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One vote, four years: Madhya Pradesh High Court orders recount in sarpanch polls
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
RS
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Rajkumar Soni
Contact: 88****4451
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- LGD code
- 465239
- Pincode
- 486447
- Post office
- Patehara
- Population
- 373
- Households
- 76
- Literacy rate
- 56.3%
- Sex ratio
- 923 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 197
- Distance to district centre
- 71 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 29 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 448 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 579 km
- Nearest railway station
- Dabhaura · 18 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- A.D Ravendra Singh · 23 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Gagahana compares
By population, Gagahana ranks #149 of 264 villages in Jawa mandal.
Literacy rate
%
56.3%
−1.7% vs mandal average
- Gagahana
- 56.3%
- Jawa mandal
- 58.0%
- Rewa district
- 61.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
923
+2 vs mandal average
- Gagahana
- 923
- Jawa mandal
- 921
Household size
people per home
4.9
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Gagahana
- 4.9
- Jawa mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gagahana at a glance
Gagahana is a village of 373 people in 76 households (Census 2011) in Jawa tehsil, Rewa district, Madhya Pradesh, the 149th-largest of 264 villages in Jawa tehsil. Literacy is 56%, 2 points below the tehsil average of 58% and the sex ratio is 923 women per 1,000 men. It lies 71 km from the Rewa district centre, 59 km from Gahira, the nearest town, 18 km from Dabhaura railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 486447, served by Patehara post office; the LGD village code is 465239. The nearest hospital or health centre is A.D Ravendra Singh, 23 km away. The sarpanch is Rajkumar Soni, and the village votes in Semariya assembly constituency, represented by MLA Abhay Mishra. The population is estimated at 440 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gagahana · this village | 373 | 56% | — |
| Teduni · Jawa | 733 | 65% | 0.7 km SE |
| Chaukhandi · Katangi | 1,234 | 72% | 1.1 km N |
| Chaukhandi · Jawa | 3,940 | 58% | 1.1 km N |
| Bhadarinpurwa · Jawa | 0 | — | 1.2 km E |
| Bamhana · Jawa | 613 | 48% | 1.5 km SE |
| Harduha · Bahraich | 530 | 18% | 1.4 km E |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Gagahana
- 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
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SIRMOUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 15
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 62
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 125
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 51
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Gagahana
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Gagahana
- LGD code
- 465239
- Pincode
- 486447
- Post office
- Patehara
- Population (Census 2011)
- 373
- Population (projected 2026)
- 440
- Households
- 76
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 923
- Literacy rate
- 56.3%
- Coordinates
- 24.98845°N, 81.40258°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Rewa
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Semariya
- Member of Parliament
- Janardan Mishra
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Abhay Mishra
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Rajkumar Soni
- Block / Mandal
- Jawa
- Nearest railway station
- Manikpur Junction (32.2 km)
Getting there
How to reach Gagahana
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal448 kmcapital
- Delhi579 km
- Kolkata757 km
- Hyderabad898 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDabhaura18 km
- Hospital / PHCA.D Ravendra Singh23 km
- Petrol pumpEssar Siddhi Vinayak Oil And Energy31 km
- CollegeIshawarDeen chhedilal Inter College50 km
- Police stationPolice station55 km
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View all 60+ →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, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)