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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
SB
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SHYAMU BAUI
Contact: 99****0742
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- LGD code
- 472396
- Pincode
- 465550
- Post office
- Barode
- Population
- 398
- Households
- 90
- Literacy rate
- 58.3%
- Sex ratio
- 1095 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 245
- Distance to district centre
- 37 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 16 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 180 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 559 km
- Nearest railway station
- Vikramgarh Alot · 20 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital Alot · 18 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Sawani compares
By population, Sawani ranks #122 of 139 villages in Badod mandal.
Literacy rate
%
58.3%
+9.6% vs mandal average
- Sawani
- 58.3%
- Badod mandal
- 48.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,095
+143 vs mandal average
- Sawani
- 1,095
- Badod mandal
- 952
Household size
people per home
4.4
−0.7 vs mandal average
- Sawani
- 4.4
- Badod mandal
- 5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sawani at a glance
Sawani is a village of 398 people in 90 households (Census 2011) in Badod tehsil, Agar-Malwa district, Madhya Pradesh, the 122nd-largest of 139 villages in Badod tehsil. Literacy is 58%, 10 points above the tehsil average of 49% and the sex ratio is 1,095 women per 1,000 men. It lies 37 km from the Agar-Malwa district centre, 21 km from Dag, the nearest town, 20 km from Vikramgarh Alot railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 465550, served by Barode post office; the LGD village code is 472396. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital Alot, 18 km away. The sarpanch is SHYAMU BAUI, and the village votes in Agar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Madhav Singh. The population is estimated at 469 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sawani · this village | 398 | 58% | — |
| Barothi Kalan · Badod | 196 | 65% | 1.2 km W |
| Lotiya Kishna · Badod | 1,024 | 47% | 1.4 km N |
| Barkheda Badod · Badod | 709 | 49% | 1.8 km NE |
| Bolkhedaghat · Jharda | 1,000 | 47% | 1.8 km SW |
| Lodha Khedi · Badod | 507 | 40% | 1.8 km SE |
| Guradiya Badod · Badod | 1,329 | 46% | 3.1 km NE |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sawani
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- Primary school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- BADOD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 9
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 113
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 119.4
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 43.65
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Sawani
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Sawani
- LGD code
- 472396
- Pincode
- 465550
- Post office
- Barode
- Population (Census 2011)
- 398
- Population (projected 2026)
- 469
- Households
- 90
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1095
- Literacy rate
- 58.3%
- Coordinates
- 23.76255°N, 75.73331°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dewas
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Agar
- Member of Parliament
- Mahendra Solanki
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Madhav Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SHYAMU BAUI
- Block / Mandal
- Badod
Getting there
How to reach Sawani
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal180 kmcapital
- Delhi559 km
- Mumbai599 km
- Hyderabad765 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationVikramgarh Alot20 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital Alot18 km
Same pincode
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Villages near Sawani
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- Harnawada
- Dabadiya
- Jhalara Badod
- Mahudiya Barod
- Amba Badod
- Bhadwasa
- Jaisinghpura
- Chipya
- Dhabla Sondhya
- Garbada
- Jamunya Badod
- Kulmadi
- Lala
- Dhabla Piplon
- Kankdel
- Maru Bardiya
- Guradiya Badod
- Giroli
- Sirpoi
- Asandhya
- Kadwala
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- Kheriya
- Khajuri Chopda
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)