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One vote, four years: Madhya Pradesh High Court orders recount in sarpanch polls
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
umiya bai soyam
Contact: 62****9670
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- LGD code
- 492718
- Pincode
- 481662
- Post office
- Padariyanarayan Ganj
- Population
- 973
- Households
- 238
- Literacy rate
- 47.2%
- Sex ratio
- 1088 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 558
- Distance to district centre
- 45 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 6 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 215 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 635 km
- Nearest railway station
- Shridham · 2 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Dehra compares
By population, Dehra ranks #27 of 189 villages in Narayanganj mandal.
Literacy rate
%
47.2%
−9.3% vs mandal average
- Dehra
- 47.2%
- Narayanganj mandal
- 56.5%
- Mandla district
- 57.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,088
+92 vs mandal average
- Dehra
- 1,088
- Narayanganj mandal
- 996
Household size
people per home
4.1
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Dehra
- 4.1
- Narayanganj mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dehra at a glance
Dehra is a village of 973 people in 238 households (Census 2011) in Narayanganj tehsil, Mandla district, Madhya Pradesh, the 27th-largest of 189 villages in Narayanganj tehsil. Literacy is 47%, 9 points below the tehsil average of 57% and the sex ratio is 1,088 women per 1,000 men. It lies 45 km from the Mandla district centre, 2 km from Shridham railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 481662, served by Padariyanarayan Ganj post office; the LGD village code is 492718. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, 3 km away. The sarpanch is umiya bai soyam, and the village votes in Gotegaon assembly constituency, represented by MLA Mahendra Nagesh. The population is estimated at 1,147 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Dehra
- LGD code
- 492718
- Pincode
- 481662
- Post office
- Padariyanarayan Ganj
- Population (Census 2011)
- 973
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,147
- Households
- 238
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1088
- Literacy rate
- 47.2%
- Coordinates
- 23.01871°N, 79.50032°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mandla
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gotegaon
- Member of Parliament
- Faggan Singh Kulaste
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Mahendra Nagesh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- umiya bai soyam
- Block / Mandal
- Narayanganj
Getting there
How to reach Dehra
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal215 kmcapital
- Hyderabad635 km
- Delhi663 km
- Mumbai815 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationShridham2 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital3 km
- CollegeChanchala Bai College47 km
- Police stationpolice station49 km
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- Bamhani(Partala)
- Bijegaon (Manegaon)
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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, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)