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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Jaychand Pandre
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- LGD code
- 498186
- Pincode
- 481116
- Post office
- Malanjkhand
- Population
- 1,422
- Households
- 325
- Literacy rate
- 64.1%
- Sex ratio
- 975 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 619
- Distance to district centre
- 99 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 65 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 364 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 572 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bamhani Banjar · 58 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Malanjik copper project hospital · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bhandarpur compares
By population, Bhandarpur ranks #22 of 159 villages in Birsa mandal.
Literacy rate
%
64.1%
+8.8% vs mandal average
Bhandarpur64.1%
Birsa mandal55.3%
Balaghat district67.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
975
−53 vs mandal average
Bhandarpur975
Birsa mandal1,028
Household size
people per home
4.4
−0.1 vs mandal average
Bhandarpur4.4
Birsa mandal4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bhandarpur at a glance
Bhandarpur is a village of 1,422 people in 325 households (Census 2011) in Birsa tehsil, Balaghat district, Madhya Pradesh, the 22nd-largest of 159 villages in Birsa tehsil. Literacy is 64%, 9 points above the tehsil average of 55% and the sex ratio is 975 women per 1,000 men. It lies 99 km from the Balaghat district centre, 58 km from Bamhani Banjar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 481116, served by Malanjkhand post office; the LGD village code is 498186. The nearest hospital or health centre is Malanjik copper project hospital, 3 km away. The sarpanch is Jaychand Pandre, and the village votes in Paraswada assembly constituency, represented by MLA Madhu Bhau Bhagat. The population is estimated at 1,677 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bhandarpur →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bhandarpur · this village | 1,422 | 64% | — |
| Tingipur · Birsa | 1,932 | 66% | 2.4 km SE |
| Nikum · Birsa | 1,361 | 71% | 3.5 km NE |
| Basinkhar · Birsa | 773 | 60% | 3.7 km N |
| Chakarwahi · Birsa | 947 | 67% | 4.4 km SE |
| Baherakhar · Birsa | 460 | 57% | 4.9 km N |
| Bhimlat · Birsa | 838 | 65% | 5.7 km NW |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bhandarpur
- 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)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 14
- 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
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- MALAJKHAND
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 97
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 385.47
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 65.91
- Forest area (ha)
- 46.85
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bhandarpur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bhandarpur
- LGD code
- 498186
- Pincode
- 481116
- Post office
- Malanjkhand
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,422
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,677
- Households
- 325
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 975
- Literacy rate
- 64.1%
- Coordinates
- 22.08067°N, 80.72257°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Balaghat
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Paraswada
- Member of Parliament
- Bharti Pardhi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Madhu Bhau Bhagat
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Jaychand Pandre
- Block / Mandal
- Birsa
Getting there
How to reach Bhandarpur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal364 kmcapital
- Hyderabad572 km
- Kolkata788 km
- Delhi808 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBamhani Banjar58 km
- Bus stopBus Stand Birsa9 km
- Hospital / PHCMalanjik copper project hospital3 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India18 km
- Petrol pumpBP4 km
- Police stationPolice Station4 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Bhandarpur
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕SDhiv mandirTemple2.1 km ↗
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 481116
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Villages near Bhandarpur
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)