Rajapur observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
By population, Rajapur ranks #6 of 70 villages in Devendranagar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Rajapur is a village of 2,401 people in 511 households (Census 2011) in Devendranagar tehsil, Panna district, Madhya Pradesh, the 6th-largest of 70 villages in Devendranagar tehsil. Literacy is 38%, 15 points below the tehsil average of 53% and the sex ratio is 939 women per 1,000 men. It lies 48 km from the Panna district centre, 12 km from Hadha, the nearest town, 43 km from Sagma railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 488333, served by Devendra Nagar post office; the LGD village code is 458870. The nearest hospital or health centre is PHC Rakseha, 17 km away. The sarpanch is Betulal Chaudhri, and the village votes in Gunnaor assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rajesh Kumar Verma. The population is estimated at 2,831 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Rajapur →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rajapur · this village | 2,401 | 38% | — |
| Gukhaur · Devendranagar | 2,653 | 51% | 0.7 km E |
| Rajapur · Nagod | 1,012 | 67% | 1.3 km W |
| Ratgawan · Devendranagar | 188 | 64% | 2.1 km SE |
| Birwahi · Pawai | 617 | 41% | 3.6 km SW |
| Devendranagar · Devendranagar | — | — | 3.6 km SW |
| Itwan Tilha · Devendranagar | 673 | 40% | 3.9 km SE |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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