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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Shri Ajay Uikey
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- LGD code
- 496153
- Pincode
- 480999
- Post office
- Kahani
- Population
- 563
- Households
- 134
- Literacy rate
- 68.9%
- Sex ratio
- 975 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 318
- Distance to district centre
- 68 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 30 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 202 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 640 km
- Nearest railway station
- Shridham · 21 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital · 20 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Harrai compares
By population, Harrai ranks #103 of 229 villages in Ghansaur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
68.9%
+11.8% vs mandal average
- Harrai
- 68.9%
- Ghansaur mandal
- 57.1%
- Seoni district
- 62.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
975
−10 vs mandal average
- Harrai
- 975
- Ghansaur mandal
- 985
Household size
people per home
4.2
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Harrai
- 4.2
- Ghansaur mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Harrai at a glance
Harrai is a village of 563 people in 134 households (Census 2011) in Ghansaur tehsil, Seoni district, Madhya Pradesh, the 103rd-largest of 229 villages in Ghansaur tehsil. Literacy is 69%, 12 points above the tehsil average of 57% and the sex ratio is 975 women per 1,000 men. It lies 68 km from the Seoni district centre, 21 km from Shridham railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 480999, served by Kahani post office; the LGD village code is 496153. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, 20 km away. The sarpanch is Shri Ajay Uikey, and the village votes in Bargi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Neeraj Singh Lodhi. The population is estimated at 664 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Harrai
- 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)
- 9
- Power hours (winter)
- 11
- 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
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- LAKHNADON
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 27
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 87
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 19
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 236.04
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 31.18
- Forest area (ha)
- 2.29
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Harrai
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Harrai
- LGD code
- 496153
- Pincode
- 480999
- Post office
- Kahani
- Population (Census 2011)
- 563
- Population (projected 2026)
- 664
- Households
- 134
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 975
- Literacy rate
- 68.9%
- Coordinates
- 23.20587°N, 79.38894°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Jabalpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bargi
- Member of Parliament
- Ashish Dubey
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Neeraj Singh Lodhi
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Shri Ajay Uikey
- Block / Mandal
- Ghansaur
Getting there
How to reach Harrai
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal202 kmcapital
- Delhi640 km
- Hyderabad654 km
- Mumbai816 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationShridham21 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital20 km
- CollegeGOVT. Industrial Training ...42 km
- Police stationpolice station56 km
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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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-17
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)