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Two youths die during Ganesh idol immersion in Madhya Pradesh's Khandwa
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Puspendra singh
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- LGD code
- 503056
- Pincode
- 486675
- Post office
- Bahri
- Population
- 174
- Households
- 34
- Literacy rate
- 70.1%
- Sex ratio
- 1122 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 64
- Distance to district centre
- 25 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 13 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 404 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 602 km
- Nearest railway station
- Turki · 6 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- PHC Jhinna · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kothar compares
By population, Kothar ranks #134 of 161 villages in Bahari mandal.
Literacy rate
%
70.1%
+20.3% vs mandal average
- Kothar
- 70.1%
- Bahari mandal
- 49.8%
- Sidhi district
- 53.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,122
+148 vs mandal average
- Kothar
- 1,122
- Bahari mandal
- 974
Household size
people per home
5.1
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Kothar
- 5.1
- Bahari mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kothar at a glance
Kothar is a village of 174 people in 34 households (Census 2011) in Bahari tehsil, Sidhi district, Madhya Pradesh, the 134th-largest of 161 villages in Bahari tehsil. Literacy is 70%, 20 points above the tehsil average of 50% and the sex ratio is 1,122 women per 1,000 men. It lies 25 km from the Sidhi district centre, 55 km from Gahira, the nearest town, 6 km from Turki railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 486675, served by Bahri post office; the LGD village code is 503056. The nearest hospital or health centre is PHC Jhinna, 9 km away. The sarpanch is Puspendra singh, and the village votes in Rewa assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rajendra Shukla. The population is estimated at 205 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kothar
- 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
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SIDHI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 17
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 17
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 49
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 59.26
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 7.85
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kothar
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kothar
- LGD code
- 503056
- Pincode
- 486675
- Post office
- Bahri
- Population (Census 2011)
- 174
- Population (projected 2026)
- 205
- Households
- 34
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1122
- Literacy rate
- 70.1%
- Coordinates
- 24.49918°N, 81.14855°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Rewa
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Rewa
- Member of Parliament
- Janardan Mishra
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rajendra Shukla
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Puspendra singh
- Block / Mandal
- Bahari
Getting there
How to reach Kothar
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal404 kmcapital
- Delhi602 km
- Kolkata766 km
- Hyderabad838 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationTurki6 km
- Bus stopCollege Chowk Bus Stop16 km
- Hospital / PHCPHC Jhinna9 km
- ATM / bankUnion Bank of India13 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil13 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Kothar
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Shiva TempleTemple3.5 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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-24
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