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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
sevlal navreti
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- LGD code
- 494066
- Pincode
- 480224
- Post office
- Harrai
- Population
- 458
- Households
- 91
- Literacy rate
- 67.7%
- Sex ratio
- 1054 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 273
- Distance to district centre
- 21 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 34 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 185 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 566 km
- Nearest railway station
- Parasia · 37 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dr. Ramesh Yadav · 21 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Jhapat compares
By population, Jhapat ranks #114 of 218 villages in Harrai mandal.
Literacy rate
%
67.7%
+21.6% vs mandal average
Jhapat67.7%
Harrai mandal46.1%
Chhindwara district61.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,054
+46 vs mandal average
Jhapat1,054
Harrai mandal1,008
Household size
people per home
5.0
+0.3 vs mandal average
Jhapat5.0
Harrai mandal4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jhapat at a glance
Jhapat is a village of 458 people in 91 households (Census 2011) in Harrai tehsil, Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh, the 114th-largest of 218 villages in Harrai tehsil. Literacy is 68%, 22 points above the tehsil average of 46% and the sex ratio is 1,054 women per 1,000 men. It lies 21 km from the Chhindwara district centre, 55 km from Bankhedi, the nearest town, 37 km from Parasia railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 480224, served by Harrai post office; the LGD village code is 494066. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dr. Ramesh Yadav, 21 km away. The sarpanch is sevlal navreti, and the village votes in Tendukheda assembly constituency, represented by MLA Vishwanath Singh (Mulam Bhaiya). The population is estimated at 540 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Jhapat
- 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
- 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
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- AMARWARA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 30
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 70
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 42
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 262.38
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 9.2
- Forest area (ha)
- 1.2
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Jhapat
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Jhapat
- LGD code
- 494066
- Pincode
- 480224
- Post office
- Harrai
- Population (Census 2011)
- 458
- Population (projected 2026)
- 540
- Households
- 91
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1054
- Literacy rate
- 67.7%
- Coordinates
- 22.45548°N, 78.99343°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Hoshangabad
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Tendukheda
- Member of Parliament
- Darshan Singh Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Vishwanath Singh (Mulam Bhaiya)
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- sevlal navreti
- Block / Mandal
- Harrai
Getting there
How to reach Jhapat
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal185 kmcapital
- Hyderabad566 km
- Delhi708 km
- Mumbai738 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationParasia37 km
- Hospital / PHCDr. Ramesh Yadav21 km
- Petrol pumpहिन्दी25 km
- CollegeGovernment College, Pachmarhi57 km
- Police stationPolice Station, Pachmarhi58 km
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- 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, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)