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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
BHURI BAI JAGDISH MANDLOY
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- LGD code
- 475994
- Pincode
- 453001
- Post office
- Betma
- Population
- 2,696
- Households
- 509
- Literacy rate
- 54.6%
- Sex ratio
- 952 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,692
- Distance to district centre
- 114 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 47 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 203 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 495 km
- Nearest railway station
- Gautampura Road · 26 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Goverment hospital · 15 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Chander compares
By population, Chander ranks #10 of 143 villages in Depalpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
54.6%
−1.9% vs mandal average
- Chander
- 54.6%
- Depalpur mandal
- 56.5%
- Indore district
- 70.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
952
+5 vs mandal average
- Chander
- 952
- Depalpur mandal
- 947
Household size
people per home
5.3
Same as the mandal average
- Chander
- 5.3
- Depalpur mandal
- 5.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chander at a glance
Chander is a village of 2,696 people in 509 households (Census 2011) in Depalpur tehsil, Indore district, Madhya Pradesh, the 10th-largest of 143 villages in Depalpur tehsil. Literacy is 55%, 2 points below the tehsil average of 57% and the sex ratio is 952 women per 1,000 men. It lies 114 km from the Indore district centre, 40 km from Kodriya, the nearest town, 26 km from Gautampura Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 453001, served by Betma post office; the LGD village code is 475994. The nearest hospital or health centre is Goverment hospital, 15 km away. The sarpanch is BHURI BAI JAGDISH MANDLOY. The population is estimated at 3,179 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chander
- 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)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- 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
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- 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
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- DEPALPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 40
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 1,768.67
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 1,449.4
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Chander
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Chander
- LGD code
- 475994
- Pincode
- 453001
- Post office
- Betma
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,696
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,179
- Households
- 509
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 952
- Literacy rate
- 54.6%
- Coordinates
- 22.79495°N, 75.49714°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Ujjain
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Ujjain Dakshin
- Member of Parliament
- Anil Firojiya
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- BHURI BAI JAGDISH MANDLOY
- Block / Mandal
- Depalpur
Getting there
How to reach Chander
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal203 kmcapital
- Mumbai495 km
- Delhi669 km
- Hyderabad678 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGautampura Road26 km
- Hospital / PHCGoverment hospital15 km
- ATM / bankHDFC Bank29 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil Petrol Pump6 km
- CollegeIndian Institute of management Indore35 km
- Police stationannapurna police stand37 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, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)