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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Ganj is a village in Rajnagar mandal, Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh, with a population of 3,513 across 726 households and a literacy rate of 61.5%. The village has access to a railway station and is located at coordinates 24.797°N, 79.788°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Kamlesh Raje
Contact: 83****3934
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- LGD code
- 458022
- Pincode
- 471105
- Post office
- Bamitha
- Population
- 3,513
- Households
- 726
- Literacy rate
- 61.5%
- Sex ratio
- 859 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,274
- Distance to district centre
- 35 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 3 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 296 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 496 km
- Nearest railway station
- Duriyaganj · <1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital Rajnagar · 17 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Ganj compares
By population, Ganj ranks #10 of 112 villages in Rajnagar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
61.5%
+13.0% vs mandal average
- Ganj
- 61.5%
- Rajnagar mandal
- 48.5%
- Chhatarpur district
- 53.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
859
−36 vs mandal average
- Ganj
- 859
- Rajnagar mandal
- 895
Household size
people per home
4.8
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Ganj
- 4.8
- Rajnagar mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ganj at a glance
Ganj is a village of 3,513 people in 726 households (Census 2011) in Rajnagar tehsil, Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh, the 10th-largest of 112 villages in Rajnagar tehsil. Literacy is 62%, 13 points above the tehsil average of 49% and the sex ratio is 859 women per 1,000 men. It lies 35 km from the Chhatarpur district centre, under 1 km from Duriyaganj railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 471105, served by Bamitha post office; the LGD village code is 458022. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital Rajnagar, 17 km away. The sarpanch is Kamlesh Raje, and the village votes in Rajnagar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Arvind Pateriya. The population is estimated at 4,142 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Ganj
- 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)
- 5
- Power hours (winter)
- 5
- Primary school
- 1
- 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
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- 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
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- CHHATARPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 25
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 25
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 27
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 653.73
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 348.63
- Forest area (ha)
- 18.38
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Ganj
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Ganj
- LGD code
- 458022
- Pincode
- 471105
- Post office
- Bamitha
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,513
- Population (projected 2026)
- 4,142
- Households
- 726
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 859
- Literacy rate
- 61.5%
- Coordinates
- 24.79708°N, 79.78843°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Khajuraho
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Rajnagar
- Member of Parliament
- V. D. Sharma
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Arvind Pateriya
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Kamlesh Raje
- Block / Mandal
- Rajnagar
- Nearest railway station
- Duriyaganj (0.8 km)
Getting there
How to reach Ganj
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal296 kmcapital
- Delhi496 km
- Hyderabad835 km
- Kolkata907 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDuriyaganj<1 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital Rajnagar17 km
- ATM / bankSBI Bank15 km
- CollegeGovt Polytechnic Mahoba57 km
Nearest to the village
- Railway station
- Duriyaganjunder 1 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, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-16
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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