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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
ashakuvar
Contact: 62****9045
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- LGD code
- 486824
- Pincode
- 461331
- Post office
- Harda
- Population
- 1,281
- Households
- 230
- Literacy rate
- 58%
- Sex ratio
- 980 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 511
Census 2011 · in context
How Bichhola Mal compares
By population, Bichhola Mal ranks #15 of 110 villages in Handiya mandal.
Literacy rate
%
58.0%
+4.2% vs mandal average
- Bichhola Mal
- 58.0%
- Handiya mandal
- 53.8%
- Harda district
- 61.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
980
+64 vs mandal average
- Bichhola Mal
- 980
- Handiya mandal
- 916
Household size
people per home
5.6
+0.6 vs mandal average
- Bichhola Mal
- 5.6
- Handiya mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bichhola Mal at a glance
Bichhola Mal is a village of 1,281 people in 230 households (Census 2011) in Handiya tehsil, Harda district, Madhya Pradesh, the 15th-largest of 110 villages in Handiya tehsil. Literacy is 58%, 4 points above the tehsil average of 54% and the sex ratio is 980 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 461331, served by Harda post office; the LGD village code is 486824. The sarpanch is ashakuvar, and the village votes in Khategaon assembly constituency, represented by MLA Aashish Govind Sharma. The population is estimated at 1,510 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bichhola Mal · this village | 1,281 | 58% | — |
| Bichhola Ryt · Handiya | 1,014 | 39% | — |
| Bichhola Tiku · Handiya | 0 | — | — |
| Bichhola Shukula · Handiya | 0 | — | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bichhola Mal
- 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)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 12
- Primary school
- 1
- 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
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- 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
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- HARDA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 25
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 25
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 25
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 764.24
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 396.49
- Forest area (ha)
- 45.21
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bichhola Mal
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bichhola Mal
- LGD code
- 486824
- Pincode
- 461331
- Post office
- Harda
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,281
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,510
- Households
- 230
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 980
- Literacy rate
- 58.0%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Vidisha
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Khategaon
- Member of Parliament
- Shivraj Singh Chauhan
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Aashish Govind Sharma
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- ashakuvar
- Block / Mandal
- Handiya
Same pincode
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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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-24
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)