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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Jines kumar jain
Contact: 91****5163
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- LGD code
- 462539
- Pincode
- 470663
- Post office
- Nohata
- Population
- 567
- Households
- 122
- Literacy rate
- 54.9%
- Sex ratio
- 948 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 221
Census 2011 · in context
How Kathai compares
By population, Kathai ranks #102 of 190 villages in Jabera mandal.
Literacy rate
%
54.9%
−2.3% vs mandal average
- Kathai
- 54.9%
- Jabera mandal
- 57.2%
- Damoh district
- 59.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
948
+24 vs mandal average
- Kathai
- 948
- Jabera mandal
- 924
Household size
people per home
4.6
+0.5 vs mandal average
- Kathai
- 4.6
- Jabera mandal
- 4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kathai at a glance
Kathai is a village of 567 people in 122 households (Census 2011) in Jabera tehsil, Damoh district, Madhya Pradesh, the 102nd-largest of 190 villages in Jabera tehsil. Literacy is 55%, 2 points below the tehsil average of 57% and the sex ratio is 948 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 470663, served by Nohata post office; the LGD village code is 462539. The sarpanch is Jines kumar jain, and the village votes in Pathariya assembly constituency, represented by MLA Lakhan Patel. The population is estimated at 668 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kathai
- 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
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- DAMOH
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 45
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 45
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 30
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 180.56
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 109.82
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kathai
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kathai
- LGD code
- 462539
- Pincode
- 470663
- Post office
- Nohata
- Population (Census 2011)
- 567
- Population (projected 2026)
- 668
- Households
- 122
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 948
- Literacy rate
- 54.9%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Damoh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Pathariya
- Member of Parliament
- Rahul Lodhi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Lakhan Patel
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Jines kumar jain
- Block / Mandal
- Jabera
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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, 2026-09-21
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)