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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
Katai is a village in Semaria mandal, Rewa district, Madhya Pradesh, with a population of 167 across 36 households. The village has a literacy rate of 42.5% and is located at coordinates 24.883°N, 81.158°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
BABULAL NAT
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- LGD code
- 465902
- Pincode
- 486445
- Post office
- Semariya
- Population
- 167
- Households
- 36
- Literacy rate
- 42.5%
- Sex ratio
- 722 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 93
- Distance to district centre
- 45 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 53 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 421 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 571 km
- Nearest railway station
- Manikpur Junction · 21 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Berahna · 15 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Katai compares
By population, Katai ranks #127 of 184 villages in Semaria mandal.
Literacy rate
%
42.5%
−15.3% vs mandal average
- Katai
- 42.5%
- Semaria mandal
- 57.8%
- Rewa district
- 61.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
722
−220 vs mandal average
- Katai
- 722
- Semaria mandal
- 942
Household size
people per home
4.6
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Katai
- 4.6
- Semaria mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Katai at a glance
Katai is a village of 167 people in 36 households (Census 2011) in Semaria tehsil, Rewa district, Madhya Pradesh, the 127th-largest of 184 villages in Semaria tehsil. Literacy is 43%, 15 points below the tehsil average of 58% and the sex ratio is 722 women per 1,000 men. It lies 45 km from the Rewa district centre, 34 km from Gahira, the nearest town, 21 km from Manikpur Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 486445, served by Semariya post office; the LGD village code is 465902. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Berahna, 15 km away. The sarpanch is BABULAL NAT, and the village votes in Raigaon assembly constituency, represented by MLA Pratima Bagri. The population is estimated at 197 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Katai
- 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
- 0
- 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
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SEMARIA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 16
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 56
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 16
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 264.9
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 4.51
- Forest area (ha)
- 187.82
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Katai
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Key facts — Katai
- LGD code
- 465902
- Pincode
- 486445
- Post office
- Semariya
- Population (Census 2011)
- 167
- Population (projected 2026)
- 197
- Households
- 36
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 722
- Literacy rate
- 42.5%
- Coordinates
- 24.88293°N, 81.15841°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Satna
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Raigaon
- Member of Parliament
- Ganesh Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Pratima Bagri
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- BABULAL NAT
- Block / Mandal
- Semaria
- Nearest railway station
- Markundi (26.0 km)
Getting there
How to reach Katai
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal421 kmcapital
- Delhi571 km
- Kolkata777 km
- Hyderabad878 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationManikpur Junction21 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Berahna15 km
- ATM / bankIDBI Bank38 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil38 km
- CollegeJRD STATE UNIVERSITY, CHITRAKOOT45 km
- Police stationPolice station44 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, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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