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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
VH
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
VIJAY HARI
Contact: 79****2987
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- LGD code
- 470774
- Pincode
- 457555
- Post office
- Bajna (Ratlam)
- Population
- 213
- Households
- 47
- Literacy rate
- 46.9%
- Sex ratio
- 972 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 105
- Distance to district centre
- 60 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 70 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 281 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 505 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bhairongarh · 21 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital,Bajna · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Saratalai compares
By population, Saratalai ranks #113 of 128 villages in Bajna mandal.
Literacy rate
%
46.9%
+12.7% vs mandal average
- Saratalai
- 46.9%
- Bajna mandal
- 34.2%
- Ratlam district
- 56.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
972
−17 vs mandal average
- Saratalai
- 972
- Bajna mandal
- 989
Household size
people per home
4.5
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Saratalai
- 4.5
- Bajna mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Saratalai at a glance
Saratalai is a village of 213 people in 47 households (Census 2011) in Bajna tehsil, Ratlam district, Madhya Pradesh, the 113th-largest of 128 villages in Bajna tehsil. Literacy is 47%, 13 points above the tehsil average of 34% and the sex ratio is 972 women per 1,000 men. It lies 60 km from the Ratlam district centre, 57 km from Ghatol, the nearest town, 21 km from Bhairongarh railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 457555, served by Bajna (Ratlam) post office; the LGD village code is 470774. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital,Bajna, 3 km away. The sarpanch is VIJAY HARI, and the village votes in Nagada-Khachrod assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dr. Tejbahadur Singh Chauhan. The population is estimated at 251 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saratalai · this village | 213 | 47% | — |
| Ganga Jaliya · Bajna | 58 | 48% | 3 km W |
| Sajjanpura · Bajna | 482 | 29% | 4 km S |
| Gautampura · Bajna | 129 | 48% | 4 km W |
| Chhawani Kanwa · Bajna | 529 | 37% | 4.2 km W |
| Jankhara · Raoti | 608 | 28% | 5.1 km E |
| Pangari · Raoti | 265 | 13% | 5.6 km SE |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Saratalai
- 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)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 15
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- 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
- RATLAM
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 53
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 53
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 3
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 100.39
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0.2
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Saratalai
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Saratalai
- LGD code
- 470774
- Pincode
- 457555
- Post office
- Bajna (Ratlam)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 213
- Population (projected 2026)
- 251
- Households
- 47
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 972
- Literacy rate
- 46.9%
- Coordinates
- 23.29898°N, 74.65902°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Ujjain
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Nagada-Khachrod
- Member of Parliament
- Anil Firojiya
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dr. Tejbahadur Singh Chauhan
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- VIJAY HARI
- Block / Mandal
- Bajna
Getting there
How to reach Saratalai
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal281 kmcapital
- Mumbai505 km
- Delhi644 km
- Hyderabad769 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBhairongarh21 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital,Bajna3 km
- ATM / bankbank of india35 km
- Petrol pumphindustan petroleum, sumitlal, banswara35 km
- Collegecollege ground37 km
Same pincode
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Villages near Saratalai
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- Iamlipada Kalan
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- Gadikatara Kalan
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Sources & freshness
- 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, 2026-09-23
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)