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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
barphi bai
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- LGD code
- 451589
- Pincode
- 476337
- Post office
- Sheopur
- Population
- 198
- Households
- 45
- Literacy rate
- 54.5%
- Sex ratio
- 800 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 48
- Distance to district centre
- 56 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 35 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 296 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 316 km
- Nearest railway station
- Datarda Kalan · 12 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Behrawanda Khurd · 14 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Tekna compares
By population, Tekna ranks #152 of 176 villages in Sheopur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
54.5%
+7.3% vs mandal average
- Tekna
- 54.5%
- Sheopur mandal
- 47.2%
- Sheopur district
- 47.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
800
−121 vs mandal average
- Tekna
- 800
- Sheopur mandal
- 921
Household size
people per home
4.4
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Tekna
- 4.4
- Sheopur mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Tekna at a glance
Tekna is a village of 198 people in 45 households (Census 2011) in Sheopur tehsil, Sheopur district, Madhya Pradesh, the 152nd-largest of 176 villages in Sheopur tehsil. Literacy is 55%, 7 points above the tehsil average of 47% and the sex ratio is 800 women per 1,000 men. It lies 56 km from the Sheopur district centre, 4 km from Seeswali, the nearest town, 12 km from Datarda Kalan railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 476337, served by Sheopur post office; the LGD village code is 451589. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Behrawanda Khurd, 14 km away. The sarpanch is barphi bai, and the village votes in Sheopur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Babu Jandel. The population is estimated at 233 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tekna · this village | 198 | 55% | — |
| Kacharmooli · Sheopur | 864 | 52% | 1.2 km SE |
| Jawdeshwar · Sheopur | 1,832 | 57% | 1.5 km E |
| Dantarda Kalan · Sheopur | 2,451 | 53% | 3.1 km NW |
| Lechoda · Sheopur | 964 | 62% | 3.3 km W |
| Bagadua · Sheopur | 1,144 | 53% | 3.9 km SE |
| Kaririya · Sheopur | 560 | 52% | 3.8 km W |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Tekna
- 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)
- 9
- 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
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SHEOPUR
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 70
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 83.23
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 72.12
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Tekna
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Tekna
- LGD code
- 451589
- Pincode
- 476337
- Post office
- Sheopur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 198
- Population (projected 2026)
- 233
- Households
- 45
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 800
- Literacy rate
- 54.5%
- Coordinates
- 25.82161°N, 76.61578°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Morena
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sheopur
- Member of Parliament
- Shivmangal Singh Tomar
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Babu Jandel
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- barphi bai
- Block / Mandal
- Sheopur
Getting there
How to reach Tekna
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal296 kmcapital
- Delhi316 km
- Mumbai843 km
- Hyderabad958 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDatarda Kalan12 km
- Bus stopbus stop18 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Behrawanda Khurd14 km
- ATM / bankSBI BANK33 km
- Petrol pumpSiddhi Vinayak Filling Station33 km
- Collegegovernment college17 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, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-21
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)