# Khawdi Gram Panchayat, Dhanaura, Amroha: Pradhan Kiranpal Singh > Khawdi is a gram panchayat in Dhanaura block of Amroha district, Uttar Pradesh (LGD code 238685, PIN code 244231). > It has 2 villages: Chandra Must, Rustampur Urf Rafatpur. > The Gram Pradhan is Kiranpal Singh. > It is in Dhanaura assembly constituency (MLA: Rajeev Kumar, Bharatiya Janata Party) and Amroha Lok Sabha constituency (MP: Kanwar Singh Tanwar). > It is about 31 km west of Amroha district headquarters, and the nearest railway station is Mandi Dhanaura (10 km). Source page: https://zoloth.com/uttar-pradesh/amroha/dhanaura/khawdi/ Updated 18 October 2026 · Sources: LGD, Election Commission of India, Census 2011 and other open government data ## Key facts - **Name:** Khawdi / खावडी - **Type:** Gram Panchayat - **LGD code:** 238685 - **Block:** Dhanaura - **Tehsil:** Dhanaura - **District:** Amroha - **Division:** Moradabad Division - **State:** Uttar Pradesh - **Villages:** 2 - **Assembly Constituency:** Dhanaura - **Lok Sabha Constituency:** Amroha - **Gram Pradhan:** Kiranpal Singh - **MLA:** Rajeev Kumar (Bharatiya Janata Party) - **MP:** Kanwar Singh Tanwar (Bharatiya Janata Party) - **PIN code:** 244231 - **Coordinates:** 28.9814° N, 78.1625° E (approximate) - **Schools:** 1 - **Polling Centres:** 1 - **Panchayat Secretary:** Swapnil Kumar ## Elected representatives - **Gram Pradhan:** Kiranpal Singh - **Panchayat Secretary:** Swapnil Kumar - **MLA:** Rajeev Kumar (Bharatiya Janata Party), https://zoloth.com/leaders/rajeev-kumar-mla-dhanaura/ - **MP:** Kanwar Singh Tanwar (Bharatiya Janata Party), https://zoloth.com/leaders/kanwar-singh-tanwar-mp-amroha/ ## Villages - Chandra Must - Rustampur Urf Rafatpur ## Frequently asked questions ### In which block, tehsil and district is Khawdi Gram Panchayat? Khawdi Gram Panchayat is in Dhanaura block of Amroha district, Uttar Pradesh, and comes under Dhanaura tehsil. ### Who is the Gram Pradhan of Khawdi Gram Panchayat? Kiranpal Singh is the Gram Pradhan of Khawdi Gram Panchayat; phone 9012223358 (source: UP Panchayati Raj Department, as listed on 14 October 2026). ### Who won the 2021 Gram Pradhan election in Khawdi? Hason Devi won the 2021 Gram Pradhan election in Khawdi with 511 votes (49% of the valid votes). The current office-bearer list names Kiranpal Singh, though, so the post may have changed hands since. ### How many villages are there in Khawdi Gram Panchayat? Khawdi Gram Panchayat has 2 revenue villages: Chandra Must and Rustampur Urf Rafatpur. ### Was the Gram Pradhan seat of Khawdi reserved in the 2021 election? In the 2021 panchayat election, the Gram Pradhan seat of Khawdi was reserved for women. Before that: 2015 (Other Backward Classes). Reservation is decided afresh before every panchayat election, so it can change next time. ### What was the winning margin in the 2021 Gram Pradhan election of Khawdi? The winner of the 2021 Gram Pradhan election in Khawdi beat the runner-up by 84 votes (8.0% of valid votes). There were 3 candidates in the race, and 1,051 valid votes were cast. ### Who was the Gram Pradhan of Khawdi before 2021? Earlier, the Gram Pradhan seat of Khawdi went to Kiran Pal (2015). We matched these older results to today's panchayat by name, and some boundaries have changed since, so treat them as a guide. ### What was the voter turnout in Khawdi in the 2015 panchayat election? Turnout in Khawdi was 86% in the 2015 panchayat election. ### How many ward members are there in Khawdi Gram Panchayat? Khawdi Gram Panchayat has 11 elected ward members, 5 of them women (45%), according to the UP Panchayati Raj Department list of October 2026. ### Who is the panchayat secretary of Khawdi? Swapnil Kumar is the Panchayat Secretary (Gram Panchayat Adhikari) of Khawdi; phone 9412338042 (source: UP Panchayati Raj Department, as listed on 14 October 2026). The secretary covers 5 gram panchayats, so call ahead to find out which day they're in Khawdi. ### Which assembly constituency does Khawdi come under? Khawdi comes under the Dhanaura Vidhan Sabha (assembly) constituency. ### Who is the MLA of Khawdi? The MLA for Dhanaura is Rajeev Kumar (Bharatiya Janata Party), elected in the 2022 assembly election. They got 1,02,505 votes (42.3%) and won by 11,440 votes. ### Which Lok Sabha constituency is Khawdi in? Khawdi is in the Amroha Lok Sabha constituency. ### Who is the MP of Khawdi? The Member of Parliament for Amroha is Kanwar Singh Tanwar (Bharatiya Janata Party), elected in the 2024 Lok Sabha election. They got 4,76,506 votes (42.9%) and won by 28,670 votes. ### What is the LGD code of Khawdi Gram Panchayat? The LGD code of Khawdi Gram Panchayat is 238685. It comes from the Local Government Directory, and many government portals use it to identify the panchayat. ### What is the PIN code of Khawdi? The PIN code for Khawdi is usually 244231. The nearest post office is Ahraula Mafi (PIN 244231), about 9.9 km away as the crow flies. The panchayat office address on record is Dhyoti, 244231. ### What is the DIGIPIN of Khawdi? The DIGIPIN for Khawdi is 399-L4L-CFCJ. It marks the centre of the panchayat on the map, not any particular house or office. DIGIPIN is India Post's 10-character digital address code. ### How far is Khawdi from Amroha? Khawdi is about 31 km west of Amroha district headquarters as the crow flies; by road it will be further. From the centre of Dhanaura block, it is about 7.1 km west. ### Which is the nearest railway station to Khawdi? The nearest railway station to Khawdi is Mandi Dhanaura (MNDR), about 10 km away as the crow flies. Other stations close by: Sherpur (SEPR), 11 km; Chuchela Kalan (CLKN), 11 km. ### Which is the nearest airport to Khawdi? The nearest airport to Khawdi is Moradabad Airport (MZS), about 76 km away as the crow flies. The next nearest is Noida International Airport (DXN), about 104 km away. ### Which is the nearest bank to Khawdi, and what is its IFSC code? The nearest bank branch to Khawdi is AU Small Finance Bank, Dhanaura (IFSC AUBL0005183), roughly 9.9 km away. Other branches nearby: Canara Bank, Dhanaura (IFSC CNRB0018584) and Canara Bank, Deengra (IFSC CNRB0018618). Your own account's IFSC is printed in your passbook and on your cheques. ### Where are the polling centres of Khawdi? The State Election Commission lists 1 polling centre in Khawdi: Prathamik Pathashala Khabari. ### Which schools are there in Khawdi? There is 1 government school building on record in Khawdi: Prathamik Pathashala Khabari. The list draws partly on polling-centre records, so it may not include every school. ### Which gram panchayats are near Khawdi? The closest gram panchayats to Khawdi, as the crow flies, are Navabpur Bhoor (1.5 km), Wasi Mustakam (1.8 km), Dauyoti (2.1 km), Azampur (3.2 km) and Tatarpur Garvi (3.8 km). ### How can I complain about work in Khawdi Gram Panchayat? Start by raising it at the Gram Sabha meeting. If that doesn't work, give a written complaint to the ADO (Panchayat) at Dhanaura block, or file it on IGRS (Jansunwai) (jansunwai.up.nic.in) or call helpline 1076. Keep the receipt or complaint number safe. You can check what the panchayat has spent on egramswaraj.gov.in. ### Where can residents of Khawdi get land records (Khatauni)? Go to UP Bhulekh (upbhulekh.gov.in), pick district Amroha and Tehsil Dhanaura, then your village, to see the Khatauni. For a certified copy, go to a Common Service Centre or the Dhanaura Tehsil office. ### How do I get a birth certificate or Parivar Register (family register) copy in Khawdi? In Khawdi, the Panchayat Secretary (Gram Panchayat Adhikari) registers births and deaths and also keeps the Parivar Register (family register). Report a birth or death in the village to them within 21 days, with Aadhaar and proof; after that the paperwork gets longer. You can then download the certificate from crsorgi.gov.in. For a certified Parivar Register (family register) copy, apply at a Jan Seva Kendra (CSC) or on e-District UP (edistrict.up.gov.in). ### How do I apply for an income, caste or domicile certificate in Khawdi? Apply at a Jan Seva Kendra (CSC) or on e-District UP (edistrict.up.gov.in) with your Aadhaar, a photo and a self-declaration. For Khawdi, the Lekhpal of Dhanaura tehsil checks the application and the Tehsildar / SDM issues the certificate. Keep the application number; you'll need it to track the status. ### How do I apply for a ration card or pension in Khawdi? For a ration card, apply on Food and Civil Supplies, UP (fcs.up.gov.in) or through a Jan Seva Kendra (CSC); Dhanaura block officials check rural applications. For old-age, widow or disability pension, apply online on Social pension portal (SSPY) (sspy-up.gov.in) or through a Jan Seva Kendra (CSC); the Block Development Officer (BDO) of Dhanaura verifies it. The pension goes straight into your bank account, so make sure the account is linked to Aadhaar. ### How can I check the MGNREGA (now VB-G RAM G) job card list or PM Awas (Gramin) list of Khawdi? On nrega.nic.in, pick the state, then district Amroha, block Dhanaura and panchayat Khawdi to see job cards, work done and wage payments. The PM Awas Yojana (Gramin) list works the same way on pmayg.dord.gov.in. New names get added through the Gram Sabha and the Dhanaura block office. MGNREGA became VB-G RAM G on 1 July 2026, and e-KYC'd job cards stay valid until the new cards are issued. ### When does the Gram Sabha of Khawdi meet? The Gram Sabha of Khawdi must meet at least twice a year (after the Kharif and Rabi harvests), and the Gram Pradhan calls the meeting. Every adult voter in the panchayat's villages is a member, so you can go and have your say. The meeting reviews the panchayat's accounts and approves the Gram Panchayat Development Plan (GPDP) and beneficiary lists. ### How do I check my name in the voter list of Khawdi? The State Election Commission, Uttar Pradesh (sec.up.nic.in) publishes the ward-wise voter list for panchayat elections, and you can also see it at the Dhanaura block office. For assembly and Lok Sabha elections, search for your name on voters.eci.gov.in or the Voter Helpline app using the EPIC number on your voter ID card; Khawdi is in the Dhanaura assembly constituency. ### What is the Panchayat Advancement Index score of Khawdi Gram Panchayat? Khawdi Gram Panchayat scored 65.2 out of 100 in the Panchayat Advancement Index 2023-24, published by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj; it ranks 24th of 88 panchayats in Dhanaura block. ### What is the altitude of Khawdi above sea level? Khawdi is about 218 metres above sea level (an SRTM terrain model estimate for the centre of the panchayat). The surrounding land is gently undulating, varying by about 19 m within 2 km. ### How much rainfall does Khawdi get, and how hot does it get? On 2001-2020 averages, the area around Khawdi gets about 950 mm of rain a year, 84% of it between June and September. The hottest days, in June, reach about 49°C, while the coldest nights fall to about -1°C. (NASA POWER satellite-model estimates) ### How much farmland and tree cover is there around Khawdi? Within about 2 km of the centre of Khawdi, the land is 67% cropland, 29% tree cover and 3% built-up land, going by ESA WorldCover 2021 satellite maps. ## Sources - [Assembly constituency boundaries (post-2008 delimitation), datameet/maps](https://github.com/datameet/maps), CC BY 2.5 IN - [Airports (OurAirports)](https://ourairports.com/data/), Public domain - [Aspirational Districts and Aspirational Blocks Programmes](https://abp.championsofchange.gov.in/), Public government data - [NASA POWER agro-climatology (long-term monthly normals)](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/), Public domain (NASA) - [Zoloth curated tables (divisions, ODOP, schemes)](https://github.com/Zoloth-Technologies/my-panchayat-project), CC BY 4.0 - [Calculated by Zoloth from the sources cited alongside](https://github.com/Zoloth-Technologies/my-panchayat-project), CC BY 4.0 - [DIGIPIN national addressing grid, computed from the panchayat's reference point](https://www.indiapost.gov.in/vas/Pages/digipin.aspx), Open algorithm - [SRTM 1-arc-second elevation (AWS Terrain Tiles, Skadi)](https://registry.opendata.aws/terrain-tiles/), Public domain (SRTM); see terrain-tiles attribution - [Bank branches with IFSC/MICR (razorpay/ifsc-api)](https://github.com/razorpay/ifsc), MIT (public RBI data) - [UP gram pradhan election results 2005–2021 (in-rolls/local_elections_up)](https://github.com/in-rolls/local_elections_up), MIT (compilation); public election results - [ESA WorldCover 10 m land cover 2021 (v200)](https://esa-worldcover.org/), CC BY 4.0 - [Local Government Directory snapshot (planemad/india-local-government-directory)](https://github.com/planemad/india-local-government-directory), GODL-India - [Lok Sabha 2024 constituency results](https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/), Public results - [Government schemes (myScheme.gov.in)](https://www.myscheme.gov.in/), Public scheme information (dataset Apache-2.0) - [National Family Health Survey 5 district fact sheets](http://rchiips.org/nfhs/), Public fact sheets - [Panchayat Advancement Index, theme-wise gram panchayat scores](https://pai.gov.in/PS/Public/TW-GP.aspx), Public government data - [Census of India 2011 Primary Census Abstract (district)](https://censusindia.gov.in/), Public - [All-India post office and PIN directory with coordinates](https://data.gov.in/catalog/all-india-pincode-directory), GODL-India - [National Panchayat Awards winners](https://panchayataward.gov.in/), Public government data - [Railway stations (datameet/railways)](https://github.com/datameet/railways), CC0 - [UP SEC panchayat polling centres (in-rolls/up_polling_station_locations)](https://github.com/in-rolls/up_polling_station_locations), Public government data; compilation by in-rolls - [Gram panchayat office-bearers report (PB-2 form)](https://panchayatiraj.up.nic.in/pblc_pg/Reports/PB2FormReport?ReportType=Filled&District=BALLIA), Public government report - [UP Vidhan Sabha 2022 and Lok Sabha 2024 segment results](https://results.eci.gov.in/), Public results - [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/), CC0 - [Village boundaries with Census 2001 codes (datameet/indian_village_boundaries)](https://github.com/datameet/indian_village_boundaries), ODbL 1.0 - [Hindi names of assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies (Hindi Wikipedia state lists)](https://hi.wikipedia.org/), CC BY-SA 4.0 (page text); the names themselves are facts - [Hindi spellings derived from a place-name token dictionary (learnt from LGD and SEC names)](https://github.com/Zoloth-Technologies/my-panchayat-project), CC BY 4.0 - [Bihar panchayat general election 2021, Mukhiya and Sarpanch results (in-rolls/local_elections_bihar)](https://github.com/in-rolls/local_elections_bihar), MIT (compilation); public election results - [UDISE+ Basic Details of Schools (school directory with locations), via India Data Portal](https://ckan.indiadataportal.com/dataset/udise/resource/457fddf1-982f-4c85-855d-5095578accc1), ODC-BY 1.0 (India Data Portal); underlying UDISE+ data is public government data - [Bihar Vidhan Sabha 2025 results by constituency](https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenNov2025/), Public results (ECI); Wikipedia compilation CC BY-SA 4.0 - [Local Government Directory, current snapshot (ramSeraph/opendata daily mirror)](https://ramseraph.github.io/opendata/lgd/), GODL-India (mirror under Unlicense) - [LGD village boundaries (ramSeraph/indian_admin_boundaries)](https://github.com/ramSeraph/indian_admin_boundaries/releases/tag/villages), CC0 1.0 - [Rajasthan panchayat general election 2026 (structure, schedule and results)](https://sec.rajasthan.gov.in/GramPanchayatDetails.aspx), Public government data - [Rajasthan Vidhan Sabha 2023 results by constituency](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Rajasthan_Legislative_Assembly_election), Public results (ECI); Wikipedia compilation CC BY-SA 4.0