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September 2026
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One vote, four years: Madhya Pradesh High Court orders recount in sarpanch polls
Reported by The Indian Express.
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Poindha Kalan is a village in Kothi mandal, Satna district, Madhya Pradesh. It has a population of 653 across 132 households with a literacy rate of 60.8%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
seeta kushwaha
Contact: 88****3870
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- LGD code
- 462888
- Pincode
- 485666
- Post office
- Kothi (Satna)
- Population
- 653
- Households
- 132
- Literacy rate
- 60.8%
- Sex ratio
- 850 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 184
- Distance to district centre
- 26 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 29 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 388 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 571 km
- Nearest railway station
- Hati · 6 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government hospital Jaitwara · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Poindha Kalan compares
By population, Poindha Kalan ranks #55 of 123 villages in Kothi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
60.8%
+0.8% vs mandal average
- Poindha Kalan
- 60.8%
- Kothi mandal
- 60.0%
- Satna district
- 61.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
850
−65 vs mandal average
- Poindha Kalan
- 850
- Kothi mandal
- 915
Household size
people per home
4.9
+0.5 vs mandal average
- Poindha Kalan
- 4.9
- Kothi mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Poindha Kalan at a glance
Poindha Kalan is a village of 653 people in 132 households (Census 2011) in Kothi tehsil, Satna district, Madhya Pradesh, the 55th-largest of 123 villages in Kothi tehsil. Literacy is 61%, about the same as the tehsil average of 60% and the sex ratio is 850 women per 1,000 men. It lies 26 km from the Satna district centre, 26 km from Gahira, the nearest town, 6 km from Hati railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 485666, served by Kothi (Satna) post office; the LGD village code is 462888. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government hospital Jaitwara, 8 km away. The sarpanch is seeta kushwaha, and the village votes in Raigaon assembly constituency, represented by MLA Pratima Bagri. The population is estimated at 770 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poindha Kalan · this village | 653 | 61% | — |
| Pasi · Raghurajnagar (Nagriya) | 896 | 59% | 1.3 km NW |
| Bara Khurd · Kalan | 2,598 | 45% | 1.4 km SW |
| Bara Khurd · Kothi | 389 | 58% | 1.4 km SW |
| Kothara · Sakaldiha | 1,058 | 62% | 1.6 km N |
| Kothara · Govardhan | 1,889 | 58% | 1.6 km N |
| Kothara · Ramnagar | — | — | 1.6 km N |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Poindha Kalan
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 10
- 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
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SATNA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 20
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 249
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 48
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Poindha Kalan
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Poindha Kalan
- LGD code
- 462888
- Pincode
- 485666
- Post office
- Kothi (Satna)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 653
- Population (projected 2026)
- 770
- Households
- 132
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 850
- Literacy rate
- 60.8%
- Coordinates
- 24.67598°N, 80.90049°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Satna
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Raigaon
- Member of Parliament
- Ganesh Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Pratima Bagri
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- seeta kushwaha
- Block / Mandal
- Kothi
Getting there
How to reach Poindha Kalan
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal388 kmcapital
- Delhi571 km
- Kolkata795 km
- Hyderabad848 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationHati6 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment hospital Jaitwara8 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil40 km
- CollegeJRD STATE UNIVERSITY, CHITRAKOOT58 km
- Police stationPURANI KOTWALI MAIDAN60 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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)