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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
LALLABAI AHIRWAR
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- LGD code
- 458129
- Pincode
- 471313
- Post office
- Ghaura
- Population
- 2,314
- Households
- 523
- Literacy rate
- 53.5%
- Sex ratio
- 945 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,159
Census 2011 · in context
How Bandha compares
By population, Bandha ranks #7 of 108 villages in Bada Malhera mandal.
Literacy rate
%
53.5%
+7.5% vs mandal average
- Bandha
- 53.5%
- Bada Malhera mandal
- 46.0%
- Chhatarpur district
- 53.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
945
+66 vs mandal average
- Bandha
- 945
- Bada Malhera mandal
- 879
Household size
people per home
4.4
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Bandha
- 4.4
- Bada Malhera mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bandha at a glance
Bandha is a village of 2,314 people in 523 households (Census 2011) in Bada Malhera tehsil, Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh, the 7th-largest of 108 villages in Bada Malhera tehsil. Literacy is 54%, 8 points above the tehsil average of 46% and the sex ratio is 945 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 471313, served by Ghaura post office; the LGD village code is 458129. The sarpanch is LALLABAI AHIRWAR. The population is estimated at 2,728 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bandha
- 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)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 10
- Primary school
- 3
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- 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
- BADA MALHERA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 45
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 864.83
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 423.59
- Forest area (ha)
- 60.35
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bandha
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bandha
- LGD code
- 458129
- Pincode
- 471313
- Post office
- Ghaura
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,314
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,728
- Households
- 523
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 945
- Literacy rate
- 53.5%
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- LALLABAI AHIRWAR
- Block / Mandal
- Bada Malhera
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)