Saida observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
By population, Saida ranks #25 of 116 villages in Rithi mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Saida is a village of 1,589 people in 363 households (Census 2011) in Rithi tehsil, Katni district, Madhya Pradesh, the 25th-largest of 116 villages in Rithi tehsil. Literacy is 54%, 3 points below the tehsil average of 57% and the sex ratio is 954 women per 1,000 men. It lies 35 km from the Katni district centre, 32 km from Ratangaon railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 483331, served by Bakal post office; the LGD village code is 488236. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government hospital Mohandra, 19 km away. The sarpanch is SASHI BAI LODHI, and the village votes in Pawai assembly constituency, represented by MLA Prahlad Lodhi. The population is estimated at 1,873 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Saida →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saida · this village | 1,589 | 54% | — |
| Satwa · Raipura | 725 | 48% | 0 km N |
| Mihdawa · Raipura | 321 | 42% | 0.4 km N |
| Mahgawan · Rithi | 19 | 79% | 0.4 km N |
| Bija Kheda · Raipura | 703 | 43% | 0.5 km W |
| Naya Kheda · Raipura | 76 | 70% | 0.5 km W |
| Sarai Kheda · Raipura | 299 | 52% | 0.5 km W |
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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