By population, Pura ranks #47 of 107 villages in Satwas mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pura is a village of 1,013 people in 227 households (Census 2011) in Satwas tehsil, Dewas district, Madhya Pradesh, the 47th-largest of 107 villages in Satwas tehsil. Literacy is 55%, 8 points above the tehsil average of 46% and the sex ratio is 933 women per 1,000 men. It lies 9 km from the Dewas district centre, 38 km from Bercha railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 455440, served by Kantaphod post office; the LGD village code is 473818. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government hospital Jawar, 5 km away. The sarpanch is Anand Jonval, and the village votes in Khategaon assembly constituency, represented by MLA Aashish Govind Sharma. The population is estimated at 1,194 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pura · this village | 1,013 | 55% | — |
| Pura · Gandhwani | 1,270 | 20% | 0 km N |
| Kheda · Gandhwani | 690 | 26% | 0 km N |
| Kheda · Pithampur | — | — | 0.5 km W |
| Ismail Khedi · Jawar | 521 | 55% | 1.3 km E |
| Semlibari · Jawar | 1,034 | 57% | 1.8 km NW |
| Jhikdi Jawar · Jawar | 805 | 52% | 1.9 km SW |
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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