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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Deventri Kumre
Contact: 79****3023
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- LGD code
- 496158
- Pincode
- 480999
- Post office
- Kahani
- Population
- 558
- Households
- 125
- Literacy rate
- 49.6%
- Sex ratio
- 1036 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 314
- Distance to district centre
- 49 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 34 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 192 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 631 km
- Nearest railway station
- Belkhera · 4 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government hospital · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Khapa compares
By population, Khapa ranks #104 of 229 villages in Ghansaur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
49.6%
−7.5% vs mandal average
- Khapa
- 49.6%
- Ghansaur mandal
- 57.1%
- Seoni district
- 62.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,036
+51 vs mandal average
- Khapa
- 1,036
- Ghansaur mandal
- 985
Household size
people per home
4.5
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Khapa
- 4.5
- Ghansaur mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Khapa at a glance
Khapa is a village of 558 people in 125 households (Census 2011) in Ghansaur tehsil, Seoni district, Madhya Pradesh, the 104th-largest of 229 villages in Ghansaur tehsil. Literacy is 50%, 8 points below the tehsil average of 57% and the sex ratio is 1,036 women per 1,000 men. It lies 49 km from the Seoni district centre, 4 km from Belkhera railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 480999, served by Kahani post office; the LGD village code is 496158. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government hospital, 7 km away. The sarpanch is Deventri Kumre, and the village votes in Bargi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Neeraj Singh Lodhi. The population is estimated at 658 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Khapa
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- 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)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 10
- Primary school
- 2
- 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
- LAKHNADON
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 30
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 90
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 18
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 280.36
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 13.27
- Forest area (ha)
- 58.6
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Khapa
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Khapa
- LGD code
- 496158
- Pincode
- 480999
- Post office
- Kahani
- Population (Census 2011)
- 558
- Population (projected 2026)
- 658
- Households
- 125
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1036
- Literacy rate
- 49.6%
- Coordinates
- 23.01068°N, 79.27033°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Jabalpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bargi
- Member of Parliament
- Ashish Dubey
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Neeraj Singh Lodhi
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Deventri Kumre
- Block / Mandal
- Ghansaur
Getting there
How to reach Khapa
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal192 kmcapital
- Hyderabad631 km
- Delhi656 km
- Mumbai795 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBelkhera4 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment hospital7 km
- CollegeGOVT. Industrial Training ...48 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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)