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September 2026
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CJP chief Dipke visits tribal families in MP's Balaghat, seeks accountability over child deaths
Reported by The New Indian Express.
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Indubai Pandre
Contact: 70****2490
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- LGD code
- 498184
- Pincode
- 481116
- Post office
- Malanjkhand
- Population
- 773
- Households
- 183
- Literacy rate
- 59.5%
- Sex ratio
- 1056 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 425
- Distance to district centre
- 99 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 65 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 363 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 576 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bamhani Banjar · 55 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Malanjik copper project hospital · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Basinkhar compares
By population, Basinkhar ranks #64 of 159 villages in Birsa mandal.
Literacy rate
%
59.5%
+4.2% vs mandal average
- Basinkhar
- 59.5%
- Birsa mandal
- 55.3%
- Balaghat district
- 67.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,056
+28 vs mandal average
- Basinkhar
- 1,056
- Birsa mandal
- 1,028
Household size
people per home
4.2
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Basinkhar
- 4.2
- Birsa mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Basinkhar at a glance
Basinkhar is a village of 773 people in 183 households (Census 2011) in Birsa tehsil, Balaghat district, Madhya Pradesh, the 64th-largest of 159 villages in Birsa tehsil. Literacy is 60%, 4 points above the tehsil average of 55% and the sex ratio is 1,056 women per 1,000 men. It lies 99 km from the Balaghat district centre, 55 km from Bamhani Banjar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 481116, served by Malanjkhand post office; the LGD village code is 498184. The nearest hospital or health centre is Malanjik copper project hospital, 7 km away. The sarpanch is Indubai Pandre, and the village votes in Paraswada assembly constituency, represented by MLA Madhu Bhau Bhagat. The population is estimated at 911 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Balgaon →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basinkhar · this village | 773 | 60% | — |
| Baherakhar · Birsa | 460 | 57% | 1.3 km NW |
| Nikum · Birsa | 1,361 | 71% | 1.5 km SE |
| Bhimlat · Birsa | 838 | 65% | 2.8 km NW |
| Bhandarpur · Birsa | 1,422 | 64% | 3.7 km S |
| Tingipur · Birsa | 1,932 | 66% | 5.4 km S |
| Sahegaon · Birsa | 481 | 64% | 6.3 km W |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Basinkhar
- 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)
- 14
- Power hours (winter)
- 14
- Primary school
- 2
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- MALAJKHAND
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 102
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 18
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 310.67
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 47.47
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Basinkhar
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Basinkhar
- LGD code
- 498184
- Pincode
- 481116
- Post office
- Malanjkhand
- Population (Census 2011)
- 773
- Population (projected 2026)
- 911
- Households
- 183
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1056
- Literacy rate
- 59.5%
- Coordinates
- 22.11420°N, 80.72431°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Balaghat
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Paraswada
- Member of Parliament
- Bharti Pardhi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Madhu Bhau Bhagat
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Indubai Pandre
- Block / Mandal
- Birsa
Getting there
How to reach Basinkhar
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal363 kmcapital
- Hyderabad576 km
- Kolkata787 km
- Delhi804 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBamhani Banjar55 km
- Bus stopBus Stand Birsa12 km
- Hospital / PHCMalanjik copper project hospital7 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India18 km
- Petrol pumpBP8 km
- Police stationPolice Station8 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Basinkhar
2 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 481116
Villages near Basinkhar
Other villages in Birsa 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, 2026-09-16
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)