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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
JK
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
janki khangar
Contact: 91****4696
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- LGD code
- 458405
- Pincode
- 471405
- Post office
- Bijawar
- Population
- 317
- Households
- 63
- Literacy rate
- 53.9%
- Sex ratio
- 921 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 145
Census 2011 · in context
How Kota compares
By population, Kota ranks #86 of 137 villages in Bijawar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
53.9%
+7.6% vs mandal average
Kota53.9%
Bijawar mandal46.3%
Chhatarpur district53.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
921
+37 vs mandal average
Kota921
Bijawar mandal884
Household size
people per home
5.0
+0.2 vs mandal average
Kota5.0
Bijawar mandal4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kota at a glance
Kota is a village of 317 people in 63 households (Census 2011) in Bijawar tehsil, Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh, the 86th-largest of 137 villages in Bijawar tehsil. Literacy is 54%, 8 points above the tehsil average of 46% and the sex ratio is 921 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 471405, served by Bijawar post office; the LGD village code is 458405. The sarpanch is janki khangar, and the village votes in Malhara assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bahin Ramsiya Bharti. The population is estimated at 374 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kota
- 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)
- 10
- Primary school
- 0
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BIJAWAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 57
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 565.05
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 24.6
- Forest area (ha)
- 57.45
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kota
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kota
- LGD code
- 458405
- Pincode
- 471405
- Post office
- Bijawar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 317
- Population (projected 2026)
- 374
- Households
- 63
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 921
- Literacy rate
- 53.9%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Damoh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Malhara
- Member of Parliament
- Rahul Lodhi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Bahin Ramsiya Bharti
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- janki khangar
- Block / Mandal
- Bijawar
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
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