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GM
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Goluram Maravi
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- LGD code
- 493208
- Pincode
- 481771
- Post office
- Bamni
- Population
- 875
- Households
- 221
- Literacy rate
- 56.7%
- Sex ratio
- 932 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 367
Census 2011 · in context
How Kata Mal. compares
By population, Kata Mal. ranks #91 of 337 villages in Bichhiya mandal.
Literacy rate
%
56.7%
+3.8% vs mandal average
- Kata Mal.
- 56.7%
- Bichhiya mandal
- 52.9%
- Mandla district
- 57.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
932
−78 vs mandal average
- Kata Mal.
- 932
- Bichhiya mandal
- 1,010
Household size
people per home
4.0
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Kata Mal.
- 4.0
- Bichhiya mandal
- 4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kata Mal. at a glance
Kata Mal. is a village of 875 people in 221 households (Census 2011) in Bichhiya tehsil, Mandla district, Madhya Pradesh, the 91st-largest of 337 villages in Bichhiya tehsil. Literacy is 57%, 4 points above the tehsil average of 53% and the sex ratio is 932 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 481771, served by Bamni post office; the LGD village code is 493208. The sarpanch is Goluram Maravi, and the village votes in Niwas assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chainsingh Warkade. The population is estimated at 1,032 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Kata Mal.
- LGD code
- 493208
- Pincode
- 481771
- Post office
- Bamni
- Population (Census 2011)
- 875
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,032
- Households
- 221
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 932
- Literacy rate
- 56.7%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mandla
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Niwas
- Member of Parliament
- Faggan Singh Kulaste
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Chainsingh Warkade
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Goluram Maravi
- Block / Mandal
- Bichhiya
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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, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)