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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
madhu brajesh gupta
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- LGD code
- 488670
- Pincode
- 483331
- Post office
- Bakal
- Population
- 21
- Households
- 7
- Literacy rate
- 71.4%
- Sex ratio
- 615 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 7
- Distance to district centre
- 28 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 23 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 271 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 620 km
- Nearest railway station
- Dundi · 22 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government hospital Bahoriband · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Sankui compares
By population, Sankui ranks #135 of 144 villages in Bahoriband mandal.
Literacy rate
%
71.4%
+11.7% vs mandal average
- Sankui
- 71.4%
- Bahoriband mandal
- 59.7%
- Katni district
- 61.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
615
−354 vs mandal average
- Sankui
- 615
- Bahoriband mandal
- 969
Household size
people per home
3.0
−1.2 vs mandal average
- Sankui
- 3.0
- Bahoriband mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sankui at a glance
Sankui is a village of 21 people in 7 households (Census 2011) in Bahoriband tehsil, Katni district, Madhya Pradesh, the 135th-largest of 144 villages in Bahoriband tehsil. Literacy is 71%, 12 points above the tehsil average of 60% and the sex ratio is 615 women per 1,000 men. It lies 28 km from the Katni district centre, 22 km from Dundi railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 483331, served by Bakal post office; the LGD village code is 488670. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government hospital Bahoriband, 4 km away. The sarpanch is madhu brajesh gupta, and the village votes in Bahoriband assembly constituency, represented by MLA Pranay Prabhat Pandey (Guddu Bhaiya). The population is estimated at 25 in 2026, up 19% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sankui
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 0
- 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
- No
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KATNI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 55
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 55
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 5
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 80.84
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 4.95
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Sankui
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Sankui
- LGD code
- 488670
- Pincode
- 483331
- Post office
- Bakal
- Population (Census 2011)
- 21
- Population (projected 2026)
- 25
- Households
- 7
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 615
- Literacy rate
- 71.4%
- Coordinates
- 23.65084°N, 80.03152°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Khajuraho
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bahoriband
- Member of Parliament
- V. D. Sharma
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Pranay Prabhat Pandey (Guddu Bhaiya)
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- madhu brajesh gupta
- Block / Mandal
- Bahoriband
Getting there
How to reach Sankui
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal271 kmcapital
- Delhi620 km
- Hyderabad715 km
- Kolkata860 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDundi22 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment hospital Bahoriband4 km
- CollegeGovernment College of Educational Psychology and Guidance54 km
- Police stationpolice station53 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 483331
- BahoribandBahoriband mandal5,651 pop
- BakalBahoriband mandal4,460 pop
- SihudiBahoriband mandal3,016 pop
- DiwariBahoriband mandal2,963 pop
- KhamhariyaBahoriband mandal2,508 pop
- KoodanBahoriband mandal1,958 pop
- PipariyaBahoriband mandal1,898 pop
- MuhataraBahoriband mandal1,707 pop
- KhamtaraBahoriband mandal1,675 pop
Villages near Sankui
Other villages in Bahoriband mandal
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, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)