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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
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Sita soni
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- LGD code
- 457671
- Pincode
- 471525
- Post office
- Chandla
- Population
- 6,718
- Households
- 1,609
- Literacy rate
- 53.5%
- Sex ratio
- 844 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 2,915
- Distance to district centre
- 70 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 6 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 334 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 495 km
- Nearest railway station
- Singhpur Dumra · 23 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital,Chandla · 13 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bachhon compares
By population, Bachhon ranks #1 of 86 villages in Chandla mandal — the largest.
Literacy rate
%
53.5%
+3.4% vs mandal average
- Bachhon
- 53.5%
- Chandla mandal
- 50.1%
- Chhatarpur district
- 53.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
844
−16 vs mandal average
- Bachhon
- 844
- Chandla mandal
- 860
Household size
people per home
4.2
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Bachhon
- 4.2
- Chandla mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bachhon at a glance
Bachhon is a village of 6,718 people in 1,609 households (Census 2011) in Chandla tehsil, Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh, the largest of 86 villages in Chandla tehsil. Literacy is 54%, 3 points above the tehsil average of 50% and the sex ratio is 844 women per 1,000 men. It lies 70 km from the Chhatarpur district centre, 55 km from Tindwara, the nearest town, 23 km from Singhpur Dumra railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 471525, served by Chandla post office; the LGD village code is 457671. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital,Chandla, 13 km away. The sarpanch is Sita soni, and the village votes in Chandla assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ahirwar Dileep. The population is estimated at 7,921 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bachhon
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 7
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 2
- 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
- No
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- 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
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- CHANDLA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 16
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 77
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 16
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 3,343.87
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 440.14
- Forest area (ha)
- 6.6
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bachhon
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bachhon
- LGD code
- 457671
- Pincode
- 471525
- Post office
- Chandla
- Population (Census 2011)
- 6,718
- Population (projected 2026)
- 7,921
- Households
- 1,609
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 844
- Literacy rate
- 53.5%
- Coordinates
- 24.98581°N, 80.10182°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Khajuraho
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Chandla
- Member of Parliament
- V. D. Sharma
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ahirwar Dileep
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Sita soni
- Block / Mandal
- Chandla
Getting there
How to reach Bachhon
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal334 kmcapital
- Delhi495 km
- Hyderabad862 km
- Kolkata882 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSinghpur Dumra23 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital,Chandla13 km
- ATM / bankSBI Bank24 km
- CollegeGovt Polytechnic Mahoba43 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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)