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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Usha jatav
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- LGD code
- 454877
- Pincode
- 475336
- Post office
- Salon B.
- Population
- 623
- Households
- 124
- Literacy rate
- 67.1%
- Sex ratio
- 832 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 376
- Distance to district centre
- 31 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 15 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 319 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 342 km
- Nearest railway station
- Moth · 24 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Renu Sharma Hospital · 16 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Tantana compares
By population, Tantana ranks #88 of 154 villages in Bhander mandal.
Literacy rate
%
67.1%
+1.1% vs mandal average
- Tantana
- 67.1%
- Bhander mandal
- 66.0%
- Datia district
- 62.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
832
−40 vs mandal average
- Tantana
- 832
- Bhander mandal
- 872
Household size
people per home
5.0
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Tantana
- 5.0
- Bhander mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Tantana at a glance
Tantana is a village of 623 people in 124 households (Census 2011) in Bhander tehsil, Datia district, Madhya Pradesh, the 88th-largest of 154 villages in Bhander tehsil. Literacy is 67%, 1 points above the tehsil average of 66% and the sex ratio is 832 women per 1,000 men. It lies 31 km from the Datia district centre, 16 km from Jauri, the nearest town, 24 km from Moth railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 475336, served by Salon B. post office; the LGD village code is 454877. The nearest hospital or health centre is Renu Sharma Hospital, 16 km away. The sarpanch is Usha jatav, and the village votes in Bhander assembly constituency, represented by MLA Phool Singh Baraiya. The population is estimated at 735 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Tantana
- 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)
- 4
- Power hours (winter)
- 4
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BHANDER
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 30
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 60
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 30
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 370.29
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 156.5
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Tantana
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Key facts — Tantana
- LGD code
- 454877
- Pincode
- 475336
- Post office
- Salon B.
- Population (Census 2011)
- 623
- Population (projected 2026)
- 735
- Households
- 124
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 832
- Literacy rate
- 67.1%
- Coordinates
- 25.86058°N, 78.74339°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bhind
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bhander
- Member of Parliament
- Sandhya Ray
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Phool Singh Baraiya
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Usha jatav
- Block / Mandal
- Bhander
- Nearest railway station
- Moth (24.5 km)
Getting there
How to reach Tantana
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal319 kmcapital
- Delhi342 km
- Hyderabad943 km
- Mumbai965 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationMoth24 km
- Hospital / PHCRenu Sharma Hospital16 km
- ATM / bankSBI KUMS Chirgaon32 km
- Petrol pumpEssar Petrol pump & Hotel34 km
- CollegeRastrakavi Maithlisharan Gupt Mahavidyalaya chirgaon32 km
- Police stationPolice Station ,Chirgaon33 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, 2026-09-24
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)