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Madhya Pradesh CM announces 10-hour daytime power supply for irrigation
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
FATMA BEE
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- LGD code
- 459354
- Pincode
- 488448
- Post office
- Sahanagar (Panna)
- Population
- 524
- Households
- 102
- Literacy rate
- 39.3%
- Sex ratio
- 919 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 281
- Distance to district centre
- 42 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 5 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 305 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 587 km
- Nearest railway station
- Hardua · 20 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government hospital Shahnagar · 12 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Chakra compares
By population, Chakra ranks #70 of 121 villages in Shahnagar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
39.3%
−11.8% vs mandal average
- Chakra
- 39.3%
- Shahnagar mandal
- 51.1%
- Panna district
- 54.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
919
−8 vs mandal average
- Chakra
- 919
- Shahnagar mandal
- 927
Household size
people per home
5.1
+0.7 vs mandal average
- Chakra
- 5.1
- Shahnagar mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chakra at a glance
Chakra is a village of 524 people in 102 households (Census 2011) in Shahnagar tehsil, Panna district, Madhya Pradesh, the 70th-largest of 121 villages in Shahnagar tehsil. Literacy is 39%, 12 points below the tehsil average of 51% and the sex ratio is 919 women per 1,000 men. It lies 42 km from the Panna district centre, 20 km from Hardua railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 488448, served by Sahanagar (Panna) post office; the LGD village code is 459354. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government hospital Shahnagar, 12 km away. The sarpanch is FATMA BEE, and the village votes in Pawai assembly constituency, represented by MLA Prahlad Lodhi. The population is estimated at 618 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chakra
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 5
- Power hours (winter)
- 5
- 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
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KATNI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 46
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 123
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 23
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 332.4
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 20.1
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Chakra
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Chakra
- LGD code
- 459354
- Pincode
- 488448
- Post office
- Sahanagar (Panna)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 524
- Population (projected 2026)
- 618
- Households
- 102
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 919
- Literacy rate
- 39.3%
- Coordinates
- 24.09763°N, 80.26858°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Khajuraho
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Pawai
- Member of Parliament
- V. D. Sharma
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Prahlad Lodhi
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- FATMA BEE
- Block / Mandal
- Shahnagar
Getting there
How to reach Chakra
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal305 kmcapital
- Delhi587 km
- Hyderabad769 km
- Kolkata844 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationHardua20 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment hospital Shahnagar12 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, 2026-09-19
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