Bansa Kalan observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
Bansa Kalan is a village in Patharia mandal, Damoh district, Madhya Pradesh, with a population of 7,314 and 1,654 households. The literacy rate is 62.1%, and it is located at 23.868°N, 79.194°E.
By population, Bansa Kalan ranks #1 of 131 villages in Patharia mandal — the largest.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bansa Kalan is a village of 7,314 people in 1,654 households (Census 2011) in Patharia tehsil, Damoh district, Madhya Pradesh, the largest of 131 villages in Patharia tehsil. Literacy is 62%, 1 points above the tehsil average of 61% and the sex ratio is 907 women per 1,000 men. It lies 12 km from the Damoh district centre, 4 km from Patharia railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 470666, served by Pathariya post office; the LGD village code is 462150. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital Patharia, 4 km away. The sarpanch is Yatendra Singh Bankda , and the village votes in Naryoli assembly constituency, represented by MLA Er. Pradeep Lariya. The population is estimated at 8,623 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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