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Madhya Pradesh: Farmers, tribals begin ‘Mitti Satyagraha’ in Panna, seek compensation, rehabilitation
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Atarhai is a village in Simariya mandal, Panna district, Madhya Pradesh, with a population of 1,108 persons in 290 households. Located at 24.228°N, 79.972°E, it has a literacy rate of 49.2% and postal code 488442.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SILOCHNA PATEL
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- LGD code
- 459219
- Pincode
- 488442
- Post office
- Simariya
- Population
- 1,108
- Households
- 290
- Literacy rate
- 49.2%
- Sex ratio
- 859 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 326
- Distance to district centre
- 19 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 21 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 282 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 560 km
- Nearest railway station
- Rithi · 40 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government hospital Mohandra · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Atarhai compares
By population, Atarhai ranks #21 of 64 villages in Simariya mandal.
Literacy rate
%
49.2%
−5.2% vs mandal average
- Atarhai
- 49.2%
- Simariya mandal
- 54.4%
- Panna district
- 54.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
859
−48 vs mandal average
- Atarhai
- 859
- Simariya mandal
- 907
Household size
people per home
3.8
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Atarhai
- 3.8
- Simariya mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Atarhai at a glance
Atarhai is a village of 1,108 people in 290 households (Census 2011) in Simariya tehsil, Panna district, Madhya Pradesh, the 21st-largest of 64 villages in Simariya tehsil. Literacy is 49%, 5 points below the tehsil average of 54% and the sex ratio is 859 women per 1,000 men. It lies 19 km from the Panna district centre, 40 km from Rithi railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 488442, served by Simariya post office; the LGD village code is 459219. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government hospital Mohandra, 4 km away. The sarpanch is SILOCHNA PATEL, and the village votes in Hatta assembly constituency, represented by MLA Umadevi Lalchand Khatik. The population is estimated at 1,306 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Atarhai
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- 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
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- AMANGANJ
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 75
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 35
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 607.45
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 95.75
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Atarhai
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Atarhai
- LGD code
- 459219
- Pincode
- 488442
- Post office
- Simariya
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,108
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,306
- Households
- 290
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 859
- Literacy rate
- 49.2%
- Coordinates
- 24.22841°N, 79.97188°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Damoh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Hatta
- Member of Parliament
- Rahul Lodhi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Umadevi Lalchand Khatik
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SILOCHNA PATEL
- Block / Mandal
- Simariya
Getting there
How to reach Atarhai
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal282 kmcapital
- Delhi560 km
- Hyderabad776 km
- Kolkata876 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationRithi40 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment hospital Mohandra4 km
- Petrol pumpAgrawal peetrol pump39 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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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