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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Atmaram kourav
Contact: 62****4745
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- LGD code
- 490764
- Pincode
- 487551
- Post office
- Gadarwara
- Population
- 940
- Households
- 192
- Literacy rate
- 65.1%
- Sex ratio
- 876 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 298
Census 2011 · in context
How Kekra compares
By population, Kekra ranks #97 of 270 villages in Gadarwara mandal.
Literacy rate
%
65.1%
+3.4% vs mandal average
- Kekra
- 65.1%
- Gadarwara mandal
- 61.7%
- Narsimhapur district
- 65.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
876
−43 vs mandal average
- Kekra
- 876
- Gadarwara mandal
- 919
Household size
people per home
4.9
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Kekra
- 4.9
- Gadarwara mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kekra at a glance
Kekra is a village of 940 people in 192 households (Census 2011) in Gadarwara tehsil, Narsimhapur district, Madhya Pradesh, the 97th-largest of 270 villages in Gadarwara tehsil. Literacy is 65%, 3 points above the tehsil average of 62% and the sex ratio is 876 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 487551, served by Gadarwara post office; the LGD village code is 490764. The sarpanch is Atmaram kourav, and the village votes in Udaipura assembly constituency, represented by MLA Narendra Shivaji Patel. The population is estimated at 1,108 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kekra
- 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)
- 9
- Power hours (winter)
- 9
- 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
- GADARWARA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 50
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 446.25
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 225.91
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kekra
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kekra
- LGD code
- 490764
- Pincode
- 487551
- Post office
- Gadarwara
- Population (Census 2011)
- 940
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,108
- Households
- 192
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 876
- Literacy rate
- 65.1%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Hoshangabad
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Udaipura
- Member of Parliament
- Darshan Singh Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Narendra Shivaji Patel
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Atmaram kourav
- Block / Mandal
- Gadarwara
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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
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