Kakra observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
Kakra is a village in Amarpatan mandal, Maihar district, Madhya Pradesh, with a population of 2,716 across 669 households. The village has a literacy rate of 59.9%.
By population, Kakra ranks #13 of 162 villages in Amarpatan mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kakra is a village of 2,716 people in 669 households (Census 2011) in Amarpatan tehsil, Maihar district, Madhya Pradesh, the 13th-largest of 162 villages in Amarpatan tehsil. Literacy is 60%, about the same as the tehsil average of 60% and the sex ratio is 960 women per 1,000 men. It lies 16 km from the Maihar district centre, 48 km from Hadha, the nearest town, 11 km from Unchhera railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 485775, served by Amarpatan post office; the LGD village code is 464294. The nearest hospital or health centre is CH Amarpatan, 9 km away. The sarpanch is Rahul Singh Parihar, and the village votes in Rampur-Baghelan assembly constituency, represented by MLA Vikram Singh (Vicky). The population is estimated at 3,202 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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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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