By population, Bidwal ranks #3 of 172 villages in Badnawar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bidwal is a village of 6,777 people in 1,450 households (Census 2011) in Badnawar tehsil, Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh, the 3rd-largest of 172 villages in Badnawar tehsil. Literacy is 61%, 7 points above the tehsil average of 54% and the sex ratio is 952 women per 1,000 men. It lies 56 km from the Dhar district centre, 31 km from Barnagar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 454001, served by Dhar Collectorate post office; the LGD village code is 474470. The nearest hospital or health centre is Chirayu Hospital, 7 km away. The sarpanch is Aashish Wankhede. The population is estimated at 7,990 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bidwal →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bidwal · this village | 6,777 | 61% | — |
| Osar · Badnawar | 427 | 66% | 2.4 km E |
| Sahabnagar · Badnawar | — | — | 4 km S |
| Sergarh · Badnawar | 1,729 | 52% | 4.1 km W |
| Kod · Badnawar | 7,333 | 67% | 4.8 km N |
| Dattigara · Badnawar | 1,072 | 58% | 4.7 km SE |
| Chunyagadi · Sardarpur | 899 | 34% | 6 km W |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
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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