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Ex-CM Uma Bharti renews call for total alcohol prohibition in Madhya Pradesh after Sagar hooch tragedy
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Jharai is a village in Khurai mandal, Sagar district, Madhya Pradesh. With a population of 576 in 132 households, it has a literacy rate of 71%. The village is located at coordinates 24.221°N, 78.744°E and uses postal code 470117.
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- LGD code
- 459846
- Pincode
- 470117
- Post office
- Khurai
- Population
- 576
- Households
- 132
- Literacy rate
- 71%
- Sex ratio
- 840 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 166
- Distance to district centre
- 35 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 49 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 173 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 512 km
- Nearest railway station
- Isarwara · 38 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Veterinary Hospital · 16 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Jharai compares
By population, Jharai ranks #88 of 187 villages in Khurai mandal.
Literacy rate
%
71.0%
+8.5% vs mandal average
Jharai71.0%
Khurai mandal62.5%
Sagar district65.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
840
−50 vs mandal average
Jharai840
Khurai mandal890
Household size
people per home
4.4
−0.1 vs mandal average
Jharai4.4
Khurai mandal4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jharai at a glance
Jharai is a village of 576 people in 132 households (Census 2011) in Khurai tehsil, Sagar district, Madhya Pradesh, the 88th-largest of 187 villages in Khurai tehsil. Literacy is 71%, 9 points above the tehsil average of 63% and the sex ratio is 840 women per 1,000 men. It lies 35 km from the Sagar district centre, 24 km from Malthon, the nearest town, 38 km from Isarwara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 470117, served by Khurai post office; the LGD village code is 459846. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Veterinary Hospital, 16 km away. The sarpanch is bhujbal singh thakur, and the village votes in Bina assembly constituency, represented by MLA Adv. Nirmla Sapre. The population is estimated at 679 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Jharai
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 9
- Power hours (winter)
- 9
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KHURAI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 9
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 61
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 9
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 479.32
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 86.1
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Jharai
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Jharai
- LGD code
- 459846
- Pincode
- 470117
- Post office
- Khurai
- Population (Census 2011)
- 576
- Population (projected 2026)
- 679
- Households
- 132
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 840
- Literacy rate
- 71.0%
- Coordinates
- 24.22113°N, 78.74415°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Sagar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bina
- Member of Parliament
- Lata Wankhede
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Adv. Nirmla Sapre
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- bhujbal singh thakur
- Block / Mandal
- Khurai
Getting there
How to reach Jharai
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal173 kmcapital
- Delhi512 km
- Hyderabad761 km
- Mumbai833 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationIsarwara38 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Veterinary Hospital16 km
- ATM / bankMadhyanchal Gramin Bank Rajwas16 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil16 km
- CollegeSaraswati V.M.High Vidyala.....17 km
- Police stationPolice Sahayta Candr33 km
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)