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September 2026
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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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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
PK
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
PRABHUDAYAL KIRME
Contact: 94****3351
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- LGD code
- 498623
- Pincode
- 481222
- Post office
- Lanji
- Population
- 664
- Households
- 137
- Literacy rate
- 68.1%
- Sex ratio
- 1012 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 322
- Distance to district centre
- 377 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 391 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 248 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 430 km
- Nearest railway station
- Burhanpur · 5 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Sanmati Hopital · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Tekri compares
By population, Tekri ranks #96 of 162 villages in Lanji mandal.
Literacy rate
%
68.1%
+0.4% vs mandal average
- Tekri
- 68.1%
- Lanji mandal
- 67.7%
- Balaghat district
- 67.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,012
−2 vs mandal average
- Tekri
- 1,012
- Lanji mandal
- 1,014
Household size
people per home
4.8
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Tekri
- 4.8
- Lanji mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Tekri at a glance
Tekri is a village of 664 people in 137 households (Census 2011) in Lanji tehsil, Balaghat district, Madhya Pradesh, the 96th-largest of 162 villages in Lanji tehsil. Literacy is 68%, about the same as the tehsil average of 68% and the sex ratio is 1,012 women per 1,000 men. It lies 377 km from the Balaghat district centre, 10 km from Borgaon Buzurg, the nearest town, 5 km from Burhanpur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 481222, served by Lanji post office; the LGD village code is 498623. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sanmati Hopital, <1 km away. The sarpanch is PRABHUDAYAL KIRME, and the village votes in Balaghat assembly constituency, represented by MLA Anubha Munjare. The population is estimated at 783 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Tekri
- Treated tap water
- No
- 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)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 10
- 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
- LANJI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 2
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 64
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 2
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 57.66
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 1.83
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Tekri
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Tekri
- LGD code
- 498623
- Pincode
- 481222
- Post office
- Lanji
- Population (Census 2011)
- 664
- Population (projected 2026)
- 783
- Households
- 137
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1012
- Literacy rate
- 68.1%
- Coordinates
- 21.30523°N, 76.24183°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Balaghat
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Balaghat
- Member of Parliament
- Bharti Pardhi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Anubha Munjare
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- PRABHUDAYAL KIRME
- Block / Mandal
- Lanji
- Nearest police station
- Police Station - Shikarpura (2.2 km)
Getting there
How to reach Tekri
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal248 kmcapital
- Mumbai430 km
- Hyderabad495 km
- Delhi819 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBurhanpur5 km
- Hospital / PHCSanmati Hopital<1 km
- ATM / bankUnion Bank of India, Tandalwadi37 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil35 km
- Police stationPolice Station - Shikarpura2 km
Nearest to the village
- Health centre
- Sanmati Hopitalunder 1 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Tekri
3 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Same pincode
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- 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, 2026-09-21
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)