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Village snapshot
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
rani kewat
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- LGD code
- 454519
- Pincode
- 475675
- Post office
- Indergarh (Datia)
- Population
- 2,483
- Households
- 559
- Literacy rate
- 56.4%
- Sex ratio
- 870 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,181
- Distance to district centre
- 26 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 12 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 315 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 324 km
- Nearest railway station
- Dabra · 16 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Ayurvedic Hospital · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Loch compares
By population, Loch ranks #12 of 113 villages in Indergarh mandal.
Literacy rate
%
56.4%
−3.0% vs mandal average
- Loch
- 56.4%
- Indergarh mandal
- 59.4%
- Datia district
- 62.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
870
+9 vs mandal average
- Loch
- 870
- Indergarh mandal
- 861
Household size
people per home
4.4
−0.6 vs mandal average
- Loch
- 4.4
- Indergarh mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Loch at a glance
Loch is a village of 2,483 people in 559 households (Census 2011) in Indergarh tehsil, Datia district, Madhya Pradesh, the 12th-largest of 113 villages in Indergarh tehsil. Literacy is 56%, 3 points below the tehsil average of 59% and the sex ratio is 870 women per 1,000 men. It lies 26 km from the Datia district centre, 7 km from Bariya, the nearest town, 16 km from Dabra railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 475675, served by Indergarh (Datia) post office; the LGD village code is 454519. The nearest hospital or health centre is Ayurvedic Hospital, 8 km away. The sarpanch is rani kewat. The population is estimated at 2,927 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Loch
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- INDERGARH
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 40
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 581.76
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 383.25
- Forest area (ha)
- 90.75
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Loch
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Key facts — Loch
- LGD code
- 454519
- Pincode
- 475675
- Post office
- Indergarh (Datia)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,483
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,927
- Households
- 559
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 870
- Literacy rate
- 56.4%
- Coordinates
- 25.92374°N, 78.47877°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bhind
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sewda
- Member of Parliament
- Sandhya Ray
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- rani kewat
- Block / Mandal
- Indergarh
Getting there
How to reach Loch
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal315 kmcapital
- Delhi324 km
- Hyderabad949 km
- Mumbai954 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDabra16 km
- Hospital / PHCAyurvedic Hospital8 km
- ATM / bankSBI BANK ATM15 km
- Petrol pumpBharat petrolium30 km
- CollegeExcel IT College28 km
- Police stationDatia Police Lines31 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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-16
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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