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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Savita bai ahirwae
Contact: 88****4075
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- LGD code
- 500122
- Pincode
- 473335
- Post office
- Esagarh
- Population
- 791
- Households
- 206
- Literacy rate
- 63.1%
- Sex ratio
- 963 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 338
- Distance to district centre
- 22 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 13 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 162 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 438 km
- Nearest railway station
- Ratikheda · 12 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Govt. Hospital · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kanhera compares
By population, Kanhera ranks #58 of 131 villages in Isagarh mandal.
Literacy rate
%
63.1%
+10.3% vs mandal average
- Kanhera
- 63.1%
- Isagarh mandal
- 52.8%
- Ashoknagar district
- 55.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
963
+48 vs mandal average
- Kanhera
- 963
- Isagarh mandal
- 915
Household size
people per home
3.8
−1.1 vs mandal average
- Kanhera
- 3.8
- Isagarh mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kanhera at a glance
Kanhera is a village of 791 people in 206 households (Census 2011) in Isagarh tehsil, Ashoknagar district, Madhya Pradesh, the 58th-largest of 131 villages in Isagarh tehsil. Literacy is 63%, 10 points above the tehsil average of 53% and the sex ratio is 963 women per 1,000 men. It lies 22 km from the Ashoknagar district centre, 43 km from Jakhalon, the nearest town, 12 km from Ratikheda railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 473335, served by Esagarh post office; the LGD village code is 500122. The nearest hospital or health centre is Govt. Hospital, 9 km away. The sarpanch is Savita bai ahirwae , and the village votes in Chanderi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Jagannath Singh Raghuwanshi. The population is estimated at 933 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kanhera
- 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)
- 6
- Primary school
- 2
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- ASHOKNAGAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 20
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 30
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 416
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 168
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kanhera
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kanhera
- LGD code
- 500122
- Pincode
- 473335
- Post office
- Esagarh
- Population (Census 2011)
- 791
- Population (projected 2026)
- 933
- Households
- 206
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 963
- Literacy rate
- 63.1%
- Coordinates
- 24.69590°N, 77.70417°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Guna
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Chanderi
- Member of Parliament
- Jyotiraditya Scindia
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Jagannath Singh Raghuwanshi
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Savita bai ahirwae
- Block / Mandal
- Isagarh
Getting there
How to reach Kanhera
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal162 kmcapital
- Delhi438 km
- Mumbai799 km
- Hyderabad817 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationRatikheda12 km
- Hospital / PHCGovt. Hospital9 km
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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, 2026-09-24
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)