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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Chirai is a village in Damoh mandal, Damoh district, Madhya Pradesh, situated at 23.469°N, 78.860°E. The village has a population of 470 in 123 households with a literacy rate of 40.9%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Shrimati Babita Lodhi
Contact: 89****2586
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- LGD code
- 462408
- Pincode
- 470672
- Post office
- Bansa Tarkheda
- Population
- 470
- Households
- 123
- Literacy rate
- 40.9%
- Sex ratio
- 1009 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 184
- Distance to district centre
- 57 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 37 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 150 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 595 km
- Nearest railway station
- Girwar · 42 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital · 18 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Chirai compares
By population, Chirai ranks #127 of 210 villages in Damoh mandal.
Literacy rate
%
40.9%
−15.9% vs mandal average
Chirai40.9%
Damoh mandal56.8%
Damoh district59.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,009
+102 vs mandal average
Chirai1,009
Damoh mandal907
Household size
people per home
3.8
−0.4 vs mandal average
Chirai3.8
Damoh mandal4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chirai at a glance
Chirai is a village of 470 people in 123 households (Census 2011) in Damoh tehsil, Damoh district, Madhya Pradesh, the 127th-largest of 210 villages in Damoh tehsil. Literacy is 41%, 16 points below the tehsil average of 57% and the sex ratio is 1,009 women per 1,000 men. It lies 57 km from the Damoh district centre, 42 km from Girwar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 470672, served by Bansa Tarkheda post office; the LGD village code is 462408. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, 18 km away. The sarpanch is Shrimati Babita Lodhi, and the village votes in Rehli assembly constituency, represented by MLA Gopal Bhargava. The population is estimated at 554 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chirai
- 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)
- 10
- 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
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- DAMOH
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 40
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 40
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 40
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 202.53
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 35.61
- Forest area (ha)
- 4.53
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Chirai
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Chirai
- LGD code
- 462408
- Pincode
- 470672
- Post office
- Bansa Tarkheda
- Population (Census 2011)
- 470
- Population (projected 2026)
- 554
- Households
- 123
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1009
- Literacy rate
- 40.9%
- Coordinates
- 23.46869°N, 78.85955°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Damoh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Rehli
- Member of Parliament
- Rahul Lodhi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Gopal Bhargava
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Shrimati Babita Lodhi
- Block / Mandal
- Damoh
Getting there
How to reach Chirai
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal150 kmcapital
- Delhi595 km
- Hyderabad678 km
- Mumbai789 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGirwar42 km
- Bus stopBus Stend Gourjhamar10 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital18 km
- ATM / bankCentral Bank Of India-ATM18 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil9 km
- CollegeGovernment Girls Higher S.. School10 km
- Police stationPolice Control Room Edit42 km
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Other villages named Chirai
Looking for a different Chirai? 7 other villages share this name across India. All villages named Chirai →
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- ChiraiKesli · Sagar, Madhya Pradesh549 pop
- ChiraiSurgana · Nashik, Maharashtra314 pop
- ChiraiBaroni · Datia, Madhya Pradesh199 pop
- ChiraiWangoi · Imphal West, Manipur
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Villages near Chirai
Other villages in Damoh mandal
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- Salaiya
- Imaliya Ghat
- Jortala Khurd
- Ankh Kheda
- Halgaj
- Salaiya Hatri
- Deori Jamadar
- Imaliya Lanjji
- Damoh (Rural)
- Hardua Mudar
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-24
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)