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Gaula

गौला
Handiya mandal
Pincode 461331
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Gaula observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.

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Temples near Gaula

  • Riddhanath temple, Handia · 4.2 km
  • Unfinished Sun Temple · 4.4 km
  • Sidheshwara Temple · 4.4 km

Named places of worship on record

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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot

Quick panchayat-at-a-glance

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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Smt.Ansuiya bai
Contact: 98****9163
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LGD code
486843
Pincode
461331
Post office
Harda
Population
442
Households
88
Literacy rate
48.9%
Sex ratio
905 ♀/1000♂
Workers
152
Distance to district centre
20 km
Distance to mandal centre
2 km
Distance to Bhopal
99 km
Distance to Mumbai
567 km
Nearest railway station
Palasner · 24 km
Nearest hospital / PHC
Govt Hospital, Nemawar · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context

How Gaula compares

By population, Gaula ranks #60 of 110 villages in Handiya mandal.

Literacy rate
%
48.9%
−4.9% vs mandal average
Gaula
48.9%
Handiya mandal
53.8%
Harda district
61.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
905
−11 vs mandal average
Gaula
905
Handiya mandal
916
Household size
people per home
5.0
Same as the mandal average
Gaula
5.0
Handiya mandal
5.0

Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).

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Gaula at a glance

Gaula is a village of 442 people in 88 households (Census 2011) in Handiya tehsil, Harda district, Madhya Pradesh, the 60th-largest of 110 villages in Handiya tehsil. Literacy is 49%, 5 points below the tehsil average of 54% and the sex ratio is 905 women per 1,000 men. It lies 20 km from the Harda district centre, 24 km from Palasner railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 461331, served by Harda post office; the LGD village code is 486843. The nearest hospital or health centre is Govt Hospital, Nemawar, 5 km away. The sarpanch is Smt.Ansuiya bai, and the village votes in Khategaon assembly constituency, represented by MLA Aashish Govind Sharma. The population is estimated at 521 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.

Gram panchayat: Mangrul

Nearby villages compared

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villagePopulationLiteracyDistance
Gaula · this village44249%
Nandara · Handiya1,26958%1.1 km NW
Bajawada · Khategaon1,09459%1.1 km NW
Mangrul · Handiya1,61865%2.4 km S
Nawada · Khategaon70755%2.4 km NE
Malpon · Handiya58641%2.4 km E
Mandleshwar · Khategaon50144%2.9 km W

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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Gaula

Treated tap water
No
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)
8
Power hours (winter)
10
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
HARDA
Distance to nearest town (km)
26
Distance to district HQ (km)
26
Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
6
All-weather road
No
Total area (ha)
373.13
Irrigated area (ha)
102.25
Forest area (ha)
122.62

Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.

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Key facts — Gaula

LGD code
486843
Pincode
461331
Post office
Harda
Population (Census 2011)
442
Population (projected 2026)
521
Households
88
Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
905
Literacy rate
48.9%
Coordinates
22.48759°N, 76.93544°E
Lok Sabha constituency
Vidisha
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Khategaon
Member of Parliament
Shivraj Singh Chauhan
Member of Legislative Assembly
Aashish Govind Sharma
Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
Smt.Ansuiya bai
Block / Mandal
Handiya
Getting there

How to reach Gaula

Mandal centre
Handiya · ≈ 2.0 km
≈ 4 min by car · 5 min by bike
Directions
District centre
Harda · ≈ 20 km
≈ 41 min by car · 49 min by bike
Directions
Distance to cities · straight line
  • Bhopal99 kmcapital
  • Mumbai567 km
  • Hyderabad590 km
  • Delhi682 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
  • Railway stationPalasner24 km
  • Bus stopSAI MANDIR BUS STOP21 km
  • Hospital / PHCGovt Hospital, Nemawar5 km
  • ATM / bankHarda27 km
  • CollegeRai Sahab Bhanwar Singh College43 km
  • Police stationPolice Thana Seoni Malwa56 km
Places of worship · within 5 km

Temples & shrines near Gaula

4 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.

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Sources & freshness
  • 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, 2026-09-11
  • Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
  • Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
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