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One vote, four years: Madhya Pradesh High Court orders recount in sarpanch polls
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Echaya is a village in Gohad mandal, Bhind district, Madhya Pradesh. The village has a population of 1,667 across 313 households, with a literacy rate of 49.6%. It is located at coordinates 26.370°N, 78.381°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
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- LGD code
- 453307
- Pincode
- 477116
- Post office
- Gohad
- Population
- 1,667
- Households
- 313
- Literacy rate
- 49.6%
- Sex ratio
- 836 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 561
- Distance to district centre
- 33 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 10 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 359 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 275 km
- Nearest railway station
- Rayatpura · 9 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Chaudhary Nursing Home · 22 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Echaya compares
By population, Echaya ranks #32 of 121 villages in Gohad mandal.
Literacy rate
%
49.6%
−12.6% vs mandal average
- Echaya
- 49.6%
- Gohad mandal
- 62.2%
- Bhind district
- 64.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
836
+16 vs mandal average
- Echaya
- 836
- Gohad mandal
- 820
Household size
people per home
5.3
Same as the mandal average
- Echaya
- 5.3
- Gohad mandal
- 5.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Echaya at a glance
Echaya is a village of 1,667 people in 313 households (Census 2011) in Gohad tehsil, Bhind district, Madhya Pradesh, the 32nd-largest of 121 villages in Gohad tehsil. Literacy is 50%, 13 points below the tehsil average of 62% and the sex ratio is 836 women per 1,000 men. It lies 33 km from the Bhind district centre, 28 km from Khadiyahar, the nearest town, 9 km from Rayatpura railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 477116, served by Gohad post office; the LGD village code is 453307. The nearest hospital or health centre is Chaudhary Nursing Home, 22 km away. The sarpanch is lali, and the village votes in Gohad assembly constituency, represented by MLA Keshav Singh Desai. The population is estimated at 1,965 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Echaya
- 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
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 5
- Power hours (winter)
- 7
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- GOHAD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 8
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 52
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 771.38
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 291.08
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Echaya
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Echaya
- LGD code
- 453307
- Pincode
- 477116
- Post office
- Gohad
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,667
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,965
- Households
- 313
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 836
- Literacy rate
- 49.6%
- Coordinates
- 26.36986°N, 78.38112°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bhind
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gohad
- Member of Parliament
- Sandhya Ray
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Keshav Singh Desai
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- lali
- Block / Mandal
- Gohad
Getting there
How to reach Echaya
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal359 kmcapital
- Delhi275 km
- Mumbai988 km
- Hyderabad999 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationRayatpura9 km
- Hospital / PHCChaudhary Nursing Home22 km
- ATM / bankAllahabad Bank22 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil22 km
- CollegeBIMR Nursing College22 km
- Police stationMadhav Jang Police Station31 km
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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, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)