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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Ludhgawan is a village in Shahnagar mandal, Panna district, Madhya Pradesh, with a population of 841 across 242 households. The village has a literacy rate of 64% and is located at PIN 488448.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
VINITA PAL
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- LGD code
- 459392
- Pincode
- 488448
- Post office
- Sahanagar (Panna)
- Population
- 841
- Households
- 242
- Literacy rate
- 64%
- Sex ratio
- 1007 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 484
- Distance to district centre
- 61 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 19 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 310 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 606 km
- Nearest railway station
- Patwara · 7 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government hospital Shahnagar · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Ludhgawan compares
By population, Ludhgawan ranks #47 of 121 villages in Shahnagar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
64.0%
+12.9% vs mandal average
- Ludhgawan
- 64.0%
- Shahnagar mandal
- 51.1%
- Panna district
- 54.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,007
+80 vs mandal average
- Ludhgawan
- 1,007
- Shahnagar mandal
- 927
Household size
people per home
3.5
−0.9 vs mandal average
- Ludhgawan
- 3.5
- Shahnagar mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ludhgawan at a glance
Ludhgawan is a village of 841 people in 242 households (Census 2011) in Shahnagar tehsil, Panna district, Madhya Pradesh, the 47th-largest of 121 villages in Shahnagar tehsil. Literacy is 64%, 13 points above the tehsil average of 51% and the sex ratio is 1,007 women per 1,000 men. It lies 61 km from the Panna district centre, 7 km from Patwara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 488448, served by Sahanagar (Panna) post office; the LGD village code is 459392. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government hospital Shahnagar, 7 km away. The sarpanch is VINITA PAL, and the village votes in Pawai assembly constituency, represented by MLA Prahlad Lodhi. The population is estimated at 992 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Ludhgawan
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- 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
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KATNI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 18
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 110
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 367.15
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 50.1
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Ludhgawan
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Ludhgawan
- LGD code
- 459392
- Pincode
- 488448
- Post office
- Sahanagar (Panna)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 841
- Population (projected 2026)
- 992
- Households
- 242
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1007
- Literacy rate
- 64.0%
- Coordinates
- 23.95044°N, 80.35945°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Khajuraho
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Pawai
- Member of Parliament
- V. D. Sharma
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Prahlad Lodhi
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- VINITA PAL
- Block / Mandal
- Shahnagar
Getting there
How to reach Ludhgawan
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal310 kmcapital
- Delhi606 km
- Hyderabad756 km
- Kolkata832 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationPatwara7 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment hospital Shahnagar7 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, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)