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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SHYAM JI TIVARI
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- LGD code
- 489017
- Pincode
- 483225
- Post office
- Sihora(MP)
- Population
- 341
- Households
- 90
- Literacy rate
- 68.3%
- Sex ratio
- 983 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 187
- Distance to district centre
- 50 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 8 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 279 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 646 km
- Nearest railway station
- Sihora Road · 5 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Civil Hospital Sihora · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Dabu compares
By population, Dabu ranks #113 of 155 villages in Sihora mandal.
Literacy rate
%
68.3%
+3.2% vs mandal average
- Dabu
- 68.3%
- Sihora mandal
- 65.1%
- Jabalpur district
- 71.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
983
+36 vs mandal average
- Dabu
- 983
- Sihora mandal
- 947
Household size
people per home
3.8
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Dabu
- 3.8
- Sihora mandal
- 4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dabu at a glance
Dabu is a village of 341 people in 90 households (Census 2011) in Sihora tehsil, Jabalpur district, Madhya Pradesh, the 113th-largest of 155 villages in Sihora tehsil. Literacy is 68%, 3 points above the tehsil average of 65% and the sex ratio is 983 women per 1,000 men. It lies 50 km from the Jabalpur district centre, 5 km from Sihora Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 483225, served by Sihora(MP) post office; the LGD village code is 489017. The nearest hospital or health centre is Civil Hospital Sihora, 7 km away. The sarpanch is SHYAM JI TIVARI, and the village votes in Bahoriband assembly constituency, represented by MLA Pranay Prabhat Pandey (Guddu Bhaiya). The population is estimated at 402 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dabu
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SIHORA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 9
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 50
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 9
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 111.97
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 4.99
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dabu
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Dabu
- LGD code
- 489017
- Pincode
- 483225
- Post office
- Sihora(MP)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 341
- Population (projected 2026)
- 402
- Households
- 90
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 983
- Literacy rate
- 68.3%
- Coordinates
- 23.43854°N, 80.14280°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Khajuraho
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bahoriband
- Member of Parliament
- V. D. Sharma
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Pranay Prabhat Pandey (Guddu Bhaiya)
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SHYAM JI TIVARI
- Block / Mandal
- Sihora
Getting there
How to reach Dabu
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal279 kmcapital
- Delhi646 km
- Hyderabad695 km
- Kolkata847 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSihora Road5 km
- Hospital / PHCCivil Hospital Sihora7 km
- ATM / bankUnion Bank of India37 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil36 km
- CollegeGovernment Model Sciecne College, Jabalpur35 km
- Police stationpolice station35 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, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)