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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Samandar Singh
Contact: 97****4624
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- LGD code
- 481153
- Pincode
- 464221
- Post office
- Ganjbasoda
- Population
- 820
- Households
- 160
- Literacy rate
- 58.7%
- Sex ratio
- 806 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 272
- Distance to district centre
- 16 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 13 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 95 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 520 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bareth · 12 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Sudha Hospital · 14 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Mehra compares
By population, Mehra ranks #51 of 183 villages in Basoda mandal.
Literacy rate
%
58.7%
+0.6% vs mandal average
- Mehra
- 58.7%
- Basoda mandal
- 58.1%
- Vidisha district
- 59.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
806
−83 vs mandal average
- Mehra
- 806
- Basoda mandal
- 889
Household size
people per home
5.1
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Mehra
- 5.1
- Basoda mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Mehra at a glance
Mehra is a village of 820 people in 160 households (Census 2011) in Basoda tehsil, Vidisha district, Madhya Pradesh, the 51st-largest of 183 villages in Basoda tehsil. Literacy is 59%, about the same as the tehsil average of 58% and the sex ratio is 806 women per 1,000 men. It lies 16 km from the Vidisha district centre, 49 km from Jakhalon, the nearest town, 12 km from Bareth railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 464221, served by Ganjbasoda post office; the LGD village code is 481153. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sudha Hospital, 14 km away. The sarpanch is Samandar Singh, and the village votes in Basoda assembly constituency, represented by MLA Hari Singh Raghuwanshi (Badda). The population is estimated at 967 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Mehra
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- BASODA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 18
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 58
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 18
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 615
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 146
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Mehra
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Mehra
- LGD code
- 481153
- Pincode
- 464221
- Post office
- Ganjbasoda
- Population (Census 2011)
- 820
- Population (projected 2026)
- 967
- Households
- 160
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 806
- Literacy rate
- 58.7%
- Coordinates
- 23.98265°N, 77.90637°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
- Samandar Singh
- Block / Mandal
- Basoda
Getting there
How to reach Mehra
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal95 kmcapital
- Delhi520 km
- Hyderabad736 km
- Mumbai754 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBareth12 km
- Hospital / PHCSudha Hospital14 km
- ATM / bankAxis Bank ATM35 km
- Petrol pumpIndin Oil37 km
- CollegeBina Public H. S. School35 km
- Police stationPolice Station Khurai43 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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-17
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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