Skip to main content
Tuesday, 29 September 2026
VoiceOfVillage
Revenue village·Barhi tehsil·Katni

Keolari

केवलारी
Barhi mandal
Pincode 483770
Verified by Sarpanch
Claim — I'm a resident
WhatsApp Telegram
🌤️ Today's card Print poster Compare with… Suggest edit
Coming upNavaratri (Sharad) · शारदीय नवरात्रिIn 11 daysDussehra (Vijayadashami) · दशहराIn 20 daysKarva Chauth · करवा चौथIn 28 daysMadhya Pradesh calendar →
Festival

Dussehra (Vijayadashami)दशहरा

Keolari observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.

20 OctObserved in 36 states
About Dussehra (Vijayadashami) →Make a greeting card →Madhya Pradesh festival calendar

Temple in Barhi mandal

The principal temple recorded for Barhi mandal is Commons:Category:Vishnu Varaha temple, Bilhari Vishnu-Varaha Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Keolari itself.

Dussehra (Vijayadashami) in Madhya Pradesh

Ramlila through the nine nights and the burning of Ravana, Meghnad and Kumbhakarna effigies on Dussehra evening. Kullu Dussehra in Himachal begins on Vijayadashami and runs a week, with village deities carried to Dhalpur maidan.

The regional form observed across North India. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.

Represented by
Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
LS
Khajuraho
PC 08
→VS
Bahoriband
AC 094
→
Village snapshot

Quick panchayat-at-a-glance

Full profile →
BB
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
BINDI BAI
Contact: 97****2204
Spotted a stale sarpanch record? Sign in and a verified resident of Keolari can update it.
LGD code
488318
Pincode
483770
Post office
Barhi (Katni)
Population
822
Households
186
Literacy rate
60.7%
Sex ratio
1040 ♀/1000♂
Workers
263
Census 2011 · in context

How Keolari compares

By population, Keolari ranks #39 of 51 villages in Barhi mandal.

Literacy rate
%
60.7%
+8.5% vs mandal average
Keolari60.7%
Barhi mandal52.2%
Katni district61.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,040
+73 vs mandal average
Keolari1,040
Barhi mandal967
Household size
people per home
4.4
−0.1 vs mandal average
Keolari4.4
Barhi mandal4.5

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

Advertisement

Keolari at a glance

Keolari is a village of 822 people in 186 households (Census 2011) in Barhi tehsil, Katni district, Madhya Pradesh, the 39th-largest of 51 villages in Barhi tehsil. Literacy is 61%, 9 points above the tehsil average of 52% and the sex ratio is 1,040 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 483770, served by Barhi (Katni) post office; the LGD village code is 488318. The sarpanch is BINDI BAI, and the village votes in Bahoriband assembly constituency, represented by MLA Pranay Prabhat Pandey (Guddu Bhaiya). The population is estimated at 969 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.

Gram panchayat: Salaiya Sihora →

Nearby villages compared

Compare side by side →
villagePopulationLiteracyDistance
Keolari · this village82261%—
Salaiya Sihora · Barhi3,40750%—
Barela · Barhi51258%—

Complete this village · 4/7

Add what you know →
  • Sarpanch name
  • Panchayat contact
  • Pincode
  • About the villageA few sentences on history and livelihood
  • A photoTemple, school, fields — anything from the village
  • A festival or jatara
  • A notable personTeacher, soldier, sportsperson, entrepreneur

Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Keolari

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)
10
Power hours (winter)
10
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
Yes
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
BARHI
Distance to nearest town (km)
11
Distance to district HQ (km)
61
Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
11
All-weather road
Yes
Total area (ha)
532.57
Irrigated area (ha)
19.56
Forest area (ha)
103.95

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

Notice board · Keolari

No notices this week

Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.

Key facts — Keolari

LGD code
488318
Pincode
483770
Post office
Barhi (Katni)
Population (Census 2011)
822
Population (projected 2026)
969
Households
186
Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
1040
Literacy rate
60.7%
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
BINDI BAI
Block / Mandal
Barhi
Same pincode

Villages sharing pincode 483770

All villages in 483770 →
Same name, different place

Other villages named Keolari

Looking for a different Keolari? The largest eight this name across India. All villages named Keolari →

Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Keolari

Other villages in Barhi mandal

View all 50+ →
Sources & freshness
  • Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
  • Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
  • Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
  • Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
  • Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
  • Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Advertisement
Advertisement