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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
sammpat yadav
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- LGD code
- 457650
- Pincode
- 471525
- Post office
- Chandla
- Population
- 1,953
- Households
- 437
- Literacy rate
- 54.6%
- Sex ratio
- 820 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 747
- Distance to district centre
- 74 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 5 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 339 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 489 km
- Nearest railway station
- Singhpur Dumra · 22 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital,Chandla · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Balkaura compares
By population, Balkaura ranks #7 of 86 villages in Chandla mandal.
Literacy rate
%
54.6%
+4.5% vs mandal average
- Balkaura
- 54.6%
- Chandla mandal
- 50.1%
- Chhatarpur district
- 53.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
820
−40 vs mandal average
- Balkaura
- 820
- Chandla mandal
- 860
Household size
people per home
4.5
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Balkaura
- 4.5
- Chandla mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Balkaura at a glance
Balkaura is a village of 1,953 people in 437 households (Census 2011) in Chandla tehsil, Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh, the 7th-largest of 86 villages in Chandla tehsil. Literacy is 55%, 5 points above the tehsil average of 50% and the sex ratio is 820 women per 1,000 men. It lies 74 km from the Chhatarpur district centre, 47 km from Tindwara, the nearest town, 22 km from Singhpur Dumra railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 471525, served by Chandla post office; the LGD village code is 457650. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital,Chandla, 8 km away. The sarpanch is sammpat yadav, and the village votes in Chandla assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ahirwar Dileep. The population is estimated at 2,303 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Balkaura
- 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)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- Primary school
- 3
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 1
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- 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
- CHANDLA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 78
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 386.4
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 25.12
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Balkaura
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Key facts — Balkaura
- LGD code
- 457650
- Pincode
- 471525
- Post office
- Chandla
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,953
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,303
- Households
- 437
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 820
- Literacy rate
- 54.6%
- Coordinates
- 25.06100°N, 80.11260°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Khajuraho
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Chandla
- Member of Parliament
- V. D. Sharma
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ahirwar Dileep
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- sammpat yadav
- Block / Mandal
- Chandla
Getting there
How to reach Balkaura
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal339 kmcapital
- Delhi489 km
- Hyderabad870 km
- Kolkata884 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSinghpur Dumra22 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital,Chandla8 km
- ATM / bankSBI Bank31 km
- CollegeGovt Polytechnic Mahoba37 km
- Police stationPolice Station Badausa58 km
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- 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)