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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Shanti Bai
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- LGD code
- 468144
- Pincode
- 484001
- Post office
- Shahdol Balpurwa
- Population
- 3,245
- Households
- 686
- Literacy rate
- 50.5%
- Sex ratio
- 1007 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,750
- Distance to district centre
- 59 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 8 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 363 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 651 km
- Nearest railway station
- Khanna Banjari · 15 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- GOVT HOSPITAL · 14 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bakeli compares
By population, Bakeli ranks #1 of 103 villages in Pali mandal — the largest.
Literacy rate
%
50.5%
+0.1% vs mandal average
- Bakeli
- 50.5%
- Pali mandal
- 50.4%
- Umaria district
- 55.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,007
+40 vs mandal average
- Bakeli
- 1,007
- Pali mandal
- 967
Household size
people per home
4.7
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Bakeli
- 4.7
- Pali mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bakeli at a glance
Bakeli is a village of 3,245 people in 686 households (Census 2011) in Pali tehsil, Umaria district, Madhya Pradesh, the largest of 103 villages in Pali tehsil. Literacy is 51%, about the same as the tehsil average of 50% and the sex ratio is 1,007 women per 1,000 men. It lies 59 km from the Umaria district centre, 15 km from Khanna Banjari railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 484001, served by Shahdol Balpurwa post office; the LGD village code is 468144. The nearest hospital or health centre is GOVT HOSPITAL, 14 km away. The sarpanch is Shanti Bai, and the village votes in Vijayraghavgarh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sanjay Satyendra Pathak. The population is estimated at 3,826 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bakeli
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 4
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- 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
- No
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SHAHDOL
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 78
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 39
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 1,101.18
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 48.75
- Forest area (ha)
- 49.7
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bakeli
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bakeli
- LGD code
- 468144
- Pincode
- 484001
- Post office
- Shahdol Balpurwa
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,245
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,826
- Households
- 686
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1007
- Literacy rate
- 50.5%
- Coordinates
- 23.79422°N, 80.92190°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Khajuraho
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Vijayraghavgarh
- Member of Parliament
- V. D. Sharma
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sanjay Satyendra Pathak
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Shanti Bai
- Block / Mandal
- Pali
Getting there
How to reach Bakeli
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal363 kmcapital
- Delhi651 km
- Hyderabad756 km
- Kolkata773 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKhanna Banjari15 km
- Hospital / PHCGOVT HOSPITAL14 km
- ATM / bankPunjab National Bank21 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum18 km
- Police stationBandhavgarh Police Chowki13 km
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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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)