Chhayan observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
By population, Chhayan ranks #22 of 93 villages in Raoti mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chhayan is a village of 1,082 people in 221 households (Census 2011) in Raoti tehsil, Ratlam district, Madhya Pradesh, the 22nd-largest of 93 villages in Raoti tehsil. Literacy is 37%, 4 points above the tehsil average of 33% and the sex ratio is 1,049 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 457001, served by Ratlam City post office; the LGD village code is 470793. The sarpanch is Bapudi devda, and the village votes in Sailana assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kamleshwar Dodiyar. The population is estimated at 1,276 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Sadeda →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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