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Niwas

Hatta mandal
Pincode 470775
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Niwas is a village in Hatta mandal, Damoh district, Madhya Pradesh, with a population of 1,026 distributed across 237 households. The village has a literacy rate of 35.5% and is located at coordinates 24.134°N, 81.927°E.

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SIVANI SINGH
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LGD code
461692
Pincode
470775
Post office
Hatta (Damoh)
Population
1,026
Households
237
Literacy rate
35.5%
Sex ratio
929 ♀/1000♂
Workers
519
Distance to district centre
288 km
Distance to mandal centre
234 km
Distance to Bhopal
470 km
Distance to Kolkata
680 km
Nearest railway station
Niwas Road · 6 km
Nearest hospital / PHC
Bangali Hospital · 14 km
Census 2011 · in context

How Niwas compares

By population, Niwas ranks #30 of 158 villages in Hatta mandal.

Literacy rate
%
35.5%
−16.0% vs mandal average
Niwas
35.5%
Hatta mandal
51.5%
Damoh district
59.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
929
+26 vs mandal average
Niwas
929
Hatta mandal
903
Household size
people per home
4.3
+0.1 vs mandal average
Niwas
4.3
Hatta mandal
4.2

Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).

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Niwas at a glance

Niwas is a village of 1,026 people in 237 households (Census 2011) in Hatta tehsil, Damoh district, Madhya Pradesh, the 30th-largest of 158 villages in Hatta tehsil. Literacy is 36%, 16 points below the tehsil average of 52% and the sex ratio is 929 women per 1,000 men. It lies 288 km from the Damoh district centre, 6 km from Niwas Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 470775, served by Hatta (Damoh) post office; the LGD village code is 461692. The nearest hospital or health centre is Bangali Hospital, 14 km away. The sarpanch is SIVANI SINGH, and the village votes in Hatta assembly constituency, represented by MLA Umadevi Lalchand Khatik. The population is estimated at 1,210 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.

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villagePopulationLiteracyDistance
Niwas · this village1,02636%
Niwas · Niwas0 km N
Niwas · Baihar44849%0 km N
Niwas · Sarai2,91655%0 km N
Gorgi · Sarai4361%2.5 km SE
Katai · Sarai2,40051%3.1 km W
Dhanwahi · Sarai1,36047%4.9 km NE

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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Niwas

Treated tap water
No
Untreated tap water
No
Well water
No
Hand pump
Yes
Tube well / borewell
No
Electricity for homes
Yes
Electricity for farms
Yes
Power hours (summer)
6
Power hours (winter)
6
Primary school
1
Middle school
1
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
Yes
ASHA worker
Yes
Fair-price shop
No
Mandi / regular market
No
Weekly haat
No
Nearest statutory town
HATTA
Distance to nearest town (km)
37
Distance to district HQ (km)
77
Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
35
All-weather road
Yes
Total area (ha)
311.93
Irrigated area (ha)
182.1
Forest area (ha)
16.88

Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.

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Key facts — Niwas

LGD code
461692
Pincode
470775
Post office
Hatta (Damoh)
Population (Census 2011)
1,026
Population (projected 2026)
1,210
Households
237
Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
929
Literacy rate
35.5%
Coordinates
24.13414°N, 81.92677°E
Lok Sabha constituency
Damoh
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Hatta
Member of Parliament
Rahul Lodhi
Member of Legislative Assembly
Umadevi Lalchand Khatik
Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
SIVANI SINGH
Block / Mandal
Hatta
Getting there

How to reach Niwas

Mandal centre
Hatta · ≈ 234 km
≈ 8 h by car · 9 h 30 min by bike
Directions
District centre
Damoh · ≈ 288 km
≈ 9 h 52 min by car · 11 h 43 min by bike
Directions
Distance to cities · straight line
  • Bhopal470 kmcapital
  • Kolkata680 km
  • Delhi685 km
  • Hyderabad831 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
  • Railway stationNiwas Road6 km
  • Hospital / PHCBangali Hospital14 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, 2026-05-14
  • Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-09
  • Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
  • Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
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