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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
SB
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SHANTI BAI BEN
Contact: 99****2593
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- LGD code
- 488244
- Pincode
- 483501
- Post office
- Katni Bazar
- Population
- 974
- Households
- 194
- Literacy rate
- 43.1%
- Sex ratio
- 956 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 424
- Distance to district centre
- 81 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 101 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 358 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 602 km
- Nearest railway station
- Maihar · 2 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- CH Maihar · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Boodha compares
By population, Boodha ranks #49 of 116 villages in Rithi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
43.1%
−13.6% vs mandal average
Boodha43.1%
Rithi mandal56.7%
Katni district61.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
956
−9 vs mandal average
Boodha956
Rithi mandal965
Household size
people per home
5.0
+0.6 vs mandal average
Boodha5.0
Rithi mandal4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Boodha at a glance
Boodha is a village of 974 people in 194 households (Census 2011) in Rithi tehsil, Katni district, Madhya Pradesh, the 49th-largest of 116 villages in Rithi tehsil. Literacy is 43%, 14 points below the tehsil average of 57% and the sex ratio is 956 women per 1,000 men. It lies 81 km from the Katni district centre, 49 km from Hadha, the nearest town, 2 km from Maihar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 483501, served by Katni Bazar post office; the LGD village code is 488244. The nearest hospital or health centre is CH Maihar, 3 km away. The sarpanch is SHANTI BAI BEN, and the village votes in Pawai assembly constituency, represented by MLA Prahlad Lodhi. The population is estimated at 1,148 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Boodha
- 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)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- Primary school
- 2
- 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
- KATNI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 28
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 28
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 16
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 893.53
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 108.05
- Forest area (ha)
- 446.86
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Boodha
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Boodha
- LGD code
- 488244
- Pincode
- 483501
- Post office
- Katni Bazar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 974
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,148
- Households
- 194
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 956
- Literacy rate
- 43.1%
- Coordinates
- 24.23433°N, 80.76365°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Khajuraho
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Pawai
- Member of Parliament
- V. D. Sharma
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Prahlad Lodhi
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SHANTI BAI BEN
- Block / Mandal
- Rithi
Getting there
How to reach Boodha
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal358 kmcapital
- Delhi602 km
- Kolkata797 km
- Hyderabad797 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationMaihar2 km
- Hospital / PHCCH Maihar3 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Boodha
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Badi Mai TempleTemple4.9 km ↗
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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View all 60+ →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, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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