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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Garkhuwan is a village in Bada Malhera mandal, Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh. The village has a population of 1,293 residents in 295 households with a literacy rate of 41%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Babeeta Rajpoot
Contact: 81****6064
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- LGD code
- 458140
- Pincode
- 471311
- Post office
- Badamalehara
- Population
- 1,293
- Households
- 295
- Literacy rate
- 41%
- Sex ratio
- 893 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 631
- Distance to district centre
- 27 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 40 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 241 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 491 km
- Nearest railway station
- Tila · 26 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Goverment hospital,Bijawar · 23 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Garkhuwan compares
By population, Garkhuwan ranks #25 of 108 villages in Bada Malhera mandal.
Literacy rate
%
41.0%
−5.0% vs mandal average
Garkhuwan41.0%
Bada Malhera mandal46.0%
Chhatarpur district53.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
893
+14 vs mandal average
Garkhuwan893
Bada Malhera mandal879
Household size
people per home
4.4
−0.1 vs mandal average
Garkhuwan4.4
Bada Malhera mandal4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Garkhuwan at a glance
Garkhuwan is a village of 1,293 people in 295 households (Census 2011) in Bada Malhera tehsil, Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh, the 25th-largest of 108 villages in Bada Malhera tehsil. Literacy is 41%, 5 points below the tehsil average of 46% and the sex ratio is 893 women per 1,000 men. It lies 27 km from the Chhatarpur district centre, 55 km from Banpur, the nearest town, 26 km from Tila railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 471311, served by Badamalehara post office; the LGD village code is 458140. The nearest hospital or health centre is Goverment hospital,Bijawar, 23 km away. The sarpanch is Babeeta Rajpoot. The population is estimated at 1,524 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Garkhuwan
- 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
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 5
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- 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
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- 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
- BADA MALHERA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 6
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 56
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 6
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 528.62
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 306.1
- Forest area (ha)
- 20.28
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Garkhuwan
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Garkhuwan
- LGD code
- 458140
- Pincode
- 471311
- Post office
- Badamalehara
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,293
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,524
- Households
- 295
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 893
- Literacy rate
- 41.0%
- Coordinates
- 24.59860°N, 79.27497°E
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Babeeta Rajpoot
- Block / Mandal
- Bada Malhera
Getting there
How to reach Garkhuwan
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal241 kmcapital
- Delhi491 km
- Hyderabad806 km
- Mumbai901 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationTila26 km
- Hospital / PHCGoverment hospital,Bijawar23 km
- Police stationKotwali City Tikamgarh48 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 471311
- MaharajganjBada Malhera mandal4,075 pop
- BajnaBuxwaha mandal3,899 pop
- SadwaBada Malhera mandal3,687 pop
- DarguwaBuxwaha mandal2,837 pop
- DhanguanBada Malhera mandal2,755 pop
- DeoranBada Malhera mandal2,321 pop
- SedhpaBada Malhera mandal2,316 pop
- KhardootiBada Malhera mandal1,972 pop
- BoknaBada Malhera mandal1,796 pop
Villages near Garkhuwan
Other villages in Bada Malhera mandal
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- Deoran
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- Bandha
- Ranital
- Futwari
- Khardooti
- Surajpura Kalan
- Bokna
- Beeron
- Andhiyara
- Barma
- Mungawari
- Bamnighat
- Kayan
- Dikoli
- Bhojpura
- Kunwarpura Kalan
- Ghinochi
- Karri
- Surajpura Road
- Rajapur
- Dharampura
- Peera
- Satpara
- Jasguwan Kalan
- Mankari
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- Pipariya Kalan
- Sigrampura
- Deopur
- Partappura
- Rajpura
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)