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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Surendra Pratap Singh
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- LGD code
- 503377
- Pincode
- 486882
- Post office
- Chitrangi
- Population
- 231
- Households
- 47
- Literacy rate
- 49.8%
- Sex ratio
- 805 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 66
Census 2011 · in context
How Balakhad compares
By population, Balakhad ranks #240 of 283 villages in Chitrangi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
49.8%
+4.4% vs mandal average
Balakhad49.8%
Chitrangi mandal45.4%
Singrauli district49.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
805
−129 vs mandal average
Balakhad805
Chitrangi mandal934
Household size
people per home
4.9
−0.1 vs mandal average
Balakhad4.9
Chitrangi mandal5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Balakhad at a glance
Balakhad is a village of 231 people in 47 households (Census 2011) in Chitrangi tehsil, Singrauli district, Madhya Pradesh, the 240th-largest of 283 villages in Chitrangi tehsil. Literacy is 50%, 4 points above the tehsil average of 45% and the sex ratio is 805 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 486882, served by Chitrangi post office; the LGD village code is 503377. The sarpanch is Surendra Pratap Singh, and the village votes in Gurh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Nagendra Singh. The population is estimated at 272 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Balakhad
- 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
- 0
- 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
- SINGRAULI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 86
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 86
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 21
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 217.75
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 6.2
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Balakhad
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Balakhad
- LGD code
- 503377
- Pincode
- 486882
- Post office
- Chitrangi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 231
- Population (projected 2026)
- 272
- Households
- 47
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 805
- Literacy rate
- 49.8%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Rewa
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gurh
- Member of Parliament
- Janardan Mishra
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Nagendra Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Surendra Pratap Singh
- Block / Mandal
- Chitrangi
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
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