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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SHYAMU BAI
Contact: 96****4525
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- LGD code
- 469898
- Pincode
- 458990
- Post office
- Sitamau
- Population
- 2,839
- Households
- 624
- Literacy rate
- 46.2%
- Sex ratio
- 966 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,704
- Distance to district centre
- 11 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 2 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 215 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 533 km
- Nearest railway station
- Suwasra · 15 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Kundla · 13 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Rahimgarh compares
By population, Rahimgarh ranks #8 of 167 villages in Sitamau mandal.
Literacy rate
%
46.2%
−14.6% vs mandal average
- Rahimgarh
- 46.2%
- Sitamau mandal
- 60.8%
- Mandsaur district
- 62.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
966
+6 vs mandal average
- Rahimgarh
- 966
- Sitamau mandal
- 960
Household size
people per home
4.5
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Rahimgarh
- 4.5
- Sitamau mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Rahimgarh at a glance
Rahimgarh is a village of 2,839 people in 624 households (Census 2011) in Sitamau tehsil, Mandsaur district, Madhya Pradesh, the 8th-largest of 167 villages in Sitamau tehsil. Literacy is 46%, 15 points below the tehsil average of 61% and the sex ratio is 966 women per 1,000 men. It lies 11 km from the Mandsaur district centre, 38 km from Dag, the nearest town, 15 km from Suwasra railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 458990, served by Sitamau post office; the LGD village code is 469898. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Kundla, 13 km away. The sarpanch is SHYAMU BAI, and the village votes in Suwasra assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dung Hardeep Singh. The population is estimated at 3,347 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Rahimgarh
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 2
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 1
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- SITAMAU
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 21
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 53
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 21
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 1,282.7
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 311.54
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Rahimgarh
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Rahimgarh
- LGD code
- 469898
- Pincode
- 458990
- Post office
- Sitamau
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,839
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,347
- Households
- 624
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 966
- Literacy rate
- 46.2%
- Coordinates
- 24.07366°N, 75.49723°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mandsour
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Suwasra
- Member of Parliament
- Sudhir Gupta
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dung Hardeep Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SHYAMU BAI
- Block / Mandal
- Sitamau
Getting there
How to reach Rahimgarh
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal215 kmcapital
- Delhi533 km
- Mumbai618 km
- Hyderabad806 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSuwasra15 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Kundla13 km
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- 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, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)