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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RAJANTI BAI RAMCHANDRA
Contact: 80****2402
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- LGD code
- 506261
- Pincode
- 450331
- Post office
- Burhanpur
- Population
- 1,695
- Households
- 377
- Literacy rate
- 44.6%
- Sex ratio
- 928 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 797
- Distance to district centre
- 92 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 66 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 246 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 441 km
- Nearest railway station
- Chandni · 22 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government hospital Doifodia · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Chakbara compares
By population, Chakbara ranks #32 of 81 villages in Khaknar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
44.6%
−3.7% vs mandal average
Chakbara44.6%
Khaknar mandal48.3%
Burhanpur district53.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
928
−49 vs mandal average
Chakbara928
Khaknar mandal977
Household size
people per home
4.5
−0.7 vs mandal average
Chakbara4.5
Khaknar mandal5.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chakbara at a glance
Chakbara is a village of 1,695 people in 377 households (Census 2011) in Khaknar tehsil, Burhanpur district, Madhya Pradesh, the 32nd-largest of 81 villages in Khaknar tehsil. Literacy is 45%, 4 points below the tehsil average of 48% and the sex ratio is 928 women per 1,000 men. It lies 92 km from the Burhanpur district centre, 18 km from Borgaon Buzurg, the nearest town, 22 km from Chandni railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 450331, served by Burhanpur post office; the LGD village code is 506261. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government hospital Doifodia, 9 km away. The sarpanch is RAJANTI BAI RAMCHANDRA. The population is estimated at 1,998 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chakbara
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- Primary school
- 3
- 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
- Yes
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- 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
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BURHANPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 31
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 31
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 46
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 1,440.19
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 245.8
- Forest area (ha)
- 469.85
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Chakbara
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Chakbara
- LGD code
- 506261
- Pincode
- 450331
- Post office
- Burhanpur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,695
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,998
- Households
- 377
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 928
- Literacy rate
- 44.6%
- Coordinates
- 21.24199°N, 76.42219°E
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RAJANTI BAI RAMCHANDRA
- Block / Mandal
- Khaknar
Getting there
How to reach Chakbara
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal246 kmcapital
- Mumbai441 km
- Hyderabad480 km
- Delhi824 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationChandni22 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment hospital Doifodia9 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil31 km
- CollegeShri Dnyaneshwar Maskuji Burunale College57 km
- Police stationPolice Station - Shikarpura22 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 450331
- EmagirdBurhanpur Nagar mandal17,233 pop
- BahadarpurBurhanpur Nagar mandal9,645 pop
- DwatiyaNepanagar mandal6,470 pop
- DoiphodiyaKhaknar mandal6,285 pop
- LoniBurhanpur Nagar mandal6,272 pop
- BirodaBurhanpur Nagar mandal6,137 pop
- AmbaDhulcot mandal6,058 pop
- Jhir PanjariyaDhulcot mandal5,403 pop
- PatondaBurhanpur Nagar mandal4,868 pop
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-24
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)