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One vote, four years: Madhya Pradesh High Court orders recount in sarpanch polls
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Shri Rajesh Kumar Kalam
Contact: 88****8237
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- LGD code
- 486853
- Pincode
- 461331
- Post office
- Harda
- Population
- 1,298
- Households
- 303
- Literacy rate
- 59.4%
- Sex ratio
- 846 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 603
- Distance to district centre
- 23 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 2 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 101 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 564 km
- Nearest railway station
- Palasner · 25 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Govt Hospital, Nemawar · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kheda compares
By population, Kheda ranks #14 of 110 villages in Handiya mandal.
Literacy rate
%
59.4%
+5.6% vs mandal average
- Kheda
- 59.4%
- Handiya mandal
- 53.8%
- Harda district
- 61.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
846
−70 vs mandal average
- Kheda
- 846
- Handiya mandal
- 916
Household size
people per home
4.3
−0.7 vs mandal average
- Kheda
- 4.3
- Handiya mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kheda at a glance
Kheda is a village of 1,298 people in 303 households (Census 2011) in Handiya tehsil, Harda district, Madhya Pradesh, the 14th-largest of 110 villages in Handiya tehsil. Literacy is 59%, 6 points above the tehsil average of 54% and the sex ratio is 846 women per 1,000 men. It lies 23 km from the Harda district centre, 25 km from Palasner railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 461331, served by Harda post office; the LGD village code is 486853. The nearest hospital or health centre is Govt Hospital, Nemawar, 8 km away. The sarpanch is Shri Rajesh Kumar Kalam, and the village votes in Khategaon assembly constituency, represented by MLA Aashish Govind Sharma. The population is estimated at 1,530 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kheda
- 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)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- HARDA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 20
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 1,090.9
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 735.6
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kheda
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Key facts — Kheda
- LGD code
- 486853
- Pincode
- 461331
- Post office
- Harda
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,298
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,530
- Households
- 303
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 846
- Literacy rate
- 59.4%
- Coordinates
- 22.47970°N, 76.90529°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
- Shri Rajesh Kumar Kalam
- Block / Mandal
- Handiya
Getting there
How to reach Kheda
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal101 kmcapital
- Mumbai564 km
- Hyderabad590 km
- Delhi683 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationPalasner25 km
- Bus stopSAI MANDIR BUS STOP23 km
- Hospital / PHCGovt Hospital, Nemawar8 km
- ATM / bankHarda28 km
- CollegeRai Sahab Bhanwar Singh College46 km
- Police stationPolice Thana Seoni Malwa59 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, 2026-09-18
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