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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
shyam Bhati
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- LGD code
- 470109
- Pincode
- 457226
- Post office
- Jaora
- Population
- 1,097
- Households
- 241
- Literacy rate
- 64.4%
- Sex ratio
- 969 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 543
- Distance to district centre
- 26 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 17 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 240 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 566 km
- Nearest railway station
- Mundalaram · 3 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- PHC Dhodhar · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Richha Chanda compares
By population, Richha Chanda ranks #54 of 148 villages in Jaora mandal.
Literacy rate
%
64.4%
+4.1% vs mandal average
- Richha Chanda
- 64.4%
- Jaora mandal
- 60.3%
- Ratlam district
- 56.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
969
+6 vs mandal average
- Richha Chanda
- 969
- Jaora mandal
- 963
Household size
people per home
4.6
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Richha Chanda
- 4.6
- Jaora mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Richha Chanda at a glance
Richha Chanda is a village of 1,097 people in 241 households (Census 2011) in Jaora tehsil, Ratlam district, Madhya Pradesh, the 54th-largest of 148 villages in Jaora tehsil. Literacy is 64%, 4 points above the tehsil average of 60% and the sex ratio is 969 women per 1,000 men. It lies 26 km from the Ratlam district centre, 3 km from Mundalaram railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 457226, served by Jaora post office; the LGD village code is 470109. The nearest hospital or health centre is PHC Dhodhar, 7 km away. The sarpanch is shyam Bhati, and the village votes in Alot assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dr. Chintamani Malviya. The population is estimated at 1,293 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Richachanda →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richha Chanda · this village | 1,097 | 64% | — |
| Roop Nagar · Sumerpur | — | — | 1.1 km E |
| Roop Nagar · Jaitaran | 1,567 | 31% | 1.1 km E |
| Roop Nagar · Jaora | 502 | 64% | 1.1 km E |
| Roop Nagar · Bap | — | — | 1.1 km E |
| Roop Nagar · Setrawa | 736 | 30% | 1.1 km E |
| Roop Nagar · Shergarh | 376 | 44% | 1.1 km E |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Richha Chanda
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- JAORA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 11
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 47
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 11
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 555.41
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 461.91
- Forest area (ha)
- 31.77
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Richha Chanda
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Richha Chanda
- LGD code
- 470109
- Pincode
- 457226
- Post office
- Jaora
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,097
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,293
- Households
- 241
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 969
- Literacy rate
- 64.4%
- Coordinates
- 23.72293°N, 75.11091°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Ujjain
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Alot
- Member of Parliament
- Anil Firojiya
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dr. Chintamani Malviya
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- shyam Bhati
- Block / Mandal
- Jaora
Getting there
How to reach Richha Chanda
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal240 kmcapital
- Mumbai566 km
- Delhi583 km
- Hyderabad787 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationMundalaram3 km
- Hospital / PHCPHC Dhodhar7 km
- CollegePrincipal's Bungalow12 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 457226
Villages near Richha Chanda
Other villages in Jaora mandal
View all 60+ →- Dhodhar
- Ringnod
- Kalaliya(Dewas)
- Pipaliya (Jodha)
- Rojhana
- Hatpiplya
- Sarsi
- Bardiya Goyal
- Arjala
- Asawati
- Mundla Ram
- Mandwi
- Uni
- Uplai
- Bhimakhedi (Part)
- Lod
- Gondi Dharamsi
- Rola
- Kerwasa
- Bamankhedi (Part)
- Luhari
- Lala Kheda
- Borda
- Gondi Shankar
- Sada Khedi
- Niman
- Moriya
- Pirhigoriya
- Moya Kheda
- Bhuteda
- Khajuriya
- Rewas
- Bhaisana
- Jhalwa
- Dodiyana
- Lasudiya Jangali
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)