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Panchayat bypolls underway across Madhya Pradesh today: Only four Panch, 79 Sarpanch and five district Panc...
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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
ramshankar uikey
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- LGD code
- 496470
- Pincode
- 480991
- Post office
- Khairapalari
- Population
- 1,151
- Households
- 254
- Literacy rate
- 60.6%
- Sex ratio
- 931 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 560
- Distance to district centre
- 58 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 29 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 275 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 565 km
- Nearest railway station
- Khairee · 6 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital Keolari · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Panjra compares
By population, Panjra ranks #45 of 184 villages in Keolari mandal.
Literacy rate
%
60.6%
−2.7% vs mandal average
Panjra60.6%
Keolari mandal63.3%
Seoni district62.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
931
−65 vs mandal average
Panjra931
Keolari mandal996
Household size
people per home
4.5
+0.2 vs mandal average
Panjra4.5
Keolari mandal4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Panjra at a glance
Panjra is a village of 1,151 people in 254 households (Census 2011) in Keolari tehsil, Seoni district, Madhya Pradesh, the 45th-largest of 184 villages in Keolari tehsil. Literacy is 61%, 3 points below the tehsil average of 63% and the sex ratio is 931 women per 1,000 men. It lies 58 km from the Seoni district centre, 6 km from Khairee railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 480991, served by Khairapalari post office; the LGD village code is 496470. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital Keolari, 9 km away. The sarpanch is ramshankar uikey. The population is estimated at 1,357 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Panjra
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 12
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- Yes
- 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
- SEONI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 50
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 50
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 17
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 786.33
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 613.88
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Panjra
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Panjra
- LGD code
- 496470
- Pincode
- 480991
- Post office
- Khairapalari
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,151
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,357
- Households
- 254
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 931
- Literacy rate
- 60.6%
- Coordinates
- 22.29215°N, 79.88530°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mandla
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Lakhnadon
- Member of Parliament
- Faggan Singh Kulaste
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- ramshankar uikey
- Block / Mandal
- Keolari
Getting there
How to reach Panjra
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal275 kmcapital
- Hyderabad565 km
- Delhi752 km
- Mumbai812 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKhairee6 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital Keolari9 km
- ATM / bankCentral Bank of India28 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil24 km
- Police stationMaharajpur Police Station59 km
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View all 60+ →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)