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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
yashoda bai
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- LGD code
- 459404
- Pincode
- 488448
- Post office
- Sahanagar (Panna)
- Population
- 705
- Households
- 150
- Literacy rate
- 62%
- Sex ratio
- 986 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 368
- Distance to district centre
- 45 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 8 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 304 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 591 km
- Nearest railway station
- Hardua · 16 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government hospital Shahnagar · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Pousi compares
By population, Pousi ranks #56 of 121 villages in Shahnagar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
62.0%
+10.9% vs mandal average
- Pousi
- 62.0%
- Shahnagar mandal
- 51.1%
- Panna district
- 54.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
986
+59 vs mandal average
- Pousi
- 986
- Shahnagar mandal
- 927
Household size
people per home
4.7
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Pousi
- 4.7
- Shahnagar mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pousi at a glance
Pousi is a village of 705 people in 150 households (Census 2011) in Shahnagar tehsil, Panna district, Madhya Pradesh, the 56th-largest of 121 villages in Shahnagar tehsil. Literacy is 62%, 11 points above the tehsil average of 51% and the sex ratio is 986 women per 1,000 men. It lies 45 km from the Panna district centre, 16 km from Hardua railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 488448, served by Sahanagar (Panna) post office; the LGD village code is 459404. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government hospital Shahnagar, 9 km away. The sarpanch is yashoda bai, and the village votes in Pawai assembly constituency, represented by MLA Prahlad Lodhi. The population is estimated at 831 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Pousi
- 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)
- 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)
- 30
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 113
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 13
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 757.36
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 54.81
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Pousi
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Pousi
- LGD code
- 459404
- Pincode
- 488448
- Post office
- Sahanagar (Panna)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 705
- Population (projected 2026)
- 831
- Households
- 150
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 986
- Literacy rate
- 62.0%
- Coordinates
- 24.05930°N, 80.26297°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Khajuraho
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Pawai
- Member of Parliament
- V. D. Sharma
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Prahlad Lodhi
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- yashoda bai
- Block / Mandal
- Shahnagar
Getting there
How to reach Pousi
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal304 kmcapital
- Delhi591 km
- Hyderabad765 km
- Kolkata843 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationHardua16 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment hospital Shahnagar9 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, 2026-09-16
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)