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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Gendalal Adiwasi
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- LGD code
- 465114
- Pincode
- 486226
- Post office
- Chak
- Population
- 402
- Households
- 88
- Literacy rate
- 55.5%
- Sex ratio
- 980 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 73
- Distance to district centre
- 44 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 4 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 421 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 573 km
- Nearest railway station
- Manikpur Junction · 24 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government hospital Rimari · 15 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Rarua compares
By population, Rarua ranks #158 of 295 villages in Teonthar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
55.5%
−2.3% vs mandal average
- Rarua
- 55.5%
- Teonthar mandal
- 57.8%
- Rewa district
- 61.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
980
+64 vs mandal average
- Rarua
- 980
- Teonthar mandal
- 916
Household size
people per home
4.6
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Rarua
- 4.6
- Teonthar mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Rarua at a glance
Rarua is a village of 402 people in 88 households (Census 2011) in Teonthar tehsil, Rewa district, Madhya Pradesh, the 158th-largest of 295 villages in Teonthar tehsil. Literacy is 56%, 2 points below the tehsil average of 58% and the sex ratio is 980 women per 1,000 men. It lies 44 km from the Rewa district centre, 35 km from Gahira, the nearest town, 24 km from Manikpur Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 486226, served by Chak post office; the LGD village code is 465114. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government hospital Rimari, 15 km away. The sarpanch is Gendalal Adiwasi, and the village votes in Semariya assembly constituency, represented by MLA Abhay Mishra. The population is estimated at 474 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Rarua
- 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)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- 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
- TEONTHAR
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 120
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 60
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 271.9
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 20.27
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Rarua
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Rarua
- LGD code
- 465114
- Pincode
- 486226
- Post office
- Chak
- Population (Census 2011)
- 402
- Population (projected 2026)
- 474
- Households
- 88
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 980
- Literacy rate
- 55.5%
- Coordinates
- 24.85926°N, 81.16916°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Rewa
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Semariya
- Member of Parliament
- Janardan Mishra
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Abhay Mishra
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Gendalal Adiwasi
- Block / Mandal
- Teonthar
- Nearest railway station
- Markundi (28.4 km)
Getting there
How to reach Rarua
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal421 kmcapital
- Delhi573 km
- Kolkata775 km
- Hyderabad876 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationManikpur Junction24 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment hospital Rimari15 km
- ATM / bankIDBI Bank36 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil35 km
- CollegeJRD STATE UNIVERSITY, CHITRAKOOT48 km
- Police stationPolice station47 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, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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