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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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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Taravati Masaram
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- LGD code
- 498332
- Pincode
- 481556
- Post office
- Paraswada
- Population
- 1,552
- Households
- 318
- Literacy rate
- 74.2%
- Sex ratio
- 1058 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 836
- Distance to district centre
- 59 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 39 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 324 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 563 km
- Nearest railway station
- Lamta · 21 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government hospital Paraswada · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Chini compares
By population, Chini ranks #10 of 171 villages in Paraswada mandal.
Literacy rate
%
74.2%
+10.5% vs mandal average
- Chini
- 74.2%
- Paraswada mandal
- 63.7%
- Balaghat district
- 67.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,058
+22 vs mandal average
- Chini
- 1,058
- Paraswada mandal
- 1,036
Household size
people per home
4.9
+0.5 vs mandal average
- Chini
- 4.9
- Paraswada mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chini at a glance
Chini is a village of 1,552 people in 318 households (Census 2011) in Paraswada tehsil, Balaghat district, Madhya Pradesh, the 10th-largest of 171 villages in Paraswada tehsil. Literacy is 74%, 11 points above the tehsil average of 64% and the sex ratio is 1,058 women per 1,000 men. It lies 59 km from the Balaghat district centre, 21 km from Lamta railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 481556, served by Paraswada post office; the LGD village code is 498332. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government hospital Paraswada, 5 km away. The sarpanch is Taravati Masaram, and the village votes in Mandla assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sampatiya Uikey. The population is estimated at 1,830 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chini
- 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
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- 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
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BAIHAR
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 60
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 6
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 928.78
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 25.88
- Forest area (ha)
- 516.15
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Chini
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Chini
- LGD code
- 498332
- Pincode
- 481556
- Post office
- Paraswada
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,552
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,830
- Households
- 318
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1058
- Literacy rate
- 74.2%
- Coordinates
- 22.13892°N, 80.33148°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mandla
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mandla
- Member of Parliament
- Faggan Singh Kulaste
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sampatiya Uikey
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Taravati Masaram
- Block / Mandal
- Paraswada
Getting there
How to reach Chini
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal324 kmcapital
- Hyderabad563 km
- Delhi785 km
- Kolkata827 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationLamta21 km
- Bus stopBus Stand Jhangul19 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment hospital Paraswada5 km
- ATM / bankCanara7 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Peroleum23 km
- CollegeMitali Institute of Nursing46 km
- Police stationNaya Police thana23 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, 2026-09-17
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)