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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Dharmraj Deshmukh
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- LGD code
- 485475
- Pincode
- 460110
- Post office
- Athanair
- Population
- 809
- Households
- 174
- Literacy rate
- 64.6%
- Sex ratio
- 964 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 482
- Distance to district centre
- 38 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 3 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 174 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 490 km
- Nearest railway station
- Betul · 16 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital Sehra · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Thani compares
By population, Thani ranks #41 of 101 villages in Athner mandal.
Literacy rate
%
64.6%
+9.0% vs mandal average
- Thani
- 64.6%
- Athner mandal
- 55.6%
- Betul district
- 59.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
964
−1 vs mandal average
- Thani
- 964
- Athner mandal
- 965
Household size
people per home
4.6
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Thani
- 4.6
- Athner mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Thani at a glance
Thani is a village of 809 people in 174 households (Census 2011) in Athner tehsil, Betul district, Madhya Pradesh, the 41st-largest of 101 villages in Athner tehsil. Literacy is 65%, 9 points above the tehsil average of 56% and the sex ratio is 964 women per 1,000 men. It lies 38 km from the Betul district centre, 46 km from Rahu, the nearest town, 16 km from Betul railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 460110, served by Athanair post office; the LGD village code is 485475. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital Sehra, 6 km away. The sarpanch is Dharmraj Deshmukh, and the village votes in Betul assembly constituency, represented by MLA Hemant Vijay Khandelwal. The population is estimated at 954 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Thani
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 9
- Power hours (winter)
- 12
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- BETUL
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 5
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 40
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 5
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 631.21
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 244.04
- Forest area (ha)
- 17.09
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Thani
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Thani
- LGD code
- 485475
- Pincode
- 460110
- Post office
- Athanair
- Population (Census 2011)
- 809
- Population (projected 2026)
- 954
- Households
- 174
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 964
- Literacy rate
- 64.6%
- Coordinates
- 21.75644°N, 77.88086°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Betul
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Betul
- Member of Parliament
- Durga Das Uikey
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Hemant Vijay Khandelwal
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Dharmraj Deshmukh
- Block / Mandal
- Athner
Getting there
How to reach Thani
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal174 kmcapital
- Hyderabad490 km
- Mumbai600 km
- Delhi765 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBetul16 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital Sehra6 km
- Police stationWarud Police Station51 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, 2026-09-17
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)