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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Jyoti Bai Charpota
Contact: 62****6414
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- LGD code
- 470664
- Pincode
- 457555
- Post office
- Bajna (Ratlam)
- Population
- 805
- Households
- 172
- Literacy rate
- 17%
- Sex ratio
- 903 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 421
- Distance to district centre
- 55 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 62 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 266 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 497 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bhairongarh · 4 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government hospital Bamnia · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Khandan compares
By population, Khandan ranks #30 of 128 villages in Bajna mandal.
Literacy rate
%
17.0%
−17.2% vs mandal average
- Khandan
- 17.0%
- Bajna mandal
- 34.2%
- Ratlam district
- 56.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
903
−86 vs mandal average
- Khandan
- 903
- Bajna mandal
- 989
Household size
people per home
4.7
Same as the mandal average
- Khandan
- 4.7
- Bajna mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Khandan at a glance
Khandan is a village of 805 people in 172 households (Census 2011) in Bajna tehsil, Ratlam district, Madhya Pradesh, the 30th-largest of 128 villages in Bajna tehsil. Literacy is 17%, 17 points below the tehsil average of 34% and the sex ratio is 903 women per 1,000 men. It lies 55 km from the Ratlam district centre, 4 km from Bhairongarh railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 457555, served by Bajna (Ratlam) post office; the LGD village code is 470664. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government hospital Bamnia, 9 km away. The sarpanch is Jyoti Bai Charpota, and the village votes in Nagada-Khachrod assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dr. Tejbahadur Singh Chauhan. The population is estimated at 949 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Khandan
- 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
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- 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
- RATLAM
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 48
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 48
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 167.15
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 9.2
- Forest area (ha)
- 26.39
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Khandan
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Khandan
- LGD code
- 470664
- Pincode
- 457555
- Post office
- Bajna (Ratlam)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 805
- Population (projected 2026)
- 949
- Households
- 172
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 903
- Literacy rate
- 17.0%
- Coordinates
- 23.16155°N, 74.81311°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Ujjain
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Nagada-Khachrod
- Member of Parliament
- Anil Firojiya
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dr. Tejbahadur Singh Chauhan
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Jyoti Bai Charpota
- Block / Mandal
- Bajna
Getting there
How to reach Khandan
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal266 kmcapital
- Mumbai497 km
- Delhi652 km
- Hyderabad748 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBhairongarh4 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment hospital Bamnia9 km
- Collegecollege ground58 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, 2026-09-24
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)