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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
shital barde
Contact: 97****5164
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- LGD code
- 478643
- Pincode
- 451666
- Post office
- Sendhwa
- Population
- 2,418
- Households
- 319
- Literacy rate
- 26.3%
- Sex ratio
- 997 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,257
Census 2011 · in context
How Balkhad compares
By population, Balkhad ranks #24 of 80 villages in Sendhwa mandal.
Literacy rate
%
26.3%
−0.9% vs mandal average
- Balkhad
- 26.3%
- Sendhwa mandal
- 27.2%
- Barwani district
- 39.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
997
+11 vs mandal average
- Balkhad
- 997
- Sendhwa mandal
- 986
Household size
people per home
7.6
+1.1 vs mandal average
- Balkhad
- 7.6
- Sendhwa mandal
- 6.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Balkhad at a glance
Balkhad is a village of 2,418 people in 319 households (Census 2011) in Sendhwa tehsil, Barwani district, Madhya Pradesh, the 24th-largest of 80 villages in Sendhwa tehsil. Literacy is 26%, about the same as the tehsil average of 27% and the sex ratio is 997 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 451666, served by Sendhwa post office; the LGD village code is 478643. The sarpanch is shital barde, and the village votes in Khategaon assembly constituency, represented by MLA Aashish Govind Sharma. The population is estimated at 2,851 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Balkhad
- 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)
- 4
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- 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
- 1
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- SENDHWA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 35
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 105
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 35
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 839.32
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 37.52
- Forest area (ha)
- 524.26
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Balkhad
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Balkhad
- LGD code
- 478643
- Pincode
- 451666
- Post office
- Sendhwa
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,418
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,851
- Households
- 319
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 997
- Literacy rate
- 26.3%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Vidisha
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Khategaon
- Member of Parliament
- Shivraj Singh Chauhan
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Aashish Govind Sharma
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- shital barde
- Block / Mandal
- Sendhwa
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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
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