Jara is a village in Seondha mandal, Datia district, Madhya Pradesh with a population of 445 across 89 households. The village has a literacy rate of 31% and is located at coordinates 26.004°N, 78.630°E.
By population, Jara ranks #66 of 110 villages in Seondha mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jara is a village of 445 people in 89 households (Census 2011) in Seondha tehsil, Datia district, Madhya Pradesh, the 66th-largest of 110 villages in Seondha tehsil. Literacy is 31%, 27 points below the tehsil average of 58% and the sex ratio is 839 women per 1,000 men. It lies 37 km from the Datia district centre, 11 km from Bariya, the nearest town, 33 km from Kotra railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 475682, served by Seondha post office; the LGD village code is 454386. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sanjivani Hospital, 12 km away. The sarpanch is Ramprakash. The population is estimated at 783 in 2026, up 76% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bijora →
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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