Village · Buxwaha, Chhatarpur
# Saidara

Saidara is a village in Buxwaha sub-district of Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 1,927 people in 502 households, the 8th largest of 113 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.
- 1,927 people (2011)
- 502 households
- 67.7% literacy
- 856 females per 1,000 males

## Saidara PIN code and other codes

Saidara falls in Buxwaha sub-district, Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh.
- Community development block Buxwaha
- Census village code 458487

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Saidara from nearby towns?
- Buxwaha (sub-district HQ) 20 km by road
- Chhatarpur (district HQ) 120 km by road
- Buxwaha (nearest town) 20 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Saidara?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Saidara; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Middle school In village · 1 govt
- ● Sub post office In village
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● Ration (PDS) shop In village
- ● Weekly haat In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village
- ● Community centre In village
- ● Public library In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Bandha
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Sagar
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Sagar
- ○ Primary health centre 10+ km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 5–10 km
- ○ Dispensary 5–10 km
- ○ Post office 10+ km
- ○ Public bus service 5–10 km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 10+ km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps
- Electricity (2011) 6 h summer · 6 h winter

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Saidara known for?

The main crops are soyabean, wheat and chana. Products made here include bamboo basket. About 81% of the 499 hectares of village land is sown, and 26 hectares are irrigated.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Saidara

Of every 100 households in Saidara in 2011, 11 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Saidara · ■ Buxwaha rural average
- Electricity for lighting 11% 29%
- Toilet within the home 1% 4%
- No toilet (open defecation) 99% 96%
- Tap water 1% 2%
- Drinking water within premises 4% 15%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 1% 1%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 98%
- Use banking services 29% 33%
- Television 7% 10%
- Mobile phone 25% 28%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 5% 4%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 0%
- None of these assets 62% 49%
- Own their home 99% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Saidara?

■ Saidara · ■ Buxwaha rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 67.7% 63.1%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 856 866
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 937 908
- Working population 53.1% 45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.6% for men and 54.8% for women. 54% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 125 (12%) · ■ Farm labourers 22 (2%) · ■ Household industry 13 (1%) · ■ Other work 38 (4%) · ■ Marginal 825 (81%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Buxwaha
- Bamhori 2,952 people
- Darguwa 2,837 people
- Deopur 2,550 people
- Nibar 2,045 people
- Deori 1,920 people
- Khamariya 1,445 people
- Gugwara 1,381 people
- Sujara 1,231 people

All 131 villages in Buxwaha

## Quick answers
- How far is Saidara from Chhatarpur? 120 km by road
- What is the population of Saidara? 1,927 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Saidara in? Chhatarpur district (Buxwaha sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Saidara? 67.7% (Census 2011)

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