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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Manju Irbhan Kirade
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- LGD code
- 475229
- Pincode
- 454446
- Post office
- Manawar
- Population
- 498
- Households
- 85
- Literacy rate
- 32.5%
- Sex ratio
- 1041 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 253
- Distance to district centre
- 140 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 147 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 317 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 413 km
- Nearest railway station
- Khandala · 16 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Alshifa Hospital · 11 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Jharan compares
By population, Jharan ranks #104 of 150 villages in Gandhwani mandal.
Literacy rate
%
32.5%
−2.3% vs mandal average
- Jharan
- 32.5%
- Gandhwani mandal
- 34.8%
- Dhar district
- 49.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,041
+32 vs mandal average
- Jharan
- 1,041
- Gandhwani mandal
- 1,009
Household size
people per home
5.9
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Jharan
- 5.9
- Gandhwani mandal
- 5.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jharan at a glance
Jharan is a village of 498 people in 85 households (Census 2011) in Gandhwani tehsil, Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh, the 104th-largest of 150 villages in Gandhwani tehsil. Literacy is 33%, 2 points below the tehsil average of 35% and the sex ratio is 1,041 women per 1,000 men. It lies 140 km from the Dhar district centre, 24 km from Garbada, the nearest town, 16 km from Khandala railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 454446, served by Manawar post office; the LGD village code is 475229. The nearest hospital or health centre is Alshifa Hospital, 11 km away. The sarpanch is Manju Irbhan Kirade , and the village votes in Sanwer assembly constituency, represented by MLA Tulsiram Silawat. The population is estimated at 587 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jharan · this village | 498 | 33% | — |
| Kilana · Chandra Shekhar Azad Nagar | 1,798 | 15% | 3.3 km NE |
| Temachi · Jobat | 1,574 | 25% | 3.4 km SW |
| Jawas · Jobat | 410 | 16% | 4 km E |
| Kaluwat · Jobat | 1,208 | 19% | 4.5 km W |
| Mayawat · Chandra Shekhar Azad Nagar | 2,235 | 22% | 4.6 km W |
| Jawaniya · Chandra Shekhar Azad Nagar | 1,179 | 12% | 5 km NE |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Jharan
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- 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
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- DHAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 50
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 50
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 26
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 331.32
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 36.7
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Jharan
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Jharan
- LGD code
- 475229
- Pincode
- 454446
- Post office
- Manawar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 498
- Population (projected 2026)
- 587
- Households
- 85
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1041
- Literacy rate
- 32.5%
- Coordinates
- 22.49163°N, 74.42824°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Indore
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sanwer
- Member of Parliament
- Shankar Lalwani
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Tulsiram Silawat
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Manju Irbhan Kirade
- Block / Mandal
- Gandhwani
Getting there
How to reach Jharan
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal317 kmcapital
- Mumbai413 km
- Hyderabad709 km
- Delhi736 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKhandala16 km
- Hospital / PHCAlshifa Hospital11 km
- ATM / bankpolice station ranapur20 km
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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, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)