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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
JD
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Jaju Desai
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- LGD code
- 475427
- Pincode
- 454221
- Post office
- Bagh
- Population
- 1,514
- Households
- 286
- Literacy rate
- 32.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1051 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 631
- Distance to district centre
- 170 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 174 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 41 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 560 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bakanian Bhaunri · 35 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Govt Hospital · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Magarda compares
By population, Magarda ranks #71 of 201 villages in Kukshi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
32.8%
−6.5% vs mandal average
Magarda32.8%
Kukshi mandal39.3%
Dhar district49.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,051
+50 vs mandal average
Magarda1,051
Kukshi mandal1,001
Household size
people per home
5.3
−0.2 vs mandal average
Magarda5.3
Kukshi mandal5.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Magarda at a glance
Magarda is a village of 1,514 people in 286 households (Census 2011) in Kukshi tehsil, Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh, the 71st-largest of 201 villages in Kukshi tehsil. Literacy is 33%, 7 points below the tehsil average of 39% and the sex ratio is 1,051 women per 1,000 men. It lies 170 km from the Dhar district centre, 19 km from Kurawar, the nearest town, 35 km from Bakanian Bhaunri railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 454221, served by Bagh post office; the LGD village code is 475427. The nearest hospital or health centre is Govt Hospital, 6 km away. The sarpanch is Jaju Desai. The population is estimated at 1,785 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Magarda
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 7
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle 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
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KUKSHI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 22
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 123
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 22
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 316.92
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 54.1
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Magarda
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Magarda
- LGD code
- 475427
- Pincode
- 454221
- Post office
- Bagh
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,514
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,785
- Households
- 286
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1051
- Literacy rate
- 32.8%
- Coordinates
- 23.57370°N, 77.19908°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Indore
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Debalpur
- Member of Parliament
- Shankar Lalwani
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Jaju Desai
- Block / Mandal
- Kukshi
Getting there
How to reach Magarda
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal41 kmcapital
- Delhi560 km
- Mumbai671 km
- Hyderabad701 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBakanian Bhaunri35 km
- Hospital / PHCGovt Hospital6 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India33 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum30 km
- CollegeNational Institute Of Fashion Technology33 km
- Police stationPHQ42 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)