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One vote, four years: Madhya Pradesh High Court orders recount in sarpanch polls
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Janki Bai
Contact: 79****4514
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- LGD code
- 480508
- Pincode
- 464114
- Post office
- Lateri
- Population
- 1,473
- Households
- 343
- Literacy rate
- 52.6%
- Sex ratio
- 898 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 414
- Distance to district centre
- 53 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 8 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 96 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 500 km
- Nearest railway station
- Ramri · 41 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dr R.S Lodhi Clinic · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Sunkher compares
By population, Sunkher ranks #17 of 194 villages in Lateri mandal.
Literacy rate
%
52.6%
+6.6% vs mandal average
- Sunkher
- 52.6%
- Lateri mandal
- 46.0%
- Vidisha district
- 59.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
898
+12 vs mandal average
- Sunkher
- 898
- Lateri mandal
- 886
Household size
people per home
4.3
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Sunkher
- 4.3
- Lateri mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sunkher at a glance
Sunkher is a village of 1,473 people in 343 households (Census 2011) in Lateri tehsil, Vidisha district, Madhya Pradesh, the 17th-largest of 194 villages in Lateri tehsil. Literacy is 53%, 7 points above the tehsil average of 46% and the sex ratio is 898 women per 1,000 men. It lies 53 km from the Vidisha district centre, 19 km from Maksudangarh, the nearest town, 41 km from Ramri railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 464114, served by Lateri post office; the LGD village code is 480508. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dr R.S Lodhi Clinic, 5 km away. The sarpanch is Janki Bai, and the village votes in Sironj assembly constituency, represented by MLA Umakant Sharma. The population is estimated at 1,737 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunkher · this village | 1,473 | 53% | — |
| Kareelpur · Lateri | 151 | 68% | 0.6 km E |
| Bheelakhedi Kalan · Lateri | 367 | 56% | 2.5 km S |
| Mubarakpur · Lateri | 425 | 52% | 2.8 km NE |
| Mubarakpur · Sironj | 448 | 46% | 2.8 km NE |
| Jajamkhedi · Manawar | 1,675 | 51% | 3 km NE |
| Jajamkhedi · Lateri | 383 | 65% | 3 km NE |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sunkher
- Treated tap water
- No
- 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)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- 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
- LATERI
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 98
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 848.65
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 217.66
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Sunkher
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Sunkher
- LGD code
- 480508
- Pincode
- 464114
- Post office
- Lateri
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,473
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,737
- Households
- 343
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 898
- Literacy rate
- 52.6%
- Coordinates
- 24.11938°N, 77.43484°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Sagar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sironj
- Member of Parliament
- Lata Wankhede
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Umakant Sharma
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Janki Bai
- Block / Mandal
- Lateri
Getting there
How to reach Sunkher
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal96 kmcapital
- Delhi500 km
- Mumbai732 km
- Hyderabad757 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationRamri41 km
- Hospital / PHCDr R.S Lodhi Clinic5 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 464114
Villages near Sunkher
Other villages in Lateri mandal
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- Murariya
- Unarsi Kalan
- Mohammadpur Urf.Malania
- Jawati
- Rusalli Sahu
- Kala Dev
- Tonkara
- Sahar Kheda
- Balrampur
- Okhli Kheda
- Tiloni
- Kolua Pathar
- Rusiya
- Nenwas Kalan
- Khachhi Kheda
- Mahoti
- Danwas
- Esarwas
- Bairagarh
- Masoodi
- Mohabbatpur
- Newali
- Titarbarri
- Semara Meghnath
- Chhirari
- Nisobarri
- Ahmadnagar (Motipur)
- Veerpur Kalan
- Semari Ahir
- Aligarh Kotra
- Chandbad
- Sojana
- Vapcha
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, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)