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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
RP
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Radhashyam Patidar
Contact: 99****2895
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- LGD code
- 474424
- Pincode
- 454660
- Post office
- Badnawar
- Population
- 498
- Households
- 103
- Literacy rate
- 73.9%
- Sex ratio
- 901 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 304
- Distance to district centre
- 67 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 43 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 238 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 494 km
- Nearest railway station
- Pritam Nagar · 25 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Govt. Hospital · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Mungela compares
By population, Mungela ranks #119 of 172 villages in Badnawar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
73.9%
+19.7% vs mandal average
- Mungela
- 73.9%
- Badnawar mandal
- 54.2%
- Dhar district
- 49.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
901
−76 vs mandal average
- Mungela
- 901
- Badnawar mandal
- 977
Household size
people per home
4.8
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Mungela
- 4.8
- Badnawar mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Mungela at a glance
Mungela is a village of 498 people in 103 households (Census 2011) in Badnawar tehsil, Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh, the 119th-largest of 172 villages in Badnawar tehsil. Literacy is 74%, 20 points above the tehsil average of 54% and the sex ratio is 901 women per 1,000 men. It lies 67 km from the Dhar district centre, 25 km from Pritam Nagar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 454660, served by Badnawar post office; the LGD village code is 474424. The nearest hospital or health centre is Govt. Hospital, 6 km away. The sarpanch is Radhashyam Patidar. The population is estimated at 587 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Mungela →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mungela · this village | 498 | 74% | — |
| Umrela · Sardarpur | 484 | 38% | 2.2 km S |
| Chhayan · Sardarpur | 805 | 44% | 3.4 km E |
| Jhinjhota · Sardarpur | 654 | 59% | 3.7 km SW |
| Bakhatpura · Biaora | — | — | 5.4 km NW |
| Bakhatpura · Badnawar | 1,399 | 63% | 5.4 km NW |
| Bakhatpura · Petlawad | 667 | 34% | 5.4 km NW |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Mungela
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- 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
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BADNAWAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 21
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 72
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 21
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 617.92
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 221.61
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Mungela
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Mungela
- LGD code
- 474424
- Pincode
- 454660
- Post office
- Badnawar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 498
- Population (projected 2026)
- 587
- Households
- 103
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 901
- Literacy rate
- 73.9%
- Coordinates
- 22.99981°N, 75.10382°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Indore
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Debalpur
- Member of Parliament
- Shankar Lalwani
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Radhashyam Patidar
- Block / Mandal
- Badnawar
Getting there
How to reach Mungela
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal238 kmcapital
- Mumbai494 km
- Delhi659 km
- Hyderabad717 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationPritam Nagar25 km
- Hospital / PHCGovt. Hospital6 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 454660
Villages near Mungela
Other villages in Badnawar mandal
View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-16
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)