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Saikheda is a village in Rahatgarh mandal, Sagar district, Madhya Pradesh, comprising 638 residents across 133 households. Its literacy rate is 57.8%.
By population, Saikheda ranks #60 of 143 villages in Rahatgarh mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Saikheda is a village of 638 people in 133 households (Census 2011) in Rahatgarh tehsil, Sagar district, Madhya Pradesh, the 60th-largest of 143 villages in Rahatgarh tehsil. Literacy is 58%, 5 points below the tehsil average of 63% and the sex ratio is 882 women per 1,000 men. It lies 31 km from the Sagar district centre, 38 km from Khimlasa, the nearest town, 19 km from Relwai Stesan Sumreri railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 470119, served by Rahatgarh post office; the LGD village code is 460444. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital Pathari, 11 km away. The sarpanch is Durjna Bai Adiwashi, and the village votes in Surkhi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Govind Singh Rajput. The population is estimated at 752 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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