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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
kamta prasad mehra
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- LGD code
- 490892
- Pincode
- 487771
- Population
- 706
- Households
- 151
- Literacy rate
- 62.5%
- Sex ratio
- 983 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 352
- Distance to district centre
- 281 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 286 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 301 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 353 km
- Nearest railway station
- Chirgaon · 22 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- tarachandra clinic nagar palika complex · 20 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Dursara compares
By population, Dursara ranks #128 of 270 villages in Gadarwara mandal.
Literacy rate
%
62.5%
+0.8% vs mandal average
- Dursara
- 62.5%
- Gadarwara mandal
- 61.7%
- Narsimhapur district
- 65.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
983
+64 vs mandal average
- Dursara
- 983
- Gadarwara mandal
- 919
Household size
people per home
4.7
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Dursara
- 4.7
- Gadarwara mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dursara at a glance
Dursara is a village of 706 people in 151 households (Census 2011) in Gadarwara tehsil, Narsimhapur district, Madhya Pradesh, the 128th-largest of 270 villages in Gadarwara tehsil. Literacy is 63%, about the same as the tehsil average of 62% and the sex ratio is 983 women per 1,000 men. It lies 281 km from the Narsimhapur district centre, 27 km from Bariya, the nearest town, 22 km from Chirgaon railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 487771; the LGD village code is 490892. The nearest hospital or health centre is tarachandra clinic nagar palika complex, 20 km away. The sarpanch is kamta prasad mehra, and the village votes in Udaipura assembly constituency, represented by MLA Narendra Shivaji Patel. The population is estimated at 832 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dursara
- 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)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- GADARWARA
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 247
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 180
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dursara
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Dursara
- LGD code
- 490892
- Pincode
- 487771
- Population (Census 2011)
- 706
- Population (projected 2026)
- 832
- Households
- 151
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 983
- Literacy rate
- 62.5%
- Coordinates
- 25.71654°N, 78.65606°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Hoshangabad
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Udaipura
- Member of Parliament
- Darshan Singh Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Narendra Shivaji Patel
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- kamta prasad mehra
- Block / Mandal
- Gadarwara
Getting there
How to reach Dursara
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal301 kmcapital
- Delhi353 km
- Hyderabad927 km
- Mumbai947 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationChirgaon22 km
- Bus stopRaigarh Chauraha20 km
- Hospital / PHCtarachandra clinic nagar palika complex20 km
- ATM / bankSBI KUMS Chirgaon22 km
- Petrol pumpBharat petrolium21 km
- CollegeExcel IT College21 km
- Police stationDatia Police Lines21 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
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