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CJP chief Dipke visits tribal families in MP's Balaghat, seeks accountability over child deaths
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
basanti pusam
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- LGD code
- 498066
- Pincode
- 481105
- Post office
- Ukwa
- Population
- 486
- Households
- 92
- Literacy rate
- 49.4%
- Sex ratio
- 1042 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 259
- Distance to district centre
- 85 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 51 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 353 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 558 km
- Nearest railway station
- Dhapewara · 42 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital Bhanderi · 1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bhanderi compares
By population, Bhanderi ranks #106 of 159 villages in Birsa mandal.
Literacy rate
%
49.4%
−5.9% vs mandal average
- Bhanderi
- 49.4%
- Birsa mandal
- 55.3%
- Balaghat district
- 67.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,042
+14 vs mandal average
- Bhanderi
- 1,042
- Birsa mandal
- 1,028
Household size
people per home
5.3
+0.8 vs mandal average
- Bhanderi
- 5.3
- Birsa mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bhanderi at a glance
Bhanderi is a village of 486 people in 92 households (Census 2011) in Birsa tehsil, Balaghat district, Madhya Pradesh, the 106th-largest of 159 villages in Birsa tehsil. Literacy is 49%, 6 points below the tehsil average of 55% and the sex ratio is 1,042 women per 1,000 men. It lies 85 km from the Balaghat district centre, 42 km from Dhapewara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 481105, served by Ukwa post office; the LGD village code is 498066. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital Bhanderi, 1 km away. The sarpanch is basanti pusam, and the village votes in Paraswada assembly constituency, represented by MLA Madhu Bhau Bhagat. The population is estimated at 573 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bhanderi
- 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)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BAIHAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 65
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 85
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 65
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 110.9
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 9.66
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bhanderi
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bhanderi
- LGD code
- 498066
- Pincode
- 481105
- Post office
- Ukwa
- Population (Census 2011)
- 486
- Population (projected 2026)
- 573
- Households
- 92
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1042
- Literacy rate
- 49.4%
- Coordinates
- 22.00758°N, 80.56882°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Balaghat
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Paraswada
- Member of Parliament
- Bharti Pardhi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Madhu Bhau Bhagat
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- basanti pusam
- Block / Mandal
- Birsa
Getting there
How to reach Bhanderi
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal353 kmcapital
- Hyderabad558 km
- Kolkata804 km
- Delhi808 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDhapewara42 km
- Bus stopBus Stand Baihar11 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital Bhanderi1 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India11 km
- Petrol pumpHPCL10 km
- CollegeMitali Institute of Nursing47 km
- Police stationNaya Police thana11 km
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- 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, 2026-09-24
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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