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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
GM
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Geeta Marskole
Contact: 91****1240
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- LGD code
- 498348
- Pincode
- 481556
- Post office
- Paraswada
- Population
- 370
- Households
- 79
- Literacy rate
- 58.4%
- Sex ratio
- 1126 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 96
- Distance to district centre
- 256 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 221 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 322 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 558 km
- Nearest railway station
- Amdara · 46 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital Gunnor · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Patora compares
By population, Patora ranks #97 of 171 villages in Paraswada mandal.
Literacy rate
%
58.4%
−5.3% vs mandal average
Patora58.4%
Paraswada mandal63.7%
Balaghat district67.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,126
+90 vs mandal average
Patora1,126
Paraswada mandal1,036
Household size
people per home
4.7
+0.3 vs mandal average
Patora4.7
Paraswada mandal4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Patora at a glance
Patora is a village of 370 people in 79 households (Census 2011) in Paraswada tehsil, Balaghat district, Madhya Pradesh, the 97th-largest of 171 villages in Paraswada tehsil. Literacy is 58%, 5 points below the tehsil average of 64% and the sex ratio is 1,126 women per 1,000 men. It lies 256 km from the Balaghat district centre, 30 km from Hadha, the nearest town, 46 km from Amdara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 481556, served by Paraswada post office; the LGD village code is 498348. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital Gunnor, 7 km away. The sarpanch is Geeta Marskole, and the village votes in Mandla assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sampatiya Uikey. The population is estimated at 436 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Patora
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BAIHAR
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 65
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 6
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 305.91
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 2.01
- Forest area (ha)
- 89.53
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Patora
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Patora
- LGD code
- 498348
- Pincode
- 481556
- Post office
- Paraswada
- Population (Census 2011)
- 370
- Population (projected 2026)
- 436
- Households
- 79
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1126
- Literacy rate
- 58.4%
- Coordinates
- 24.43163°N, 80.30970°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mandla
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mandla
- Member of Parliament
- Faggan Singh Kulaste
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sampatiya Uikey
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Geeta Marskole
- Block / Mandal
- Paraswada
Getting there
How to reach Patora
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal322 kmcapital
- Delhi558 km
- Hyderabad806 km
- Kolkata847 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationAmdara46 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital Gunnor7 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)