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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
praksha
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- LGD code
- 481202
- Pincode
- 464240
- Post office
- Bamora R.S
- Population
- 3,123
- Households
- 630
- Literacy rate
- 63.4%
- Sex ratio
- 850 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,283
- Distance to district centre
- 24 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 14 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 103 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 523 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kalhar · <1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Aastha Hospital · 17 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kulhar compares
By population, Kulhar ranks #3 of 183 villages in Basoda mandal.
Literacy rate
%
63.4%
+5.3% vs mandal average
- Kulhar
- 63.4%
- Basoda mandal
- 58.1%
- Vidisha district
- 59.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
850
−39 vs mandal average
- Kulhar
- 850
- Basoda mandal
- 889
Household size
people per home
5.0
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Kulhar
- 5.0
- Basoda mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kulhar at a glance
Kulhar is a village of 3,123 people in 630 households (Census 2011) in Basoda tehsil, Vidisha district, Madhya Pradesh, the 3rd-largest of 183 villages in Basoda tehsil. Literacy is 63%, 5 points above the tehsil average of 58% and the sex ratio is 850 women per 1,000 men. It lies 24 km from the Vidisha district centre, 41 km from Khimlasa, the nearest town, under 1 km from Kalhar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 464240, served by Bamora R.S post office; the LGD village code is 481202. The nearest hospital or health centre is Aastha Hospital, 17 km away. The sarpanch is praksha, and the village votes in Basoda assembly constituency, represented by MLA Hari Singh Raghuwanshi (Badda). The population is estimated at 3,682 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kulhhar →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kulhar · this village | 3,123 | 63% | — |
| Bharri · Kurwai | 460 | 57% | 2.5 km N |
| Khada Khedi · Basoda | 493 | 52% | 3 km SW |
| Khada Khedi · Khurai | 309 | 66% | 3 km SW |
| Pairajkhedi · Kurwai | 149 | 75% | 3 km W |
| Mohaniya Khedi · Kurwai | 374 | 74% | 3.5 km NW |
| Kaji Kirroda · Basoda | 750 | 65% | 3.8 km SE |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kulhar
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 12
- Primary school
- 3
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 1
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- Yes
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- BASODA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 35
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 65
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 35
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 1,710
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 1,308
- Forest area (ha)
- 40
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kulhar
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kulhar
- LGD code
- 481202
- Pincode
- 464240
- Post office
- Bamora R.S
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,123
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,682
- Households
- 630
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 850
- Literacy rate
- 63.4%
- Coordinates
- 23.96896°N, 78.06026°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Vidisha
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Basoda
- Member of Parliament
- Shivraj Singh Chauhan
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Hari Singh Raghuwanshi (Badda)
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- praksha
- Block / Mandal
- Basoda
- Nearest railway station
- Kalhar (0.9 km)
Getting there
How to reach Kulhar
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal103 kmcapital
- Delhi523 km
- Hyderabad733 km
- Mumbai764 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKalhar<1 km
- Hospital / PHCAastha Hospital17 km
- ATM / bankAxis Bank ATM26 km
- Petrol pumpIndin Oil28 km
- CollegeBina Public H. S. School25 km
- Police stationPolice Station Khurai28 km
Nearest to the village
- Railway station
- Kalharunder 1 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)