Jharda observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
By population, Jharda ranks #3 of 168 villages in Malhargarh mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jharda is a village of 3,266 people in 788 households (Census 2011) in Malhargarh tehsil, Mandsaur district, Madhya Pradesh, the 3rd-largest of 168 villages in Malhargarh tehsil. Literacy is 63%, about the same as the tehsil average of 63% and the sex ratio is 977 women per 1,000 men. It lies 38 km from the Mandsaur district centre, 16 km from Malhargarh railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 458553, served by Narayangarh (Mandsaur) post office; the LGD village code is 469158. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, 9 km away. The sarpanch is Bhagatram Yadav, and the village votes in Malhargarh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Jagdish Devda. The population is estimated at 3,851 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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