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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
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- LGD code
- 486848
- Pincode
- 461331
- Post office
- Harda
- Population
- 502
- Households
- 93
- Literacy rate
- 51%
- Sex ratio
- 984 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 214
- Distance to district centre
- 18 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 5 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 100 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 568 km
- Nearest railway station
- Harda · 20 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Govt Hospital, Nemawar · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Chauki compares
By population, Chauki ranks #53 of 110 villages in Handiya mandal.
Literacy rate
%
51.0%
−2.8% vs mandal average
Chauki51.0%
Handiya mandal53.8%
Harda district61.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
984
+68 vs mandal average
Chauki984
Handiya mandal916
Household size
people per home
5.4
+0.4 vs mandal average
Chauki5.4
Handiya mandal5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chauki at a glance
Chauki is a village of 502 people in 93 households (Census 2011) in Handiya tehsil, Harda district, Madhya Pradesh, the 53rd-largest of 110 villages in Handiya tehsil. Literacy is 51%, 3 points below the tehsil average of 54% and the sex ratio is 984 women per 1,000 men. It lies 18 km from the Harda district centre, 20 km from Harda railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 461331, served by Harda post office; the LGD village code is 486848. The nearest hospital or health centre is Govt Hospital, Nemawar, 4 km away. The sarpanch is krishna bai jat, and the village votes in Khategaon assembly constituency, represented by MLA Aashish Govind Sharma. The population is estimated at 592 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chauki
- 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
- HARDA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 25
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 25
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 3
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 446.59
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 220.23
- Forest area (ha)
- 131.43
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Chauki
- LGD code
- 486848
- Pincode
- 461331
- Post office
- Harda
- Population (Census 2011)
- 502
- Population (projected 2026)
- 592
- Households
- 93
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 984
- Literacy rate
- 51.0%
- Coordinates
- 22.46470°N, 76.96090°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Vidisha
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Khategaon
- Member of Parliament
- Shivraj Singh Chauhan
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Aashish Govind Sharma
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- krishna bai jat
- Block / Mandal
- Handiya
Getting there
How to reach Chauki
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal100 kmcapital
- Mumbai568 km
- Hyderabad587 km
- Delhi684 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationHarda20 km
- Bus stopSAI MANDIR BUS STOP17 km
- Hospital / PHCGovt Hospital, Nemawar4 km
- ATM / bankHarda23 km
- CollegeRai Sahab Bhanwar Singh College42 km
- Police stationPolice Thana Seoni Malwa53 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Chauki
4 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
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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
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