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MB
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MEENA BAI MARAVI
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- LGD code
- 493215
- Pincode
- 481771
- Post office
- Bamni
- Population
- 405
- Households
- 96
- Literacy rate
- 46.7%
- Sex ratio
- 985 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 211
- Distance to district centre
- 66 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 59 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 273 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 575 km
- Nearest railway station
- Keolari · 2 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital Keolari · 2 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Malara compares
By population, Malara ranks #242 of 337 villages in Bichhiya mandal.
Literacy rate
%
46.7%
−6.2% vs mandal average
- Malara
- 46.7%
- Bichhiya mandal
- 52.9%
- Mandla district
- 57.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
985
−25 vs mandal average
- Malara
- 985
- Bichhiya mandal
- 1,010
Household size
people per home
4.2
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Malara
- 4.2
- Bichhiya mandal
- 4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Malara at a glance
Malara is a village of 405 people in 96 households (Census 2011) in Bichhiya tehsil, Mandla district, Madhya Pradesh, the 242nd-largest of 337 villages in Bichhiya tehsil. Literacy is 47%, 6 points below the tehsil average of 53% and the sex ratio is 985 women per 1,000 men. It lies 66 km from the Mandla district centre, 2 km from Keolari railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 481771, served by Bamni post office; the LGD village code is 493215. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital Keolari, 2 km away. The sarpanch is MEENA BAI MARAVI, and the village votes in Niwas assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chainsingh Warkade. The population is estimated at 477 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Malara
- LGD code
- 493215
- Pincode
- 481771
- Post office
- Bamni
- Population (Census 2011)
- 405
- Population (projected 2026)
- 477
- Households
- 96
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 985
- Literacy rate
- 46.7%
- Coordinates
- 22.38547°N, 79.89689°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mandla
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Niwas
- Member of Parliament
- Faggan Singh Kulaste
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Chainsingh Warkade
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MEENA BAI MARAVI
- Block / Mandal
- Bichhiya
Getting there
How to reach Malara
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal273 kmcapital
- Hyderabad575 km
- Delhi743 km
- Mumbai817 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKeolari2 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital Keolari2 km
- ATM / bankCentral Bank of India22 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil32 km
- Police stationMaharajpur Police Station53 km
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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)