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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Sohan Norke
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- LGD code
- 475489
- Pincode
- 454331
- Post office
- Kukshi
- Population
- 1,200
- Households
- 234
- Literacy rate
- 51.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1058 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 679
- Distance to district centre
- 8 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 4 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 185 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 508 km
- Nearest railway station
- Balauda Takun · 11 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Divine Nursing Home · 16 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Talwada compares
By population, Talwada ranks #105 of 201 villages in Kukshi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
51.8%
+12.5% vs mandal average
- Talwada
- 51.8%
- Kukshi mandal
- 39.3%
- Dhar district
- 49.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,058
+57 vs mandal average
- Talwada
- 1,058
- Kukshi mandal
- 1,001
Household size
people per home
5.1
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Talwada
- 5.1
- Kukshi mandal
- 5.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Talwada at a glance
Talwada is a village of 1,200 people in 234 households (Census 2011) in Kukshi tehsil, Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh, the 105th-largest of 201 villages in Kukshi tehsil. Literacy is 52%, 13 points above the tehsil average of 39% and the sex ratio is 1,058 women per 1,000 men. It lies 8 km from the Dhar district centre, 34 km from Kodriya, the nearest town, 11 km from Balauda Takun railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 454331, served by Kukshi post office; the LGD village code is 475489. The nearest hospital or health centre is Divine Nursing Home, 16 km away. The sarpanch is Sohan Norke. The population is estimated at 1,415 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Talwada
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 7
- Power hours (winter)
- 9
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- 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)
- 15
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 125
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 492.27
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 166.75
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Talwada
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Talwada
- LGD code
- 475489
- Pincode
- 454331
- Post office
- Kukshi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,200
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,415
- Households
- 234
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1058
- Literacy rate
- 51.8%
- Coordinates
- 22.82801°N, 75.66338°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Indore
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Debalpur
- Member of Parliament
- Shankar Lalwani
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Sohan Norke
- Block / Mandal
- Kukshi
Getting there
How to reach Talwada
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal185 kmcapital
- Mumbai508 km
- Delhi662 km
- Hyderabad673 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBalauda Takun11 km
- Bus stopPrerana Sadan Bus Stop19 km
- Hospital / PHCDivine Nursing Home16 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India16 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil Petrol Pump7 km
- CollegeSAIMS Nursing College19 km
- Police stationchhatri bagh police station23 km
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Other villages in Kukshi mandal
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-17
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)