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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
KHUShBOO SONI
Contact: 84****1068
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- LGD code
- 488284
- Pincode
- 483501
- Post office
- Katni Bazar
- Population
- 7,278
- Households
- 1,654
- Literacy rate
- 64%
- Sex ratio
- 923 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 3,052
- Distance to district centre
- 116 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 100 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 333 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 501 km
- Nearest railway station
- Rajnagar K · 26 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital · 14 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bilhari compares
By population, Bilhari ranks #1 of 116 villages in Rithi mandal — the largest.
Literacy rate
%
64.0%
+7.3% vs mandal average
- Bilhari
- 64.0%
- Rithi mandal
- 56.7%
- Katni district
- 61.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
923
−42 vs mandal average
- Bilhari
- 923
- Rithi mandal
- 965
Household size
people per home
4.4
Same as the mandal average
- Bilhari
- 4.4
- Rithi mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bilhari at a glance
Bilhari is a village of 7,278 people in 1,654 households (Census 2011) in Rithi tehsil, Katni district, Madhya Pradesh, the largest of 116 villages in Rithi tehsil. Literacy is 64%, 7 points above the tehsil average of 57% and the sex ratio is 923 women per 1,000 men. It lies 116 km from the Katni district centre, 53 km from Hadha, the nearest town, 26 km from Rajnagar K railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 483501, served by Katni Bazar post office; the LGD village code is 488284. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, 14 km away. The sarpanch is KHUShBOO SONI, and the village votes in Pawai assembly constituency, represented by MLA Prahlad Lodhi. The population is estimated at 8,581 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bilhari
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 16
- Primary school
- 8
- Middle school
- 2
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 1
- Dispensary
- 1
- Veterinary hospital
- 1
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- KATNI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 16
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 16
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 30
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 797.32
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 91.89
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bilhari
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bilhari
- LGD code
- 488284
- Pincode
- 483501
- Post office
- Katni Bazar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 7,278
- Population (projected 2026)
- 8,581
- Households
- 1,654
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 923
- Literacy rate
- 64.0%
- Coordinates
- 24.94407°N, 80.13139°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Khajuraho
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Pawai
- Member of Parliament
- V. D. Sharma
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Prahlad Lodhi
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- KHUShBOO SONI
- Block / Mandal
- Rithi
Getting there
How to reach Bilhari
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal333 kmcapital
- Delhi501 km
- Hyderabad858 km
- Kolkata878 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationRajnagar K26 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital14 km
- ATM / bankSBI Bank24 km
- CollegeGovt Polytechnic Mahoba49 km
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- Kailawara KhurdKatni Nagar mandal3,336 pop
- BasadiBadwara mandal3,102 pop
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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, 2026-09-17
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)