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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Sarita bai patta
Contact: 95****4850
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- LGD code
- 492411
- Pincode
- 481883
- Population
- 1,065
- Households
- 236
- Literacy rate
- 37.7%
- Sex ratio
- 1048 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 586
- Distance to district centre
- 362 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 370 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 316 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 310 km
- Nearest railway station
- Anant Paith · 4 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Ayurvedic Hospital · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bona compares
By population, Bona ranks #52 of 195 villages in Bajag mandal.
Literacy rate
%
37.7%
−16.2% vs mandal average
- Bona
- 37.7%
- Bajag mandal
- 53.9%
- Dindori district
- 53.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,048
+50 vs mandal average
- Bona
- 1,048
- Bajag mandal
- 998
Household size
people per home
4.5
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Bona
- 4.5
- Bajag mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bona at a glance
Bona is a village of 1,065 people in 236 households (Census 2011) in Bajag tehsil, Dindori district, Madhya Pradesh, the 52nd-largest of 195 villages in Bajag tehsil. Literacy is 38%, 16 points below the tehsil average of 54% and the sex ratio is 1,048 women per 1,000 men. It lies 362 km from the Dindori district centre, 15 km from Shekhupur, the nearest town, 4 km from Anant Paith railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 481883; the LGD village code is 492411. The nearest hospital or health centre is Ayurvedic Hospital, 6 km away. The sarpanch is Sarita bai patta. The population is estimated at 1,256 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bona
- 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
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 8
- 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
- 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
- DINDORI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 65
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 65
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 65
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 1,004
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 40
- Forest area (ha)
- 300
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bona
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bona
- LGD code
- 492411
- Pincode
- 481883
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,065
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,256
- Households
- 236
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1048
- Literacy rate
- 37.7%
- Coordinates
- 25.99427°N, 78.26789°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Jabalpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sihora
- Member of Parliament
- Ashish Dubey
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Sarita bai patta
- Block / Mandal
- Bajag
Getting there
How to reach Bona
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal316 kmcapital
- Delhi310 km
- Mumbai947 km
- Hyderabad958 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationAnant Paith4 km
- Hospital / PHCAyurvedic Hospital6 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India14 km
- Petrol pumpPetrom25 km
- CollegeMITS Gwalior27 km
- Police stationMadhav Jang Police Station25 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 481883
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- Bajang Mal.Bajag mandal1,473 pop
- Bhanpur Ryt.Dindori mandal1,406 pop
- Sarangpur Mal.Bajag mandal1,332 pop
- Amadongri Mal.Bajag mandal1,201 pop
- Vikrampur Mal.Bajag mandal1,184 pop
- Sarwahi Mal.Bajag mandal1,088 pop
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Sources & freshness
- 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, 2026-09-21
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)