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Chougan

Gadarwara mandal
Pincode 487771
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Dussehra (Vijayadashami)दशहरा

Chougan observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.

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Dussehra (Vijayadashami) in Madhya Pradesh

Ramlila through the nine nights and the burning of Ravana, Meghnad and Kumbhakarna effigies on Dussehra evening. Kullu Dussehra in Himachal begins on Vijayadashami and runs a week, with village deities carried to Dhalpur maidan.

The regional form observed across North India. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.

Represented by
Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
LS
Hoshangabad
PC 17
→VS
Udaipura
AC 140
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Village snapshot

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AK
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
abhishek kourav
Contact: 93****4594
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LGD code
491038
Pincode
487771
Population
13
Households
4
Literacy rate
84.6%
Sex ratio
444 ♀/1000♂
Workers
8
Census 2011 · in context

How Chougan compares

By population, Chougan ranks #263 of 270 villages in Gadarwara mandal.

Literacy rate
%
84.6%
+22.9% vs mandal average
Chougan84.6%
Gadarwara mandal61.7%
Narsimhapur district65.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
444
−475 vs mandal average
Chougan444
Gadarwara mandal919
Household size
people per home
3.3
−1.2 vs mandal average
Chougan3.3
Gadarwara mandal4.5

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

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Chougan at a glance

Chougan is a village of 13 people in 4 households (Census 2011) in Gadarwara tehsil, Narsimhapur district, Madhya Pradesh, the 263rd-largest of 270 villages in Gadarwara tehsil. Literacy is 85%, 23 points above the tehsil average of 62% and the sex ratio is 444 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 487771; the LGD village code is 491038. The sarpanch is abhishek kourav, and the village votes in Udaipura assembly constituency, represented by MLA Narendra Shivaji Patel. The population is estimated at 15 in 2026, up 15% since the 2011 Census.

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Chougan · this village1385%—
Bheropur · Gadarwara66544%—
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Papra · Gadarwara49557%—

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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chougan

Treated tap water
No
Untreated tap water
No
Well water
No
Hand pump
Yes
Tube well / borewell
No
Electricity for homes
No
Electricity for farms
No
Power hours (summer)
0
Power hours (winter)
0
Primary school
0
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
No
ASHA worker
No
Fair-price shop
No
Mandi / regular market
No
Weekly haat
No
Nearest statutory town
GADARWARA
Distance to nearest town (km)
20
Distance to district HQ (km)
70
Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
35
All-weather road
No
Total area (ha)
289.45
Irrigated area (ha)
40
Forest area (ha)
2.82

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

Notice board · Chougan

No notices this week

Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.

Key facts — Chougan

LGD code
491038
Pincode
487771
Population (Census 2011)
13
Population (projected 2026)
15
Households
4
Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
444
Literacy rate
84.6%
Lok Sabha constituency
Hoshangabad
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Udaipura
Member of Parliament
Darshan Singh Choudhary
Member of Legislative Assembly
Narendra Shivaji Patel
Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
abhishek kourav
Block / Mandal
Gadarwara
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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
  • Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
  • Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
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