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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
SP
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
sanjo patel
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- LGD code
- 488088
- Pincode
- 483501
- Post office
- Katni Bazar
- Population
- 1,571
- Households
- 356
- Literacy rate
- 49.3%
- Sex ratio
- 1067 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 636
Census 2011 · in context
How Badera compares
By population, Badera ranks #13 of 67 villages in Katni Nagar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
49.3%
−6.7% vs mandal average
Badera49.3%
Katni Nagar mandal56.0%
Katni district61.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,067
+113 vs mandal average
Badera1,067
Katni Nagar mandal954
Household size
people per home
4.4
−0.3 vs mandal average
Badera4.4
Katni Nagar mandal4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Badera at a glance
Badera is a village of 1,571 people in 356 households (Census 2011) in Katni Nagar tehsil, Katni district, Madhya Pradesh, the 13th-largest of 67 villages in Katni Nagar tehsil. Literacy is 49%, 7 points below the tehsil average of 56% and the sex ratio is 1,067 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 483501, served by Katni Bazar post office; the LGD village code is 488088. The sarpanch is sanjo patel, and the village votes in Pawai assembly constituency, represented by MLA Prahlad Lodhi. The population is estimated at 1,852 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Badera
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 10
- 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
- 1
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- 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
- KATNI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 17
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 17
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 17
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 437.15
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 92.93
- Forest area (ha)
- 0.19
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Badera
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Badera
- LGD code
- 488088
- Pincode
- 483501
- Post office
- Katni Bazar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,571
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,852
- Households
- 356
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1067
- Literacy rate
- 49.3%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Khajuraho
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Pawai
- Member of Parliament
- V. D. Sharma
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Prahlad Lodhi
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- sanjo patel
- Block / Mandal
- Katni Nagar
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 483501
- BilhariRithi mandal7,278 pop
- KanhwaraKatni Nagar mandal6,613 pop
- HirwaraMurwara Or Katni mandal4,224 pop
- JohliKatni Nagar mandal3,819 pop
- BadkheraRithi mandal3,681 pop
- MajhgawanBadwara mandal3,664 pop
- Heerapur KaudiyaMurwara Or Katni mandal3,388 pop
- Kailawara KhurdKatni Nagar mandal3,336 pop
- BasadiBadwara mandal3,102 pop
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Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Badera
Other villages in Katni Nagar mandal
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- Johli
- Kailawara Khurd
- Chaka
- Jobi Kalan
- Johla
- Harduwa
- Deora Khurd
- Kharkhari
- Kailwara Kalan
- Ghanghari Kalan
- Pilaunji
- Majhgawan
- Pathra
- Dithwara
- Matwar Padariya
- Kachhgawanc Joba
- Tikarwara
- Bistara
- Paunsara
- Khadaula
- Deodongra
- Patwara
- Pondi Padariya
- Karhiya
- Khamtara
- Khohari
- Chanehata
- Ghanghari Khurd
- Dwara
- Punchhi
- Khamhariya
- Lamtara
- Jugiyakap
- Kudo
- Pondi
Sources & freshness
- 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, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)