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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
Chithari is a village in Lavkush Nagar mandal, Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh, with a population of 2,902 across 598 households. The village has a literacy rate of 49% and is located at coordinates 25.233°N, 79.901°E. It has railway connectivity and is assigned PIN code 471515.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Lakhan Singh Rajpoot
Contact: 83****4754
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- LGD code
- 457520
- Pincode
- 471515
- Post office
- Laundi
- Population
- 2,902
- Households
- 598
- Literacy rate
- 49%
- Sex ratio
- 872 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,543
- Distance to district centre
- 68 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 15 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 334 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 461 km
- Nearest railway station
- Chithari · 1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government hospital mahoba · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Chithari compares
By population, Chithari ranks #7 of 70 villages in Lavkush Nagar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
49.0%
−3.2% vs mandal average
- Chithari
- 49.0%
- Lavkush Nagar mandal
- 52.2%
- Chhatarpur district
- 53.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
872
+7 vs mandal average
- Chithari
- 872
- Lavkush Nagar mandal
- 865
Household size
people per home
4.9
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Chithari
- 4.9
- Lavkush Nagar mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chithari at a glance
Chithari is a village of 2,902 people in 598 households (Census 2011) in Lavkush Nagar tehsil, Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh, the 7th-largest of 70 villages in Lavkush Nagar tehsil. Literacy is 49%, 3 points below the tehsil average of 52% and the sex ratio is 872 women per 1,000 men. It lies 68 km from the Chhatarpur district centre, 48 km from Panwari, the nearest town, 1 km from Chithari railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 471515, served by Laundi post office; the LGD village code is 457520. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government hospital mahoba, 9 km away. The sarpanch is Lakhan Singh Rajpoot, and the village votes in Rajnagar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Arvind Pateriya. The population is estimated at 3,421 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chithari
- 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
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- 1
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- Yes
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- LAUNDI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 65
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 30
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 805.57
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 217.2
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Chithari
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Chithari
- LGD code
- 457520
- Pincode
- 471515
- Post office
- Laundi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,902
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,421
- Households
- 598
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 872
- Literacy rate
- 49.0%
- Coordinates
- 25.23349°N, 79.90099°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Khajuraho
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Rajnagar
- Member of Parliament
- V. D. Sharma
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Arvind Pateriya
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Lakhan Singh Rajpoot
- Block / Mandal
- Lavkush Nagar
- Nearest railway station
- Chithari (1.4 km)
Getting there
How to reach Chithari
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal334 kmcapital
- Delhi461 km
- Hyderabad885 km
- Kolkata910 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationChithari1 km
- Bus stopParmanand Chauk7 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment hospital mahoba9 km
- CollegeGovt Polytechnic Mahoba9 km
Nearest to the village
- Railway station
- Chithari1.4 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 471515
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- BagmauLavkush Nagar mandal2,889 pop
- PeeraLavkush Nagar mandal2,406 pop
- ParsaniyaChandla mandal2,058 pop
- Muderi DakshiniLavkush Nagar mandal2,033 pop
- HardwarLavkush Nagar mandal2,026 pop
- ChitahariGaurihar mandal1,804 pop
- BhagauraChandla mandal1,792 pop
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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, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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