode
- 464228
- Post office
- Sironj
- Population
- 878
- Households
- 161
- Literacy rate
- 38.5%
- Sex ratio
- 884 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 360
- Distance to district centre
- 29 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 9 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 93 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 509 km
- Nearest railway station
- Ganj Basoda · 34 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Rajeev Gandhi Memorial Hospital · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Sankhlon compares
By population, Sankhlon ranks #64 of 290 villages in Sironj mandal.
Literacy rate
%
38.5%
−10.0% vs mandal average
- Sankhlon
- 38.5%
- Sironj mandal
- 48.5%
- Vidisha district
- 59.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
884
+6 vs mandal average
- Sankhlon
- 884
- Sironj mandal
- 878
Household size
people per home
5.5
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Sankhlon
- 5.5
- Sironj mandal
- 5.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sankhlon at a glance
Sankhlon is a village of 878 people in 161 households (Census 2011) in Sironj tehsil, Vidisha district, Madhya Pradesh, the 64th-largest of 290 villages in Sironj tehsil. Literacy is 39%, 10 points below the tehsil average of 49% and the sex ratio is 884 women per 1,000 men. It lies 29 km from the Vidisha district centre, 45 km from Maksudangarh, the nearest town, 34 km from Ganj Basoda railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 464228, served by Sironj post office; the LGD village code is 480643. The nearest hospital or health centre is Rajeev Gandhi Memorial Hospital, 5 km away. The sarpanch is Gajraj Singh, and the village votes in Sironj assembly constituency, represented by MLA Umakant Sharma. The population is estimated at 1,035 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sankhlon · this village | 878 | 39% | — |
| Bishepur · Sironj | 527 | 55% | 2.2 km E |
| Umarkhedi · Sironj | 383 | 41% | 3.3 km SE |
| Umarkhedi · Makhan Nagar | 733 | 56% | 3.3 km SE |
| Malsipur · Sironj | 254 | 55% | 3.6 km NW |
| Chandrahai · Sironj | 627 | 51% | 3.8 km S |
| Chaurakhedi · Sironj | 545 | 43% | 3.9 km NW |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sankhlon
- 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)
- 4
- Power hours (winter)
- 4
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- SIRONJ
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 5
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 90
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 5
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 1,100.31
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 127.18
- Forest area (ha)
- 538.39
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Sankhlon
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Sankhlon
- LGD code
- 480643
- Pincode
- 464228
- Post office
- Sironj
- Population (Census 2011)
- 878
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,035
- Households
- 161
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 884
- Literacy rate
- 38.5%
- Coordinates
- 24.05745°N, 77.69740°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Sagar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sironj
- Member of Parliament
- Lata Wankhede
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Umakant Sharma
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Gajraj Singh
- Block / Mandal
- Sironj
Getting there
How to reach Sankhlon
Nearest town · 10,917 people
Maksudangarh · ≈ 45 km
≈ 1 h 32 min by car · 1 h 50 min by bike
DirectionsDistance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal93 kmcapital
- Delhi509 km
- Mumbai745 km
- Hyderabad746 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGanj Basoda34 km
- Hospital / PHCRajeev Gandhi Memorial Hospital5 km
- CollegeBina Public H. S. School51 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 464228
Villages near Sankhlon
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- Karaiyahat
- Deepnakheda
- Bhagwantpur
- Narkheda Jagir
- Dhanoda
- Pardha
- Pyarakhedi
- Jhandwa
- Bagroda
- Ghatwar
- Chhapu
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- Bhoriya
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- Iklod
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- Karrakhedi
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- Pathariya
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- Banskhedi Gugal
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- Barej
- Khejada Hali
- Anuppur
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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, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)