Katla observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
By population, Katla ranks #58 of 99 villages in Jawar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Katla is a village of 608 people in 152 households (Census 2011) in Jawar tehsil, Sehore district, Madhya Pradesh, the 58th-largest of 99 villages in Jawar tehsil. Literacy is 49%, 6 points below the tehsil average of 56% and the sex ratio is 894 women per 1,000 men. It lies 62 km from the Sehore district centre, 49 km from Bercha railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 466221, served by Jawar (Sehore) post office; the LGD village code is 483148. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government hospital Jawar, 14 km away. The sarpanch is dharmendra parmar, and the village votes in Ashta assembly constituency, represented by MLA Gopal Singh Engineer. The population is estimated at 717 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Katla →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Katla · this village | 608 | 49% | — |
| Dhinga Khedi · Jawar | 1,074 | 51% | 1.5 km SW |
| Dhurada Kalan · Jawar | 1,334 | 50% | 2.3 km S |
| Jhajhanpura · Jawar | 208 | 42% | 3.3 km SE |
| Samgi · Bagli | 965 | 60% | 4.5 km SW |
| Guradiya Varma · Jawar | 2,736 | 56% | 4.6 km NW |
| Gusat · Hatpiplya | 935 | 46% | 4.8 km SW |
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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