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Village snapshot
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
umadatt verma
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- LGD code
- 466022
- Pincode
- 486445
- Post office
- Semariya
- Population
- 1,266
- Households
- 262
- Literacy rate
- 56.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1079 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 503
- Distance to district centre
- 29 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 35 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 402 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 564 km
- Nearest railway station
- Khutaha · 12 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital,Birsinghpur · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Tighara compares
By population, Tighara ranks #38 of 184 villages in Semaria mandal.
Literacy rate
%
56.8%
−1.0% vs mandal average
- Tighara
- 56.8%
- Semaria mandal
- 57.8%
- Rewa district
- 61.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,079
+137 vs mandal average
- Tighara
- 1,079
- Semaria mandal
- 942
Household size
people per home
4.8
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Tighara
- 4.8
- Semaria mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Tighara at a glance
Tighara is a village of 1,266 people in 262 households (Census 2011) in Semaria tehsil, Rewa district, Madhya Pradesh, the 38th-largest of 184 villages in Semaria tehsil. Literacy is 57%, 1 points below the tehsil average of 58% and the sex ratio is 1,079 women per 1,000 men. It lies 29 km from the Rewa district centre, 18 km from Gahira, the nearest town, 12 km from Khutaha railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 486445, served by Semariya post office; the LGD village code is 466022. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital,Birsinghpur, 3 km away. The sarpanch is umadatt verma, and the village votes in Raigaon assembly constituency, represented by MLA Pratima Bagri. The population is estimated at 1,493 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Tighara
- 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)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SEMARIA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 36
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 241.01
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 11.01
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Tighara
- LGD code
- 466022
- Pincode
- 486445
- Post office
- Semariya
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,266
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,493
- Households
- 262
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1079
- Literacy rate
- 56.8%
- Coordinates
- 24.82524°N, 80.98170°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Satna
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Raigaon
- Member of Parliament
- Ganesh Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Pratima Bagri
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- umadatt verma
- Block / Mandal
- Semaria
- Nearest railway station
- Markundi (21.6 km)
Getting there
How to reach Tighara
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal402 kmcapital
- Delhi564 km
- Kolkata792 km
- Hyderabad867 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKhutaha12 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital,Birsinghpur3 km
- CollegeJRD STATE UNIVERSITY, CHITRAKOOT42 km
- Police stationPURANI KOTWALI MAIDAN44 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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-16
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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