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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
suresh richhu
Contact: 79****6564
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- LGD code
- 477534
- Pincode
- 451440
- Post office
- Un (West Nimar)
- Population
- 392
- Households
- 78
- Literacy rate
- 47.7%
- Sex ratio
- 990 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 233
- Distance to district centre
- 85 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 101 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 216 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 481 km
- Nearest railway station
- Tihi · 37 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Goverment hospital · 13 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Gawala compares
By population, Gawala ranks #58 of 86 villages in Khargone mandal.
Literacy rate
%
47.7%
−12.3% vs mandal average
Gawala47.7%
Khargone mandal60.0%
Khargone (West Nimar) district52.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
990
+39 vs mandal average
Gawala990
Khargone mandal951
Household size
people per home
5.0
+0.1 vs mandal average
Gawala5.0
Khargone mandal4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gawala at a glance
Gawala is a village of 392 people in 78 households (Census 2011) in Khargone tehsil, Khargone (West Nimar) district, Madhya Pradesh, the 58th-largest of 86 villages in Khargone tehsil. Literacy is 48%, 12 points below the tehsil average of 60% and the sex ratio is 990 women per 1,000 men. It lies 85 km from the Khargone (West Nimar) district centre, 44 km from Kodriya, the nearest town, 37 km from Tihi railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 451440, served by Un (West Nimar) post office; the LGD village code is 477534. The nearest hospital or health centre is Goverment hospital, 13 km away. The sarpanch is suresh richhu, and the village votes in Mandhata assembly constituency, represented by MLA Narayan Patel. The population is estimated at 462 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Gawala
- 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)
- 7
- 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
- KHARGONE
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 18
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 18
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 18
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 994.07
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 90.95
- Forest area (ha)
- 31.57
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Gawala
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Gawala
- LGD code
- 477534
- Pincode
- 451440
- Post office
- Un (West Nimar)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 392
- Population (projected 2026)
- 462
- Households
- 78
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 990
- Literacy rate
- 47.7%
- Coordinates
- 22.71415°N, 75.38642°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Khandwa
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mandhata
- Member of Parliament
- Gyaneswar Patil
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Narayan Patel
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- suresh richhu
- Block / Mandal
- Khargone
Getting there
How to reach Gawala
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal216 kmcapital
- Mumbai481 km
- Hyderabad675 km
- Delhi681 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationTihi37 km
- Hospital / PHCGoverment hospital13 km
- ATM / bankHDFC Bank15 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil Petrol Pump16 km
- CollegeIndian Institute of management Indore43 km
- Police stationannapurna police stand47 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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