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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
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Geeta Singh
Contact: 84****1456
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- LGD code
- 462892
- Pincode
- 485666
- Post office
- Kothi (Satna)
- Population
- 321
- Households
- 62
- Literacy rate
- 63.6%
- Sex ratio
- 1032 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 96
- Distance to district centre
- 22 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 24 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 383 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 570 km
- Nearest railway station
- Hati · 3 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government hospital Jaitwara · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Shaha compares
By population, Shaha ranks #86 of 123 villages in Kothi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
63.6%
+3.6% vs mandal average
- Shaha
- 63.6%
- Kothi mandal
- 60.0%
- Satna district
- 61.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,032
+117 vs mandal average
- Shaha
- 1,032
- Kothi mandal
- 915
Household size
people per home
5.2
+0.8 vs mandal average
- Shaha
- 5.2
- Kothi mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Shaha at a glance
Shaha is a village of 321 people in 62 households (Census 2011) in Kothi tehsil, Satna district, Madhya Pradesh, the 86th-largest of 123 villages in Kothi tehsil. Literacy is 64%, 4 points above the tehsil average of 60% and the sex ratio is 1,032 women per 1,000 men. It lies 22 km from the Satna district centre, 26 km from Gahira, the nearest town, 3 km from Hati railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 485666, served by Kothi (Satna) post office; the LGD village code is 462892. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government hospital Jaitwara, 8 km away. The sarpanch is Geeta Singh, and the village votes in Raigaon assembly constituency, represented by MLA Pratima Bagri. The population is estimated at 378 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shaha · this village | 321 | 64% | — |
| Umari · Kothi | 649 | 51% | 0.3 km SE |
| Shivpurwa · Kothi | 811 | 54% | 1 km SW |
| Bharjuna Khurd · Kothi | 906 | 62% | 1.2 km NE |
| Bharjuna Kalan · Kothi | 1,469 | 59% | 1.4 km N |
| Sedaha · Sirmour | 219 | 61% | 1.4 km NW |
| Tikuri Kala · Kothi | 522 | 68% | 1.7 km SW |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Shaha
- 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)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 12
- 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
- SATNA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 14
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 14
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 14
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 281.89
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 61.06
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Shaha
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Shaha
- LGD code
- 462892
- Pincode
- 485666
- Post office
- Kothi (Satna)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 321
- Population (projected 2026)
- 378
- Households
- 62
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1032
- Literacy rate
- 63.6%
- Coordinates
- 24.66002°N, 80.85513°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Satna
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Raigaon
- Member of Parliament
- Ganesh Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Pratima Bagri
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Geeta Singh
- Block / Mandal
- Kothi
Getting there
How to reach Shaha
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal383 kmcapital
- Delhi570 km
- Kolkata799 km
- Hyderabad845 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationHati3 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment hospital Jaitwara8 km
- CollegeShri Ram Milan Junior High School , Kalyanpur58 km
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-17
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)