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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
kamata prasad kol
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- LGD code
- 465466
- Pincode
- 486441
- Post office
- Baikunthpur
- Population
- 2,372
- Households
- 579
- Literacy rate
- 61.8%
- Sex ratio
- 898 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,005
- Distance to district centre
- 59 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 61 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 437 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 598 km
- Nearest railway station
- Rewa · 28 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dewas Hospital · 10 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Palhan compares
By population, Palhan ranks #14 of 189 villages in Sirmour mandal.
Literacy rate
%
61.8%
+0.5% vs mandal average
- Palhan
- 61.8%
- Sirmour mandal
- 61.3%
- Rewa district
- 61.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
898
−50 vs mandal average
- Palhan
- 898
- Sirmour mandal
- 948
Household size
people per home
4.1
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Palhan
- 4.1
- Sirmour mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Palhan at a glance
Palhan is a village of 2,372 people in 579 households (Census 2011) in Sirmour tehsil, Rewa district, Madhya Pradesh, the 14th-largest of 189 villages in Sirmour tehsil. Literacy is 62%, about the same as the tehsil average of 61% and the sex ratio is 898 women per 1,000 men. It lies 59 km from the Rewa district centre, 28 km from Rewa railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 486441, served by Baikunthpur post office; the LGD village code is 465466. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dewas Hospital, 10 km away. The sarpanch is kamata prasad kol, and the village votes in Raigaon assembly constituency, represented by MLA Pratima Bagri. The population is estimated at 2,797 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Palhan
- 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
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- 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
- REWA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 28
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 28
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 7
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 668
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 124.62
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Palhan
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Palhan
- LGD code
- 465466
- Pincode
- 486441
- Post office
- Baikunthpur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,372
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,797
- Households
- 579
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 898
- Literacy rate
- 61.8%
- Coordinates
- 24.75475°N, 81.39620°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Satna
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Raigaon
- Member of Parliament
- Ganesh Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Pratima Bagri
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- kamata prasad kol
- Block / Mandal
- Sirmour
- Nearest railway station
- Markundi (53.8 km)
Getting there
How to reach Palhan
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal437 kmcapital
- Delhi598 km
- Kolkata750 km
- Hyderabad873 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationRewa28 km
- Hospital / PHCDewas Hospital10 km
- ATM / bankIDBI Bank25 km
- Petrol pumpIndianOil26 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, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-17
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)