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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Amita Singh
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- LGD code
- 503320
- Pincode
- 486669
- Post office
- Madwas
- Population
- 378
- Households
- 102
- Literacy rate
- 27%
- Sex ratio
- 938 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 224
Census 2011 · in context
How Chokri compares
By population, Chokri ranks #69 of 138 villages in Kusmi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
27.0%
−21.0% vs mandal average
- Chokri
- 27.0%
- Kusmi mandal
- 48.0%
- Sidhi district
- 53.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
938
−32 vs mandal average
- Chokri
- 938
- Kusmi mandal
- 970
Household size
people per home
3.7
−0.6 vs mandal average
- Chokri
- 3.7
- Kusmi mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chokri at a glance
Chokri is a village of 378 people in 102 households (Census 2011) in Kusmi tehsil, Sidhi district, Madhya Pradesh, the 69th-largest of 138 villages in Kusmi tehsil. Literacy is 27%, 21 points below the tehsil average of 48% and the sex ratio is 938 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 486669, served by Madwas post office; the LGD village code is 503320. The sarpanch is Amita Singh. The population is estimated at 446 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Majhigawan →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chokri · this village | 378 | 27% | — |
| Chitrauli · Kusmi | 525 | 43% | — |
| Beldiha · Kusmi | 325 | 38% | — |
| Majhigawan · Kusmi | 254 | 58% | — |
| Baigawa · Kusmi | 238 | 40% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chokri
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- 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
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- MAJHAULI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 95
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 105
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 35
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 258.17
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0.76
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Chokri
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Chokri
- LGD code
- 503320
- Pincode
- 486669
- Post office
- Madwas
- Population (Census 2011)
- 378
- Population (projected 2026)
- 446
- Households
- 102
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 938
- Literacy rate
- 27.0%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Sidhi
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Beohari
- Member of Parliament
- Rajesh Mishra
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Amita Singh
- Block / Mandal
- Kusmi
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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)