Village · Patera, Damoh
# Kuwakheda Mahdela

Kuwakheda Mahdela is a village in Patera sub-district of Damoh district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 661 people in 154 households, the 65th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.1%.
- 661 people (2011)
- 154 households
- 59.9% literacy
- 1,046 females per 1,000 males

## Kuwakheda Mahdela PIN code and other codes

Kuwakheda Mahdela falls in Patera sub-district, Damoh district, Madhya Pradesh.
- Community development block Patera
- Census village code 461848

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

## How far is Kuwakheda Mahdela from nearby towns?
- Patera (sub-district HQ) 12 km by road
- Damoh (district HQ) 30 km by road
- Hatta (nearest town) 12 km by road

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

## What facilities are there in Kuwakheda Mahdela?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Kuwakheda Mahdela; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Hatta
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Damoh
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Patera
- ○ Primary health centre 10+ km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 5–10 km
- ○ Post office 10+ km
- ○ Public bus service 10+ km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 10+ km
- ○ Ration (PDS) shop 5–10 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 10+ km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps
- Electricity (2011) 6 h summer · 8 h winter

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

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Kuwakheda Mahdela known for?

About 88% of the 283 hectares of village land is sown, and 37 hectares are irrigated.

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

## Homes and amenities in Kuwakheda Mahdela

Of every 100 households in Kuwakheda Mahdela in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kuwakheda Mahdela · ■ Patera rural average
- Electricity for lighting 0% 59%
- Toilet within the home 0% 6%
- No toilet (open defecation) 100% 94%
- Tap water 80% 4%
- Drinking water within premises 4% 7%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 99% 97%
- Use banking services 40% 34%
- Television 11% 14%
- Mobile phone 30% 30%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 12% 6%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 0%
- None of these assets 46% 46%
- Own their home 97% 98%

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

## What is the population of Kuwakheda Mahdela?

■ Kuwakheda Mahdela · ■ Patera rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 59.9% 65.1%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1046 908
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1257 901
- Working population 36.9% 46.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.9% for men and 47.8% for women. 55% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 51 (21%) · ■ Farm labourers 1 (0%) · ■ Other work 44 (18%) · ■ Marginal 148 (61%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Patera
- Nagmadi 687 people
- Kunwarpur Patera 677 people
- Kodiya 669 people
- Simri Devisingh 664 people
- Imaliya Rawat 646 people
- Datiya 643 people
- Tirgarh 643 people
- Mohas 640 people

All 159 villages in Patera

## Quick answers
- How far is Kuwakheda Mahdela from Damoh? 30 km by road
- What is the population of Kuwakheda Mahdela? 661 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kuwakheda Mahdela in? Damoh district (Patera sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kuwakheda Mahdela? 59.9% (Census 2011)

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