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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
kalpna harkrishana gurjar
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- LGD code
- 486602
- Pincode
- 461441
- Post office
- Khirkiyan R.S.
- Population
- 447
- Households
- 91
- Literacy rate
- 61.5%
- Sex ratio
- 910 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 257
- Distance to district centre
- 38 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 36 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 126 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 549 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bhirangi · 3 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government hospital Khirkiya · 11 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bafla compares
By population, Bafla ranks #48 of 87 villages in Khirkiya mandal.
Literacy rate
%
61.5%
+2.4% vs mandal average
- Bafla
- 61.5%
- Khirkiya mandal
- 59.1%
- Harda district
- 61.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
910
−20 vs mandal average
- Bafla
- 910
- Khirkiya mandal
- 930
Household size
people per home
4.9
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Bafla
- 4.9
- Khirkiya mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bafla at a glance
Bafla is a village of 447 people in 91 households (Census 2011) in Khirkiya tehsil, Harda district, Madhya Pradesh, the 48th-largest of 87 villages in Khirkiya tehsil. Literacy is 62%, 2 points above the tehsil average of 59% and the sex ratio is 910 women per 1,000 men. It lies 38 km from the Harda district centre, 3 km from Bhirangi railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 461441, served by Khirkiyan R.S. post office; the LGD village code is 486602. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government hospital Khirkiya, 11 km away. The sarpanch is kalpna harkrishana gurjar, and the village votes in Khategaon assembly constituency, represented by MLA Aashish Govind Sharma. The population is estimated at 527 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bafla · this village | 447 | 62% | — |
| Hiwala · Khirkiya | 797 | 62% | 3.2 km NW |
| Dholgaon Khurd · Sirali | 831 | 83% | 3.8 km S |
| Pandhaniya · Barwaha | 2 | 100% | 4.2 km E |
| Pahat Kalan · Sirali | 1,922 | 64% | 6.5 km S |
| Dholgaon Kalan · Sirali | 933 | 63% | 6.9 km S |
| Khokariya · Khalwa | 1,967 | 43% | 7.3 km NE |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bafla
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- 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)
- 8
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KHIRKIYA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 14
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 22
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 14
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 460.41
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 116.86
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bafla
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Key facts — Bafla
- LGD code
- 486602
- Pincode
- 461441
- Post office
- Khirkiyan R.S.
- Population (Census 2011)
- 447
- Population (projected 2026)
- 527
- Households
- 91
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 910
- Literacy rate
- 61.5%
- Coordinates
- 22.21290°N, 76.95067°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
- kalpna harkrishana gurjar
- Block / Mandal
- Khirkiya
Getting there
How to reach Bafla
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal126 kmcapital
- Mumbai549 km
- Hyderabad560 km
- Delhi712 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBhirangi3 km
- Bus stopSAI MANDIR BUS STOP21 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment hospital Khirkiya11 km
- ATM / bankHarda22 km
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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, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)