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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SUKHBATI WARKADE
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- LGD code
- 498085
- Pincode
- 481105
- Post office
- Ukwa
- Population
- 355
- Households
- 65
- Literacy rate
- 52.4%
- Sex ratio
- 909 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 161
- Distance to district centre
- 38 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 3 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 305 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 555 km
- Nearest railway station
- Lamta · <1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital Jam · 15 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Laphra compares
By population, Laphra ranks #122 of 159 villages in Birsa mandal.
Literacy rate
%
52.4%
−2.9% vs mandal average
Laphra52.4%
Birsa mandal55.3%
Balaghat district67.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
909
−119 vs mandal average
Laphra909
Birsa mandal1,028
Household size
people per home
5.5
+1.0 vs mandal average
Laphra5.5
Birsa mandal4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Laphra at a glance
Laphra is a village of 355 people in 65 households (Census 2011) in Birsa tehsil, Balaghat district, Madhya Pradesh, the 122nd-largest of 159 villages in Birsa tehsil. Literacy is 52%, 3 points below the tehsil average of 55% and the sex ratio is 909 women per 1,000 men. It lies 38 km from the Balaghat district centre, under 1 km from Lamta railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 481105, served by Ukwa post office; the LGD village code is 498085. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital Jam, 15 km away. The sarpanch is SUKHBATI WARKADE, and the village votes in Paraswada assembly constituency, represented by MLA Madhu Bhau Bhagat. The population is estimated at 419 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Laphra
- 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)
- 12
- Primary school
- 1
- 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
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BAIHAR
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 70
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 107
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 300.63
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 17.01
- Forest area (ha)
- 104.81
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Laphra
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Laphra
- LGD code
- 498085
- Pincode
- 481105
- Post office
- Ukwa
- Population (Census 2011)
- 355
- Population (projected 2026)
- 419
- Households
- 65
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 909
- Literacy rate
- 52.4%
- Coordinates
- 22.13096°N, 80.12586°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Balaghat
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Paraswada
- Member of Parliament
- Bharti Pardhi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Madhu Bhau Bhagat
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SUKHBATI WARKADE
- Block / Mandal
- Birsa
Getting there
How to reach Laphra
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal305 kmcapital
- Hyderabad555 km
- Delhi778 km
- Mumbai827 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationLamta<1 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital Jam15 km
- ATM / bankCanara16 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petrolium35 km
- CollegeMitali Institute of Nursing44 km
- Police stationNaya Police thana44 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, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)