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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Kunti Tekam
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- LGD code
- 497158
- Pincode
- 480886
- Post office
- Lakhnadon
- Population
- 448
- Households
- 103
- Literacy rate
- 67.4%
- Sex ratio
- 1103 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 226
- Distance to district centre
- 69 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 49 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 278 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 540 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bhoma · 16 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government hospital Barghat · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Gorakhpur compares
By population, Gorakhpur ranks #105 of 186 villages in Kurai mandal.
Literacy rate
%
67.4%
+4.5% vs mandal average
- Gorakhpur
- 67.4%
- Kurai mandal
- 62.9%
- Seoni district
- 62.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,103
+94 vs mandal average
- Gorakhpur
- 1,103
- Kurai mandal
- 1,009
Household size
people per home
4.3
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Gorakhpur
- 4.3
- Kurai mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gorakhpur at a glance
Gorakhpur is a village of 448 people in 103 households (Census 2011) in Kurai tehsil, Seoni district, Madhya Pradesh, the 105th-largest of 186 villages in Kurai tehsil. Literacy is 67%, 5 points above the tehsil average of 63% and the sex ratio is 1,103 women per 1,000 men. It lies 69 km from the Seoni district centre, 56 km from Ashti, the nearest town, 16 km from Bhoma railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 480886, served by Lakhnadon post office; the LGD village code is 497158. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government hospital Barghat, 9 km away. The sarpanch is Kunti Tekam, and the village votes in Churai assembly constituency, represented by MLA Choudhary Sujeet Mersingh. The population is estimated at 528 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gorakhpur · this village | 448 | 67% | — |
| Chammutola · Barghat | — | — | 1.9 km NW |
| Dhobisarra · Barghat | 1,416 | 66% | 3.6 km NE |
| Pindrai Kalan · Chhindwara | 825 | 59% | 3.7 km W |
| Pindrai Kalan · Barghat | 1,699 | 67% | 3.7 km W |
| Pindrai Kalan · Jamai (Junnardeo) | 588 | 22% | 3.7 km W |
| Pindrai Kalan · Kareli | 125 | 82% | 3.7 km W |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Gorakhpur
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 10
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SEONI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 45
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 45
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 156.68
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 7.18
- Forest area (ha)
- 40.69
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Gorakhpur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Gorakhpur
- LGD code
- 497158
- Pincode
- 480886
- Post office
- Lakhnadon
- Population (Census 2011)
- 448
- Population (projected 2026)
- 528
- Households
- 103
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1103
- Literacy rate
- 67.4%
- Coordinates
- 22.08298°N, 79.80608°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Chhindwara
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Churai
- Member of Parliament
- Vivek Kumar Sahu
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Choudhary Sujeet Mersingh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Kunti Tekam
- Block / Mandal
- Kurai
Getting there
How to reach Gorakhpur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal278 kmcapital
- Hyderabad540 km
- Delhi772 km
- Mumbai795 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBhoma16 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment hospital Barghat9 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil15 km
- CollegeMitali Institute of Nursing57 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 480886
- Khamariya GosaiLakhnadon mandal2,137 pop
- GaneshganjLakhnadon mandal1,925 pop
- SirmangniLakhnadon mandal1,711 pop
- SihoraLakhnadon mandal1,621 pop
- ShikaraLakhnadon mandal1,390 pop
- SiroliparLakhnadon mandal1,355 pop
- GangaiLakhnadon mandal1,285 pop
- BhilmaLakhnadon mandal1,220 pop
- Chargaon Ryt.Lakhnadon mandal1,083 pop
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Villages near Gorakhpur
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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)