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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RAHUL
Contact: 89****5042
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- LGD code
- 483156
- Pincode
- 466118
- Post office
- Metwada
- Population
- 100
- Households
- 16
- Literacy rate
- 64%
- Sex ratio
- 786 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 48
- Distance to district centre
- 274 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 235 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 294 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 540 km
- Nearest railway station
- Harkia Khal · 19 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Chhayan Kalan compares
By population, Chhayan Kalan ranks #93 of 99 villages in Jawar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
64.0%
+8.4% vs mandal average
- Chhayan Kalan
- 64.0%
- Jawar mandal
- 55.6%
- Sehore district
- 59.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
786
−143 vs mandal average
- Chhayan Kalan
- 786
- Jawar mandal
- 929
Household size
people per home
6.3
+1.5 vs mandal average
- Chhayan Kalan
- 6.3
- Jawar mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chhayan Kalan at a glance
Chhayan Kalan is a village of 100 people in 16 households (Census 2011) in Jawar tehsil, Sehore district, Madhya Pradesh, the 93rd-largest of 99 villages in Jawar tehsil. Literacy is 64%, 8 points above the tehsil average of 56% and the sex ratio is 786 women per 1,000 men. It lies 274 km from the Sehore district centre, 19 km from Harkia Khal railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 466118, served by Metwada post office; the LGD village code is 483156. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, 8 km away. The sarpanch is RAHUL, and the village votes in Ashta assembly constituency, represented by MLA Gopal Singh Engineer. The population is estimated at 118 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chhayan Kalan · this village | 100 | 64% | — |
| Chhayan Kalan · Chhoti Sadri | 522 | 45% | 0 km N |
| Chhayan Khurd · Chhoti Sadri | 385 | 53% | 1.1 km NW |
| Kalyanpura · Chhoti Sadri | 481 | 47% | 2 km E |
| Ambawali · Chhoti Sadri | 1,419 | 55% | 2.3 km N |
| Ambawali · Bari Sadri | 687 | 53% | 2.3 km N |
| Kit Khera · Chhoti Sadri | 279 | 48% | 2.4 km NW |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chhayan Kalan
- 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)
- 8
- 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
- No
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- JAWAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 36
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 84
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 36
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 28.3
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 10
- Forest area (ha)
- 0.3
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Chhayan Kalan
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Chhayan Kalan
- LGD code
- 483156
- Pincode
- 466118
- Post office
- Metwada
- Population (Census 2011)
- 100
- Population (projected 2026)
- 118
- Households
- 16
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 786
- Literacy rate
- 64.0%
- Coordinates
- 24.28483°N, 74.75124°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dewas
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Ashta
- Member of Parliament
- Mahendra Solanki
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Gopal Singh Engineer
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RAHUL
- Block / Mandal
- Jawar
Getting there
How to reach Chhayan Kalan
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal294 kmcapital
- Delhi540 km
- Mumbai611 km
- Hyderabad860 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationHarkia Khal19 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital8 km
- Petrol pumpHindustan Petroleum25 km
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Villages near Chhayan Kalan
Other villages in Jawar mandal
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- Guradiya Varma
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- Kurawar
- Phudra
- Jhilela
- Shyampura Magarda
- Karman Khedi
- Moondla Mohaba
- Gwali
- Dodi
- Khajuriya Jawar
- Arniya Gaji
- Gwala
- Tigariya
- Darkheda
- Amla Majju
- Bamuliya Raimal
- Barchhapura
- Harniyagaon
- Bilpan
- Bhavri Kalan (Bhauri Kalan)
- Samriboda
- Dhurada Kalan
- Umardad
- Sheku Kheda
- Lakhiya
- Harnawada
- Badariya Hat
- Kundiya Nathu
- Kalyanpura
- Hakimpur
- Dhinga Khedi
- Kundiya Dhaga
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-23
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)