A 12-year-old girl was rescued after she had fallen into a pit meant for a pillar near the Bina Malkhedi railway station in central India's Madhya Pradesh.

Footage from February 8 shows locals and a rescue team on the scene attempting to retrieve the girl stuck inside a 4-feet-deep narrow pit she fell in whilst playing hide and seek with other children.

The land surrounding the girl named Anshika was dug up and a man was seen drilling into the pit.

Anshika was visibly in a lot of pain, having been stuck in the cramped-up space for a long time and people including a cop held her hand and consoled her as the rescue operation continued.

The 12-year-old was finally freed before being taken to hospital to be medically examined.

A 12-year-old girl was rescued after she had fallen into a pit meant for a pillar near the Bina Malkhedi railway station in central India's Madhya Pradesh.

This incident happened in Bina Malkhedi Station in Sagar district of the state on February 8.

Visuals showed the rescue operation taking place to save the life of the girl. The child had fallen into the pit which was four feet deep and excavators were brought in to aid in the rescue operation. The land nearby was dug up and a man was seen drilling through the hole sideways in an attempt to break the wall and rescue the child.

The girl was visibly in a lot of pain, having been stuck in the cramped-up space for a long time and people including a cop held her hand and consoled her as the rescue operation continued.

After a lot of effort, the girl was taken out of the pit and sent to the hospital where she was seen lying on a bed, with people all around her.

According to a report, the girl, Anshika, was playing hide and seek with other children when she fell into the pit.

The little girl had come from Lalitpur to work as labourers and as soon as the information went out, there was panic, and soon, the police and railway officials arrived at the spot. An excavator was used to dig up a pit by its side and the girl was rescued after three and half hours. The condition of the girl is said to be stable. During the course of the rescue operation, the girl was given food and water by the officials and she was said to have been stuck by her leg in the hole which made it tough for her to be taken out.