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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Akhdewa is a village in Lahar mandal, Bhind district, Madhya Pradesh, located at 26.116°N, 78.909°E. The village has a population of 1,647 across 308 households with a literacy rate of 56% and postal code 477446.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
munni devi
Contact: 91****4428
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- LGD code
- 453604
- Pincode
- 477446
- Post office
- Aswar
- Population
- 1,647
- Households
- 308
- Literacy rate
- 56%
- Sex ratio
- 804 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 561
- Distance to district centre
- 28 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 11 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 352 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 325 km
- Nearest railway station
- Konch · 28 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- CHC Lahar · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Akhdewa compares
By population, Akhdewa ranks #24 of 147 villages in Lahar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
56.0%
−4.6% vs mandal average
Akhdewa56.0%
Lahar mandal60.6%
Bhind district64.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
804
−27 vs mandal average
Akhdewa804
Lahar mandal831
Household size
people per home
5.3
Same as the mandal average
Akhdewa5.3
Lahar mandal5.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Akhdewa at a glance
Akhdewa is a village of 1,647 people in 308 households (Census 2011) in Lahar tehsil, Bhind district, Madhya Pradesh, the 24th-largest of 147 villages in Lahar tehsil. Literacy is 56%, 5 points below the tehsil average of 61% and the sex ratio is 804 women per 1,000 men. It lies 28 km from the Bhind district centre, 19 km from Jauri, the nearest town, 28 km from Konch railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 477446, served by Aswar post office; the LGD village code is 453604. The nearest hospital or health centre is CHC Lahar, 9 km away. The sarpanch is munni devi, and the village votes in Lahar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ambrish Sharma (Guddu). The population is estimated at 1,942 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Akhdewa
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 7
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- 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
- LAHAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 12
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 74
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 379.99
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 214.01
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Akhdewa
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Akhdewa
- LGD code
- 453604
- Pincode
- 477446
- Post office
- Aswar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,647
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,942
- Households
- 308
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 804
- Literacy rate
- 56.0%
- Coordinates
- 26.11627°N, 78.90917°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bhind
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Lahar
- Member of Parliament
- Sandhya Ray
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ambrish Sharma (Guddu)
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- munni devi
- Block / Mandal
- Lahar
Getting there
How to reach Akhdewa
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal352 kmcapital
- Delhi325 km
- Hyderabad972 km
- Mumbai998 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKonch28 km
- Hospital / PHCCHC Lahar9 km
- ATM / bankSBI9 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil9 km
- CollegeFundi Singh Launa Govt PG College42 km
- Police stationpolice chowki43 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)