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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
SM
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
sumantra maravi
Contact: 73****5474
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- LGD code
- 493277
- Pincode
- 481995
- Post office
- Bhuabichhia
- Population
- 1,098
- Households
- 302
- Literacy rate
- 53.5%
- Sex ratio
- 1007 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 656
- Distance to district centre
- 48 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 7 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 300 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 619 km
- Nearest railway station
- Mandla Fort · 14 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Katra Hospital · 11 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Thonda compares
By population, Thonda ranks #58 of 337 villages in Bichhiya mandal.
Literacy rate
%
53.5%
+0.6% vs mandal average
Thonda53.5%
Bichhiya mandal52.9%
Mandla district57.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,007
−3 vs mandal average
Thonda1,007
Bichhiya mandal1,010
Household size
people per home
3.6
−0.5 vs mandal average
Thonda3.6
Bichhiya mandal4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Thonda at a glance
Thonda is a village of 1,098 people in 302 households (Census 2011) in Bichhiya tehsil, Mandla district, Madhya Pradesh, the 58th-largest of 337 villages in Bichhiya tehsil. Literacy is 54%, about the same as the tehsil average of 53% and the sex ratio is 1,007 women per 1,000 men. It lies 48 km from the Mandla district centre, 14 km from Mandla Fort railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 481995, served by Bhuabichhia post office; the LGD village code is 493277. The nearest hospital or health centre is Katra Hospital, 11 km away. The sarpanch is sumantra maravi, and the village votes in Niwas assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chainsingh Warkade. The population is estimated at 4,764 in 2026, up 334% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Thonda
- LGD code
- 493277
- Pincode
- 481995
- Post office
- Bhuabichhia
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,098
- Population (projected 2026)
- 4,764
- Households
- 302
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1007
- Literacy rate
- 53.5%
- Coordinates
- 22.69393°N, 80.28281°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mandla
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Niwas
- Member of Parliament
- Faggan Singh Kulaste
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Chainsingh Warkade
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- sumantra maravi
- Block / Mandal
- Bichhiya
Getting there
How to reach Thonda
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal300 kmcapital
- Hyderabad619 km
- Delhi727 km
- Kolkata829 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationMandla Fort14 km
- Hospital / PHCKatra Hospital11 km
- ATM / bankShriram Finance Limited12 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil6 km
- Police stationMaharajpur Police Station14 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 481995
- Matawal Alias DanitolaBichhiya mandal2,575 pop
- Bhanpur DodiBichhiya mandal2,004 pop
- Kisli Bhilwani F.V.Bichhiya mandal1,937 pop
- Parsatola Alias Bhagdoo Ryt.Bichhiya mandal1,725 pop
- Khamrauti Ryt.Bichhiya mandal1,704 pop
- DeiBichhiya mandal1,598 pop
- Koko Ryt.Bichhiya mandal1,565 pop
- LaptiBichhiya mandal1,533 pop
- GhutasBichhiya mandal1,526 pop
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- Kumhali Ryt.
- Nakawal
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- Khatiya Narangi
- Rajo Mal.
- Padariya
- Niwsa Mal.
- Chhidpuri Alias Chandgaon Ryt.
- Khalaudi Ryt.
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-08
- 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)