Papal observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
By population, Papal ranks #24 of 124 villages in Sarai mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Papal is a village of 2,298 people in 532 households (Census 2011) in Sarai tehsil, Singrauli district, Madhya Pradesh, the 24th-largest of 124 villages in Sarai tehsil. Literacy is 51%, 6 points above the tehsil average of 45% and the sex ratio is 936 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 486889, served by Singrauli Colliery post office; the LGD village code is 503777. The sarpanch is Pranpati sahu, and the village votes in Dhauhani assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kunwar Singh Tekam. The population is estimated at 2,709 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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