# Mahendar Village, Gulabganj, Vidisha (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Gulabganj, Vidisha 

# Mahendar

Mahendar is a village in Gulabganj sub-district of Vidisha district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **259 people in 57 households**, the 63rd largest of 75 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.7%.

- 259people (2011)
- 57households
- 79.3%literacy
- 904females per 1,000 males

## Mahendar PIN code and other codes

Mahendar falls in Gulabganj sub-district, Vidisha district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockGyaraspur
- Census village code481750

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Mahendar from nearby towns?

- Gulabganj (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Vidisha (district HQ)25 km by road
- Vidisha (nearest town)25 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Mahendar?

3 services counted by the Census are inside Mahendar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Gularkhedi
- ○Degree college10+ km · Vidisha
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Vidisha
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 8 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Mahendar known for?

The main crops are **soyabean, wheat and masoor**. About 87% of the 326 hectares of village land is sown, and 116 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Mahendar

Of every 100 households in Mahendar in 2011, 98 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 17 cooked with LPG; 78 had a mobile phone, 32 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Mahendar · ■ Gulabganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****98%**

**74%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**83%

Tap water ****92%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**19%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****17%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****83%**

**93%

Use banking services ****80%**

**44%

Television ****56%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****78%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****32%**

**19%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

None of these assets ****10%**

**34%

Own their home ****90%**

**94%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Mahendar?

■ Mahendar · ■ Gulabganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.3%**

**75.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****904**

**908

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****609**

**927

Working population ****32.4%**

**38.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.4% for men and 77.1% for women. 55% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 38 (45%) · **■** Farm labourers 13 (15%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 14 (17%) · **■** Marginal 18 (21%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Gulabganj

- Khejada Barri308 people
- Ganeshpur295 people
- Ramgarh293 people
- Ghurda262 people
- Dhanora Chaubisa254 people
- Patwari Khedi254 people
- Rampur Chak Patni248 people
- Uttamakhedi216 people

[All 76 villages in Gulabganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/vidisha/gulabganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Mahendar from Vidisha?25 km by road
- What is the population of Mahendar?259 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahendar in?Vidisha district (Gulabganj sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Mahendar?79.3% (Census 2011)