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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Kadhna is a village in Simariya mandal, Panna district, Madhya Pradesh, with a population of 733 persons across 137 households. The village has a literacy rate of 45.3%, is located at 24.101°N, 80.083°E, and uses PIN code 488442.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
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- LGD code
- 459215
- Pincode
- 488442
- Post office
- Simariya
- Population
- 733
- Households
- 137
- Literacy rate
- 45.3%
- Sex ratio
- 914 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 321
- Distance to district centre
- 34 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 37 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 288 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 578 km
- Nearest railway station
- Rithi · 22 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government hospital Mohandra · 16 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kadhna compares
By population, Kadhna ranks #28 of 64 villages in Simariya mandal.
Literacy rate
%
45.3%
−9.1% vs mandal average
- Kadhna
- 45.3%
- Simariya mandal
- 54.4%
- Panna district
- 54.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
914
+7 vs mandal average
- Kadhna
- 914
- Simariya mandal
- 907
Household size
people per home
5.4
+1.2 vs mandal average
- Kadhna
- 5.4
- Simariya mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kadhna at a glance
Kadhna is a village of 733 people in 137 households (Census 2011) in Simariya tehsil, Panna district, Madhya Pradesh, the 28th-largest of 64 villages in Simariya tehsil. Literacy is 45%, 9 points below the tehsil average of 54% and the sex ratio is 914 women per 1,000 men. It lies 34 km from the Panna district centre, 22 km from Rithi railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 488442, served by Simariya post office; the LGD village code is 459215. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government hospital Mohandra, 16 km away. The sarpanch is gyadeen adiwasi, and the village votes in Hatta assembly constituency, represented by MLA Umadevi Lalchand Khatik. The population is estimated at 864 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kadhna · this village | 733 | 45% | — |
| Chaura · Shahnagar | 188 | 60% | 4.9 km E |
| Damuiya · Simariya | 317 | 46% | 5.2 km W |
| Majhgawan Pahad · Simariya | 470 | 46% | 5.6 km NW |
| Jhirmila Dauwa · Shahnagar | 322 | 45% | 6.1 km SE |
| Khajuri Khurd · Huzur | — | — | 6.5 km SE |
| Parasi · Shahnagar | 976 | 35% | 6.4 km E |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kadhna
- 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
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 5
- Power hours (winter)
- 5
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- PAWAI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 39
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 90
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 39
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 424.63
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 3.5
- Forest area (ha)
- 5
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kadhna
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kadhna
- LGD code
- 459215
- Pincode
- 488442
- Post office
- Simariya
- Population (Census 2011)
- 733
- Population (projected 2026)
- 864
- Households
- 137
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 914
- Literacy rate
- 45.3%
- Coordinates
- 24.10063°N, 80.08328°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Damoh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Hatta
- Member of Parliament
- Rahul Lodhi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Umadevi Lalchand Khatik
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- gyadeen adiwasi
- Block / Mandal
- Simariya
Getting there
How to reach Kadhna
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal288 kmcapital
- Delhi578 km
- Hyderabad765 km
- Kolkata862 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationRithi22 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment hospital Mohandra16 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 488442
Villages near Kadhna
Other villages in Simariya mandal
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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-21
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)