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CJP chief Dipke visits tribal families in MP's Balaghat, seeks accountability over child deaths
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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
UMAKANT WADIWA
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- LGD code
- 497721
- Pincode
- 481551
- Post office
- Lamta
- Population
- 284
- Households
- 74
- Literacy rate
- 34.2%
- Sex ratio
- 1000 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 171
- Distance to district centre
- 54 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 24 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 219 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 546 km
- Nearest railway station
- Umaria Isra · 27 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Paunar · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Khami compares
By population, Khami ranks #61 of 79 villages in Lamta mandal.
Literacy rate
%
34.2%
−31.0% vs mandal average
- Khami
- 34.2%
- Lamta mandal
- 65.2%
- Balaghat district
- 67.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,000
−30 vs mandal average
- Khami
- 1,000
- Lamta mandal
- 1,030
Household size
people per home
3.8
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Khami
- 3.8
- Lamta mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Khami at a glance
Khami is a village of 284 people in 74 households (Census 2011) in Lamta tehsil, Balaghat district, Madhya Pradesh, the 61st-largest of 79 villages in Lamta tehsil. Literacy is 34%, 31 points below the tehsil average of 65% and the sex ratio is 1,000 women per 1,000 men. It lies 54 km from the Balaghat district centre, 27 km from Umaria Isra railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 481551, served by Lamta post office; the LGD village code is 497721. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Paunar, 9 km away. The sarpanch is UMAKANT WADIWA, and the village votes in Seoni assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dinesh Rai Munmun. The population is estimated at 335 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Khami
- 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
- BALAGHAT
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 18
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 18
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 18
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 139.4
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0.24
- Forest area (ha)
- 106.84
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Khami
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Khami
- LGD code
- 497721
- Pincode
- 481551
- Post office
- Lamta
- Population (Census 2011)
- 284
- Population (projected 2026)
- 335
- Households
- 74
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1000
- Literacy rate
- 34.2%
- Coordinates
- 22.24641°N, 79.24269°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Balaghat
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Seoni
- Member of Parliament
- Bharti Pardhi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dinesh Rai Munmun
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- UMAKANT WADIWA
- Block / Mandal
- Lamta
Getting there
How to reach Khami
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal219 kmcapital
- Hyderabad546 km
- Delhi737 km
- Mumbai750 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationUmaria Isra27 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Paunar9 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India37 km
- Petrol pumpहिन्दी9 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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-24
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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