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Madhya Pradesh: Farmers, tribals begin ‘Mitti Satyagraha’ in Panna, seek compensation, rehabilitation
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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Bhamka is a village in Shahnagar mandal, Panna district, Madhya Pradesh. It has a population of 176 distributed across 37 households, with a literacy rate of 45.5%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
CHHOTI BAI SINGH GOND
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- LGD code
- 459447
- Pincode
- 488448
- Post office
- Sahanagar (Panna)
- Population
- 176
- Households
- 37
- Literacy rate
- 45.5%
- Sex ratio
- 892 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 93
- Distance to district centre
- 41 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 4 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 307 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 586 km
- Nearest railway station
- Jukehi · 22 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government hospital Shahnagar · 14 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bhamka compares
By population, Bhamka ranks #103 of 121 villages in Shahnagar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
45.5%
−5.6% vs mandal average
Bhamka45.5%
Shahnagar mandal51.1%
Panna district54.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
892
−35 vs mandal average
Bhamka892
Shahnagar mandal927
Household size
people per home
4.8
+0.4 vs mandal average
Bhamka4.8
Shahnagar mandal4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bhamka at a glance
Bhamka is a village of 176 people in 37 households (Census 2011) in Shahnagar tehsil, Panna district, Madhya Pradesh, the 103rd-largest of 121 villages in Shahnagar tehsil. Literacy is 46%, 6 points below the tehsil average of 51% and the sex ratio is 892 women per 1,000 men. It lies 41 km from the Panna district centre, 22 km from Jukehi railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 488448, served by Sahanagar (Panna) post office; the LGD village code is 459447. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government hospital Shahnagar, 14 km away. The sarpanch is CHHOTI BAI SINGH GOND, and the village votes in Pawai assembly constituency, represented by MLA Prahlad Lodhi. The population is estimated at 208 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bhamka
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KATNI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 95
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 150
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 70
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 126.26
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 4.22
- Forest area (ha)
- 20.73
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Bhamka
- LGD code
- 459447
- Pincode
- 488448
- Post office
- Sahanagar (Panna)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 176
- Population (projected 2026)
- 208
- Households
- 37
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 892
- Literacy rate
- 45.5%
- Coordinates
- 24.11948°N, 80.27388°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Khajuraho
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Pawai
- Member of Parliament
- V. D. Sharma
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Prahlad Lodhi
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- CHHOTI BAI SINGH GOND
- Block / Mandal
- Shahnagar
Getting there
How to reach Bhamka
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal307 kmcapital
- Delhi586 km
- Hyderabad772 km
- Kolkata843 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationJukehi22 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment hospital Shahnagar14 km
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- 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
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