By population, Godhan ranks #52 of 67 villages in Jaithari mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Godhan is a village of 701 people in 183 households (Census 2011) in Jaithari tehsil, Anuppur district, Madhya Pradesh, the 52nd-largest of 67 villages in Jaithari tehsil. Literacy is 58%, 4 points above the tehsil average of 53% and the sex ratio is 1,086 women per 1,000 men. It lies 320 km from the Anuppur district centre, 47 km from Jakhalon, the nearest town, 27 km from Dailwara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 484330, served by Jaithari post office; the LGD village code is 502001. The nearest hospital or health centre is Goverment hospital,Chanderi, 11 km away. The sarpanch is RAJMATI MOGRE, and the village votes in Bandhavgarh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Shivnarayan Gyan Singh (Lallu Bhaiya). The population is estimated at 826 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Godhan →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Godhan · this village | 701 | 58% | — |
| Godhan · Chanderi | 1,474 | 53% | 0 km N |
| Godhan · Malihabad | 157 | 33% | 0.4 km SW |
| Mohanpur Chanderi · Chanderi | 1,921 | 39% | 1.8 km NW |
| Chak Singhpur · Chanderi | 0 | — | 2.7 km S |
| Kafar · Khaniyadhana | 2,846 | 44% | 2.9 km NE |
| Muhari · Khaniyadhana | 5,227 | 50% | 2.9 km NE |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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