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One vote, four years: Madhya Pradesh High Court orders recount in sarpanch polls
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Tharka is a village in Shahnagar mandal, Panna district, Madhya Pradesh, with a population of 1,075 in 237 households. The literacy rate is 46.9%, and it is situated at 24.029°N, 80.151°E with PIN code 488448.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
ANEETA BAI LODHI
Contact: 96****3503
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- LGD code
- 459350
- Pincode
- 488448
- Post office
- Sahanagar (Panna)
- Population
- 1,075
- Households
- 237
- Literacy rate
- 46.9%
- Sex ratio
- 870 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 368
- Distance to district centre
- 43 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 19 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 292 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 588 km
- Nearest railway station
- Patohan · 14 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government hospital Shahnagar · 17 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Tharka compares
By population, Tharka ranks #37 of 121 villages in Shahnagar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
46.9%
−4.2% vs mandal average
- Tharka
- 46.9%
- Shahnagar mandal
- 51.1%
- Panna district
- 54.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
870
−57 vs mandal average
- Tharka
- 870
- Shahnagar mandal
- 927
Household size
people per home
4.5
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Tharka
- 4.5
- Shahnagar mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Tharka at a glance
Tharka is a village of 1,075 people in 237 households (Census 2011) in Shahnagar tehsil, Panna district, Madhya Pradesh, the 37th-largest of 121 villages in Shahnagar tehsil. Literacy is 47%, 4 points below the tehsil average of 51% and the sex ratio is 870 women per 1,000 men. It lies 43 km from the Panna district centre, 14 km from Patohan railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 488448, served by Sahanagar (Panna) post office; the LGD village code is 459350. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government hospital Shahnagar, 17 km away. The sarpanch is ANEETA BAI LODHI, and the village votes in Pawai assembly constituency, represented by MLA Prahlad Lodhi. The population is estimated at 1,267 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Tharka
- 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)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- 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)
- 35
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 115
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 352.04
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 10.2
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Tharka
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Tharka
- LGD code
- 459350
- Pincode
- 488448
- Post office
- Sahanagar (Panna)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,075
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,267
- Households
- 237
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 870
- Literacy rate
- 46.9%
- Coordinates
- 24.02938°N, 80.15138°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Khajuraho
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Pawai
- Member of Parliament
- V. D. Sharma
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Prahlad Lodhi
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- ANEETA BAI LODHI
- Block / Mandal
- Shahnagar
Getting there
How to reach Tharka
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal292 kmcapital
- Delhi588 km
- Hyderabad759 km
- Kolkata854 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationPatohan14 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment hospital Shahnagar17 km
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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, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)