By population, Chhapu ranks #21 of 290 villages in Sironj mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chhapu is a village of 1,421 people in 253 households (Census 2011) in Sironj tehsil, Vidisha district, Madhya Pradesh, the 21st-largest of 290 villages in Sironj tehsil. Literacy is 40%, 8 points below the tehsil average of 49% and the sex ratio is 862 women per 1,000 men. It lies 34 km from the Vidisha district centre, 35 km from Maksudangarh, the nearest town, 40 km from Ganj Basoda railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 464228, served by Sironj post office; the LGD village code is 480670. The nearest hospital or health centre is Rajeev Gandhi Memorial Hospital, 10 km away. The sarpanch is Leela Bai, and the village votes in Sironj assembly constituency, represented by MLA Umakant Sharma. The population is estimated at 1,675 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Chapu →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chhapu · this village | 1,421 | 40% | — |
| Barkheda Sajan · Sironj | 0 | — | 1.7 km S |
| Reechhan · Sironj | 794 | 39% | 2.2 km NE |
| Sahankhedi · Sironj | 375 | 46% | 2.4 km N |
| Sugna Khedi · Sironj | 1,098 | 50% | 2.9 km W |
| Khejada Gopal · Sironj | 696 | 41% | 3.2 km NW |
| Banskhedi · Sironj | 738 | 41% | 3.4 km W |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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