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Niwas is a village in Hatta mandal, Damoh district, Madhya Pradesh, with a population of 1,026 distributed across 237 households. The village has a literacy rate of 35.5% and is located at coordinates 24.134°N, 81.927°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SIVANI SINGH
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- LGD code
- 461692
- Pincode
- 470775
- Post office
- Hatta (Damoh)
- Population
- 1,026
- Households
- 237
- Literacy rate
- 35.5%
- Sex ratio
- 929 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 519
- Distance to district centre
- 288 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 234 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 470 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 680 km
- Nearest railway station
- Niwas Road · 6 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Bangali Hospital · 14 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Niwas compares
By population, Niwas ranks #30 of 158 villages in Hatta mandal.
Literacy rate
%
35.5%
−16.0% vs mandal average
- Niwas
- 35.5%
- Hatta mandal
- 51.5%
- Damoh district
- 59.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
929
+26 vs mandal average
- Niwas
- 929
- Hatta mandal
- 903
Household size
people per home
4.3
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Niwas
- 4.3
- Hatta mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Niwas at a glance
Niwas is a village of 1,026 people in 237 households (Census 2011) in Hatta tehsil, Damoh district, Madhya Pradesh, the 30th-largest of 158 villages in Hatta tehsil. Literacy is 36%, 16 points below the tehsil average of 52% and the sex ratio is 929 women per 1,000 men. It lies 288 km from the Damoh district centre, 6 km from Niwas Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 470775, served by Hatta (Damoh) post office; the LGD village code is 461692. The nearest hospital or health centre is Bangali Hospital, 14 km away. The sarpanch is SIVANI SINGH, and the village votes in Hatta assembly constituency, represented by MLA Umadevi Lalchand Khatik. The population is estimated at 1,210 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Niwas
- 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)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- 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
- 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
- HATTA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 37
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 77
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 35
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 311.93
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 182.1
- Forest area (ha)
- 16.88
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Niwas
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Key facts — Niwas
- LGD code
- 461692
- Pincode
- 470775
- Post office
- Hatta (Damoh)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,026
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,210
- Households
- 237
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 929
- Literacy rate
- 35.5%
- Coordinates
- 24.13414°N, 81.92677°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Damoh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Hatta
- Member of Parliament
- Rahul Lodhi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Umadevi Lalchand Khatik
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SIVANI SINGH
- Block / Mandal
- Hatta
Getting there
How to reach Niwas
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal470 kmcapital
- Kolkata680 km
- Delhi685 km
- Hyderabad831 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationNiwas Road6 km
- Hospital / PHCBangali Hospital14 km
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Sources & freshness
- 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, 2026-09-24
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)