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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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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
CHUNNILAL UIKEY
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- LGD code
- 498076
- Pincode
- 481105
- Post office
- Ukwa
- Population
- 1,204
- Households
- 251
- Literacy rate
- 55.6%
- Sex ratio
- 1048 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 667
- Distance to district centre
- 37 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 3 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 305 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 552 km
- Nearest railway station
- Lamta · 3 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital Jam · 13 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Dabri compares
By population, Dabri ranks #39 of 159 villages in Birsa mandal.
Literacy rate
%
55.6%
+0.3% vs mandal average
- Dabri
- 55.6%
- Birsa mandal
- 55.3%
- Balaghat district
- 67.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,048
+20 vs mandal average
- Dabri
- 1,048
- Birsa mandal
- 1,028
Household size
people per home
4.8
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Dabri
- 4.8
- Birsa mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dabri at a glance
Dabri is a village of 1,204 people in 251 households (Census 2011) in Birsa tehsil, Balaghat district, Madhya Pradesh, the 39th-largest of 159 villages in Birsa tehsil. Literacy is 56%, about the same as the tehsil average of 55% and the sex ratio is 1,048 women per 1,000 men. It lies 37 km from the Balaghat district centre, 3 km from Lamta railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 481105, served by Ukwa post office; the LGD village code is 498076. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital Jam, 13 km away. The sarpanch is CHUNNILAL UIKEY, and the village votes in Paraswada assembly constituency, represented by MLA Madhu Bhau Bhagat. The population is estimated at 1,420 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dabri
- 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)
- 13
- Power hours (winter)
- 13
- Primary school
- 4
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- BAIHAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 70
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 97
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 70
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 1,758.56
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 5
- Forest area (ha)
- 101.74
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dabri
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Dabri
- LGD code
- 498076
- Pincode
- 481105
- Post office
- Ukwa
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,204
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,420
- Households
- 251
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1048
- Literacy rate
- 55.6%
- Coordinates
- 22.11020°N, 80.11385°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Balaghat
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Paraswada
- Member of Parliament
- Bharti Pardhi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Madhu Bhau Bhagat
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- CHUNNILAL UIKEY
- Block / Mandal
- Birsa
Getting there
How to reach Dabri
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal305 kmcapital
- Hyderabad552 km
- Delhi780 km
- Mumbai825 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationLamta3 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital Jam13 km
- ATM / bankCanara18 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petrolium33 km
- CollegeMitali Institute of Nursing42 km
- Police stationNaya Police thana45 km
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- 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
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