Keolari Tehsil - Seoni District, Madhya Pradesh

Keolari is an administrative tehsil in the Seoni district of Madhya Pradesh, India. It includes various villages governed through Gram Panchayats and is a key part of the district's rural administration. Keolari is the main town for most villages within the tehsil. The nearest railway station is situated at Keolari, while the nearest airport is Gondia Airport, located at an approximate aerial distance of 74.5 km.

The total area of the tehsil is 1,101 km², including 1,095.51 km² rural area and 5.12 km² urban area. The sex ratio is approximately 995 females per 1,000 males.

List of Villages in Keolari Tehsil

Keolari Tehsil has a total of 188 villages. The table below includes all villages in the Tehsil, along with their Gram Panchayat and category details:

Sl. No.	Village Name	Category	Gram Panchayat
1	Aharwara	Rural	Aharwada
2	Aloni Khapa Mal	Rural	Alonikhapamal
3	Aloni Khapa Ryt.	Rural	Alonikhapamal
4	Arandiya	Rural	Vibhari
5	Arjunjhir	Rural	Arjunjhir
6	Babariya	Rural	Keolarikheda
7	Bagdongri	Rural	Bagdongri
8	Baglai	Urban	Not applicable
9	Bakal	Rural	Durenda
10	Bakoda	Rural	Nasipur
11	Baksi	Rural	Keolarikheda
12	Bamhani Kheda	Urban	Not applicable
13	Banathar	Rural	Banathar
14	Bandeli	Rural	Bandeli
15	Barbaspur	Rural	Khursara
16	Bawali	Rural	Bawli
17	Begarwani Khurd	Rural	Khursiparmal
18	Belgaon	Rural	Belgaon
19	Bhadutala	Rural	Jhola
20	Bharveli	Rural	Bharweli
21	Bhata	Rural	Keolarikheda
22	Bhorghondi	Rural	Sonkhar
23	Bichuwa	Rural	Lopa
24	Bichuwa	Rural	Sarasdol
25	Bichuwa	Rural	Malhanwada
26	Bichuwa Mal	Rural	Bichua Raiyat
27	Bichuwa Ryt.	Rural	Bichua Raiyat
28	Bineki	Urban	Not applicable
29	Bothiya	Urban	Not applicable
30	Budhwara	Rural	Putrra
31	Chandan Kheda	Rural	Tindua
32	Chanwarmara	Rural	Khaira
33	Chargaon	Rural	Aharwada
34	Chaurapatha	Rural	Suktara
35	Chhinda	Rural	Chinda
36	Chichband	Rural	Patharfodi
37	Chikhli	Rural	Chikhli
38	Chirai Dongari Ryt.	Rural	Ratanpur
39	Chirchira	Rural	Chirchira
40	Chorpipariya	Rural	Jhagra
41	Damijhala Banjar	Rural	Mohbarra
42	Damijhala Mal	Rural	Ghoorwada
43	Dehwani	Rural	Gwari (Deh.)
44	Devgaon	Rural	Bagdongri
45	Devghat	Rural	Chirchira
46	Devjhir	Rural	Arjunjhir
47	Dhanagada	Rural	Mungapar
48	Dhutera	Rural	Dhutera (Panjra)
49	Dhutera	Rural	Dhutera(Ugli)
50	Dobh	Urban	Not applicable
51	Dokar Ranji	Urban	Not applicable
52	Dudhiya	Rural	Dhutera (Panjra)
53	Dungariya	Rural	Dungaria
54	Dungariya	Rural	Tindua
55	Durenda	Rural	Durenda
56	Gaurjholapani	Rural	Khairi
57	Ghansaur	Rural	Ghansore
58	Gharghodi	Rural	Khapa
59	Ghat Kharpadiya	Rural	Roomal
60	Ghursar	Urban	Not applicable
61	Ghurwada	Rural	Ghoorwada
62	Gopeywani	Rural	Khursiparmal
63	Gorakhpur	Rural	Khami
64	Gubariya	Rural	Gubaria
65	Gurera Mal	Rural	Banathar
66	Gurera Ryt.	Rural	Banathar
67	Guwari	Rural	Gwari(Ghansore)
68	Guwari	Rural	Gwari (Deh.)
69	Jamunpani	Rural	Jamunpani
70	Jharga	Rural	Jhagra
71	Jheetarra	Rural	Jheetarra
72	Jhola	Rural	Jhola
73	Jivnara	Rural	Jeonara
74	Kachhari	Urban	Not applicable
75	Kadwethaori	Urban	Not applicable
76	Kalimati Ryt.	Rural	Patharfodi
77	Kanari	Rural	Kanari
78	Kanchanwada	Rural	Newargaon
79	Kandipar	Rural	Maira
80	Kanjai	Rural	Khapabazar
81	Karapatha	Rural	Tali
82	Katoli	Rural	Pipriya (Jev.)
83	Keolari (Ct)	Urban	Not applicable
84	Keolari Khera	Rural	Keolarikheda
85	Khair Ranji	Rural	Khairranji
86	Khaira	Rural	Khaira
87	Khairi	Rural	Gwari(Ghansore)
88	Khairi	Rural	Mungapar
89	Khairi	Rural	Khairi
90	Khamariya	Rural	Patharfodi
91	Khami	Rural	Khami
92	Khapa	Rural	Khapabazar
93	Khapa	Rural	Panjra
94	Khapa	Rural	Khapa
95	Khapa	Rural	Khairranji
96	Kharpadiya	Rural	Chikhli
97	Kharsaru	Rural	Kharsaroo
98	Khursara	Rural	Khursara
99	Khursipar	Rural	Khursara
100	Khursipar	Rural	Pungar
101	Khursipar Mal	Rural	Khursiparmal
102	Khursipar Ryt.	Rural	Khursiparmal
103	Khursipar(Vangram)	Rural	Khursiparmal
104	Kimachi	Rural	Sunhera
105	Kohka	Urban	Not applicable
106	Kohka	Rural	Raikheda
107	Kopijhola	Rural	Ratanpur
108	Kuchiwada	Rural	Khapabazar
109	Kumhada Mal	Rural	Arjunjhir
110	Kumhada Ryt.	Rural	Arjunjhir
111	Kundalpur	Rural	Nasipur
112	Lolopar	Rural	Mungapar
113	Lopa	Rural	Lopa
114	Maina Pipariya	Rural	Ghansore
115	Maira	Rural	Maira
116	Malara	Urban	Not applicable
117	Malari	Rural	Malari
118	Malari	Urban	Not applicable
119	Malhanwada	Rural	Mungapar
120	Malhanwada	Rural	Malhanwada
121	Markawada	Urban	Not applicable
122	Mohbarra	Rural	Mohbarra
123	Mohgaon	Rural	Khairi
124	Mohgaon	Rural	Paraspani
125	Mohgaon	Rural	Kharsaroo
126	Mohgaon Mal	Rural	Aharwada
127	Mohgaon Ryt.	Rural	Aharwada
128	Msanbrra	Rural	Alonikhapamal
129	Muchche Dobri Ryt.	Rural	Arjunjhir
130	Mungapar	Rural	Mungapar
131	Nachanwahi	Rural	Bharweli
132	Nasipur	Rural	Nasipur
133	Newargaon	Rural	Newargaon
134	Palari	Rural	Maira
135	Pandiwada	Rural	Pandiwara
136	Pandiya Chhapara	Rural	Pandiachhapara
137	Pandrapani	Rural	Ratanpur
138	Panjra	Rural	Panjra
139	Panwas	Urban	Not applicable
140	Paraspani	Rural	Paraspani
141	Patharphodi Mal	Rural	Patharfodi
142	Patharphodi Ryt.	Rural	Patharfodi
143	Paundi	Rural	Malari
144	Pipardaun	Rural	Ratanpur
145	Pipardaun	Rural	Jhola
146	Pipariya	Rural	Pipriya (Jev.)
147	Pipariya Kalan	Rural	Pipriakalan
148	Pongar	Rural	Pungar
149	Potalpani	Rural	Alonikhapamal
150	Puttrra	Rural	Putrra
151	Raikheda	Rural	Raikheda
152	Ratanpur	Rural	Ratanpur
153	Rechna	Rural	Banathar
154	Roshan	Rural	Maira
155	Rumal	Rural	Roomal
156	Sahajpuri	Rural	Aharwada
157	Sakari	Rural	Sakri
158	Saliwada	Rural	Malhanwada
159	Saliwara	Rural	Gwari (Deh.)
160	Santhai	Rural	Pipriakalan
161	Sanwari	Rural	Bichua Raiyat
162	Sarandi	Rural	Sarandi
163	Sarasdol	Rural	Sarasdol
164	Sarekha	Rural	Sarekha(Panjra)
165	Sarekha Kalan	Rural	Sarekhakalan
166	Sarekha Khurd	Rural	Belgaon
167	Sarrai	Rural	Pungar
168	Sindarsi	Rural	Bawli
169	Sindradehi	Rural	Newargaon
170	Singhodi	Rural	Gwari(Ghansore)
171	Siregaon	Rural	Pipriya (Jev.)
172	Siroli	Urban	Not applicable
173	Son Khar	Rural	Sonkhar
174	Suktara	Rural	Suktara
175	Sunhera	Rural	Sunhera
176	Sunjhiri	Rural	Sunhera
177	Suwa	Rural	Ugdiwada
178	Taktua	Rural	Ugdiwada
179	Tala	Rural	Keolarikheda
180	Tali	Rural	Tali
181	Tendu Tola Ryt.	Rural	Jhola
182	Thanwari	Rural	Raikheda
183	Tikri Bamhari	Rural	Sarasdol
184	Tindua	Rural	Tindua
185	Turga	Rural	Alonikhapamal
186	Ugadiwada	Rural	Ugdiwada
187	Ugli	Rural	Ugli
188	Vibhari	Rural	Vibhari

Population of Keolari Tehsil

As per the Census 2011, Keolari Tehsil has a total population of 1,58,200 people, consisting of 79,275 males and 78,925 females. There are 36,737 households in the tehsil with an average population density of 144 people per km². The table below shows the rural and urban breakup of population and households:

Particulars	Total	Rural	Urban
Total Population	1,58,200	1,48,546	9,654
Male Population	79,275	74,430	4,845
Female Population	78,925	74,116	4,809
Total Households	36,737	34,402	2,335
Population Density	144 / km²	136 / km²	1,886 / km²

Beyond these basic counts, the tehsil has 1,01,167 literate people and 20,906 children (0–6 years). The demographic distribution also includes 15,394 from Scheduled Caste (SC) and 46,546 from Scheduled Tribe (ST) communities. Detailed rural and urban data for these categories is provided below:

Particulars	Total	Rural	Urban
Child Population (Age 0–6)	20,906	19,691	1,215
Literate Population	1,01,167	94,065	7,102
Illiterate Population	57,033	54,481	2,552
Scheduled Caste (SC) Population	15,394	14,522	872
Scheduled Tribe (ST) Population	46,546	45,690	856

NOTE: Population and area figures shown here are based on Census 2011. Administrative boundaries may have changed, so the figures may include combined values for areas that were reorganized later.

Tehsil Overview
Tehsil (Hindi)	Keolari (केवलारी)
District	Seoni
State / UT	Madhya Pradesh
Railway Station	Keolari
Total Area	1,101 km²
Sex Ratio (2011)	995
Total Population (2011)	1,58,200
Density	144/km²
Total Villages	188

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