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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
leelabai
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- LGD code
- 475027
- Pincode
- 454010
- Post office
- Mandu
- Population
- 128
- Households
- 25
- Literacy rate
- 37.5%
- Sex ratio
- 882 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 64
- Distance to district centre
- 45 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 35 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 138 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 536 km
- Nearest railway station
- Dakchya · 24 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Poonam Clinic · 2 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kaneriya compares
By population, Kaneriya ranks #168 of 192 villages in Pithampur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
37.5%
−9.5% vs mandal average
Kaneriya37.5%
Pithampur mandal47.0%
Dhar district49.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
882
−71 vs mandal average
Kaneriya882
Pithampur mandal953
Household size
people per home
5.1
−0.3 vs mandal average
Kaneriya5.1
Pithampur mandal5.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kaneriya at a glance
Kaneriya is a village of 128 people in 25 households (Census 2011) in Pithampur tehsil, Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh, the 168th-largest of 192 villages in Pithampur tehsil. Literacy is 38%, 10 points below the tehsil average of 47% and the sex ratio is 882 women per 1,000 men. It lies 45 km from the Dhar district centre, 38 km from Datoda, the nearest town, 24 km from Dakchya railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 454010, served by Mandu post office; the LGD village code is 475027. The nearest hospital or health centre is Poonam Clinic, 2 km away. The sarpanch is leelabai, and the village votes in Sonkatch assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dr. Rajesh Sonkar. The population is estimated at 151 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kaneriya
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 2
- 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
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- DHAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 45
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 45
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 45
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 337.87
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kaneriya
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kaneriya
- LGD code
- 475027
- Pincode
- 454010
- Post office
- Mandu
- Population (Census 2011)
- 128
- Population (projected 2026)
- 151
- Households
- 25
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 882
- Literacy rate
- 37.5%
- Coordinates
- 22.78465°N, 76.16929°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dewas
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sonkatch
- Member of Parliament
- Mahendra Solanki
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dr. Rajesh Sonkar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- leelabai
- Block / Mandal
- Pithampur
Getting there
How to reach Kaneriya
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal138 kmcapital
- Mumbai536 km
- Hyderabad647 km
- Delhi656 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDakchya24 km
- Bus stopacropolis bus stop24 km
- Hospital / PHCPoonam Clinic2 km
- ATM / bankUnion Bank of India24 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum24 km
- CollegeGraduate School Of Business (GSB) College24 km
- Police stationPolice station khajrana27 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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)