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Madhya Pradesh: Farmers, tribals begin ‘Mitti Satyagraha’ in Panna, seek compensation, rehabilitation
Reported by The Statesman.
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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
BALRAM LODHI
Contact: 99****8583
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- LGD code
- 459224
- Pincode
- 488442
- Post office
- Simariya
- Population
- 2,456
- Households
- 517
- Literacy rate
- 55.7%
- Sex ratio
- 911 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 835
- Distance to district centre
- 308 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 283 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 98 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 507 km
- Nearest railway station
- Pench · 7 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Goverment Hospital Bhagwanpura · 12 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Karia compares
By population, Karia ranks #5 of 64 villages in Simariya mandal.
Literacy rate
%
55.7%
+1.3% vs mandal average
- Karia
- 55.7%
- Simariya mandal
- 54.4%
- Panna district
- 54.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
911
+4 vs mandal average
- Karia
- 911
- Simariya mandal
- 907
Household size
people per home
4.8
+0.6 vs mandal average
- Karia
- 4.8
- Simariya mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Karia at a glance
Karia is a village of 2,456 people in 517 households (Census 2011) in Simariya tehsil, Panna district, Madhya Pradesh, the 5th-largest of 64 villages in Simariya tehsil. Literacy is 56%, 1 points above the tehsil average of 54% and the sex ratio is 911 women per 1,000 men. It lies 308 km from the Panna district centre, 26 km from Maksudangarh, the nearest town, 7 km from Pench railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 488442, served by Simariya post office; the LGD village code is 459224. The nearest hospital or health centre is Goverment Hospital Bhagwanpura, 12 km away. The sarpanch is BALRAM LODHI, and the village votes in Hatta assembly constituency, represented by MLA Umadevi Lalchand Khatik. The population is estimated at 5,853 in 2026, up 138% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karia · this village | 2,456 | 56% | — |
| Kadaiya Chachaura · Chachaura | 440 | 28% | 0.8 km NE |
| Udo Khedi · Chachaura | 293 | 56% | 1.8 km NW |
| Kankan Heru · Chachaura | 602 | 48% | 2.2 km N |
| Kherbeh · Chachaura | 297 | 33% | 2.2 km W |
| Jogipura · Chachaura | 762 | 43% | 2.5 km NW |
| Pakhriyapura · Chachaura | 729 | 60% | 2.8 km W |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Karia
- 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)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 2
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- 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
- AMANGANJ
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 60
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 28
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 938.84
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 315.95
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Karia
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Karia
- LGD code
- 459224
- Pincode
- 488442
- Post office
- Simariya
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,456
- Population (projected 2026)
- 5,853
- Households
- 517
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 911
- Literacy rate
- 55.7%
- Coordinates
- 24.06006°N, 76.99872°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Damoh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Hatta
- Member of Parliament
- Rahul Lodhi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Umadevi Lalchand Khatik
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- BALRAM LODHI
- Block / Mandal
- Simariya
Getting there
How to reach Karia
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal98 kmcapital
- Delhi507 km
- Mumbai699 km
- Hyderabad758 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationPench7 km
- Hospital / PHCGoverment Hospital Bhagwanpura12 km
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-08
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-24
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)