Mahewa observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
Mahewa is a village in Shahnagar mandal, Panna district, Madhya Pradesh, located at 26.621°N, 79.230°E. It has a population of 1,679 across 307 households with a literacy rate of 46.9%. The PIN code is 488448.
By population, Mahewa ranks #18 of 121 villages in Shahnagar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Mahewa is a village of 1,679 people in 307 households (Census 2011) in Shahnagar tehsil, Panna district, Madhya Pradesh, the 18th-largest of 121 villages in Shahnagar tehsil. Literacy is 47%, 4 points below the tehsil average of 51% and the sex ratio is 906 women per 1,000 men. It lies 259 km from the Panna district centre, 33 km from Takha, the nearest town, 14 km from Bhartana railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 488448, served by Sahanagar (Panna) post office; the LGD village code is 459352. The nearest hospital or health centre is Ari Kuwait Clinic, 7 km away. The sarpanch is FATMA BEE, and the village votes in Pawai assembly constituency, represented by MLA Prahlad Lodhi. The population is estimated at 1,980 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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