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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SUNITA ASHOK CHAURAGADE
Contact: 74****3034
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- LGD code
- 498527
- Pincode
- 481224
- Post office
- Karanja (Balaghat)
- Population
- 1,930
- Households
- 424
- Literacy rate
- 75.7%
- Sex ratio
- 1002 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,054
- Distance to district centre
- 118 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 74 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 382 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 495 km
- Nearest railway station
- Salekasa · 11 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Rural Hospital, Salekasa · 12 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bahela compares
By population, Bahela ranks #33 of 162 villages in Lanji mandal.
Literacy rate
%
75.7%
+8.0% vs mandal average
- Bahela
- 75.7%
- Lanji mandal
- 67.7%
- Balaghat district
- 67.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,002
−12 vs mandal average
- Bahela
- 1,002
- Lanji mandal
- 1,014
Household size
people per home
4.6
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Bahela
- 4.6
- Lanji mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bahela at a glance
Bahela is a village of 1,930 people in 424 households (Census 2011) in Lanji tehsil, Balaghat district, Madhya Pradesh, the 33rd-largest of 162 villages in Lanji tehsil. Literacy is 76%, 8 points above the tehsil average of 68% and the sex ratio is 1,002 women per 1,000 men. It lies 118 km from the Balaghat district centre, 11 km from Salekasa railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 481224, served by Karanja (Balaghat) post office; the LGD village code is 498527. The nearest hospital or health centre is Rural Hospital, Salekasa, 12 km away. The sarpanch is SUNITA ASHOK CHAURAGADE, and the village votes in Balaghat assembly constituency, represented by MLA Anubha Munjare. The population is estimated at 2,275 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bahela
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- Primary school
- 3
- Middle school
- 2
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 1
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- LANJI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 15
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 76
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 508.18
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 256.11
- Forest area (ha)
- 16.17
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bahela
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bahela
- LGD code
- 498527
- Pincode
- 481224
- Post office
- Karanja (Balaghat)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,930
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,275
- Households
- 424
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1002
- Literacy rate
- 75.7%
- Coordinates
- 21.39775°N, 80.52837°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Balaghat
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Balaghat
- Member of Parliament
- Bharti Pardhi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Anubha Munjare
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SUNITA ASHOK CHAURAGADE
- Block / Mandal
- Lanji
Getting there
How to reach Bahela
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal382 kmcapital
- Hyderabad495 km
- Kolkata818 km
- Mumbai839 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSalekasa11 km
- Hospital / PHCRural Hospital, Salekasa12 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil35 km
- CollegeSmt KDM Collge35 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)