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Arthai

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Shahnagar mandal
Pincode 488448
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Arthai is a village in Shahnagar mandal, Panna district, Madhya Pradesh, located at 23.976°N, 80.245°E. It has a population of 1,205 across 238 households with a literacy rate of 40.1%. The PIN code for the village is 488448.

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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Bharat Lal Adiwasi
Contact: 88****2938
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LGD code
459347
Pincode
488448
Post office
Sahanagar (Panna)
Population
1,205
Households
238
Literacy rate
40.1%
Sex ratio
985 ♀/1000♂
Workers
632
Distance to district centre
52 km
Distance to mandal centre
17 km
Distance to Bhopal
299 km
Distance to Delhi
598 km
Nearest railway station
Hardua · 8 km
Nearest hospital / PHC
Government hospital Shahnagar · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context

How Arthai compares

By population, Arthai ranks #31 of 121 villages in Shahnagar mandal.

Literacy rate
%
40.1%
−11.0% vs mandal average
Arthai
40.1%
Shahnagar mandal
51.1%
Panna district
54.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
985
+58 vs mandal average
Arthai
985
Shahnagar mandal
927
Household size
people per home
5.1
+0.7 vs mandal average
Arthai
5.1
Shahnagar mandal
4.4

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

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Arthai at a glance

Arthai is a village of 1,205 people in 238 households (Census 2011) in Shahnagar tehsil, Panna district, Madhya Pradesh, the 31st-largest of 121 villages in Shahnagar tehsil. Literacy is 40%, 11 points below the tehsil average of 51% and the sex ratio is 985 women per 1,000 men. It lies 52 km from the Panna district centre, 8 km from Hardua railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 488448, served by Sahanagar (Panna) post office; the LGD village code is 459347. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government hospital Shahnagar, 7 km away. The sarpanch is Bharat Lal Adiwasi, and the village votes in Pawai assembly constituency, represented by MLA Prahlad Lodhi. The population is estimated at 1,421 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.

Gram panchayat: Mahilwara

Nearby villages compared

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villagePopulationLiteracyDistance
Arthai · this village1,20540%
Barhati · Vijayraghavgarh80074%0 km N
Mahilwara · Shahnagar1,25553%1.8 km S
Tunda · Shahnagar1,77755%2.2 km SW
Barhata · Vijayraghavgarh85955%2.7 km NW
Bara · Vijayraghavgarh5,1722.7 km NW
Gauraha · Vijayraghavgarh86550%2.7 km NW

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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Arthai

Treated tap water
No
Untreated tap water
No
Well water
No
Hand pump
Yes
Tube well / borewell
Yes
Electricity for homes
Yes
Electricity for farms
Yes
Power hours (summer)
6
Power hours (winter)
6
Primary school
1
Middle school
1
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
No
Anganwadi centre
Yes
ASHA worker
Yes
Fair-price shop
No
Mandi / regular market
No
Weekly haat
No
Nearest statutory town
KATNI
Distance to nearest town (km)
31
Distance to district HQ (km)
111
Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
9
All-weather road
Yes
Total area (ha)
780.15
Irrigated area (ha)
15
Forest area (ha)
69.78

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

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Key facts — Arthai

LGD code
459347
Pincode
488448
Post office
Sahanagar (Panna)
Population (Census 2011)
1,205
Population (projected 2026)
1,421
Households
238
Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
985
Literacy rate
40.1%
Coordinates
23.97643°N, 80.24479°E
Lok Sabha constituency
Khajuraho
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Pawai
Member of Parliament
V. D. Sharma
Member of Legislative Assembly
Prahlad Lodhi
Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
Bharat Lal Adiwasi
Block / Mandal
Shahnagar
Getting there

How to reach Arthai

Mandal centre
Shahnagar · ≈ 17 km
≈ 34 min by car · 41 min by bike
Directions
District centre
Panna · ≈ 52 km
≈ 1 h 48 min by car · 2 h 8 min by bike
Directions
Distance to cities · straight line
  • Bhopal299 kmcapital
  • Delhi598 km
  • Hyderabad755 km
  • Kolkata844 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
  • Railway stationHardua8 km
  • Hospital / PHCGovernment hospital Shahnagar7 km
Places of worship · within 5 km

Temples & shrines near Arthai

1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.

  • 🛕Ruined temple near the sources of the Kiyan riverTemple4.9 km ↗
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Sources & freshness
  • 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, 2026-09-15
  • Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
  • Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
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