Life-Safety Intelligence for IndiaOrchha is a small heritage town on the Betwa river in Niwari district of Madhya Pradesh, with the Ram Raja temple and the old fort drawing visitors all year. This guide puts the emergency numbers, the nearest health centres and the main local risks on one page, with dated examples from the town and the district.
Checked 8 Nov 2026 Incidents update automatically. Emergency card for the fridge or your phone112: Single emergency number for police, fire and ambulance, listed for all districts of the state · 101: Listed as the fire station number on the district portal. If it does not connect, call 112 · 108: Listed on the district portal. If it does not connect, call 112 · 100: Listed on the district portal, also reachable through 112
Print the Orchha emergency card for the fridge or the front door, and cut out the wallet cards. It holds 112, 101, the ambulance and police numbers, and the Orchha fire, disaster and civic numbers from this guide. There are blank lines for your family contacts and the nearest hospital.
Download city emergency card (PDF, A4) Print in black and white (PDF, saves ink) Save as phone picture (WebP, made for a phone lock screen)
Checked 8 November 2026. Numbers can change; re-check them before you rely on them.
At about 1.50 pm on 6 November 2026 a CNG cylinder taken from a vehicle and kept in a scrap dealer's house at Station Mohalla, Orchha, leaked, caught fire and burst, and about 12 members of one family, children among them, were burnt. Reports differ on the number hurt, three were said to be critical, and the cause was still being examined, with some accounts saying the cylinder was being cut for scrap.
In the 24 hours to the morning of 14 July 2025, Orchha recorded 199 mm of rain and Niwari 112 mm, and 12 gates of the Bansujara dam in Tikamgarh were opened, sending water into the Dhasan river. The Betwa runs right beside the fort and the ghats, so keep clear of the water when rain is heavy upstream.
On the evening of 12 May 2026, lightning struck a tree at Baidora village in Niwari tehsil and two eight year old girls who had taken shelter under it died. On 30 August 2021, lightning killed four people in fields in Tikamgarh and Niwari districts, two in each.
The police chief of Niwari said in May 2024 that the number of devotees at the Ram Raja temple keeps rising, and the temple holds a three day wedding celebration of Ram and Janaki every year, as it did in November 2025. Narrow lanes around the temple and fort can fill quickly, so crowds need clear exits and patient queues.
LPG gas leak: what to do right nowWhat to do the moment you smell LPG at home: no flame or switches, regulator off, windows open,…
Read more
Lightning Safety in India and What to Do in a ThunderstormKnow which buildings and vehicles protect you from lightning, what to avoid indoors, when to go outside again…
Read more
Stampedes at Religious Gatherings in India: Recent Tragedies and How to Stay SafeBetween 2022 and 2025, just four crushes at a shrine, a satsang, a temple token counter and the…
Read moreMore tools: emergency wallet card, extinguisher chooser
