By population, Bagan ranks #24 of 34 villages in Orchha mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bagan is a village of 615 people in 118 households (Census 2011) in Orchha tehsil, Niwari district, Madhya Pradesh, the 24th-largest of 34 villages in Orchha tehsil. Literacy is 44%, 9 points below the tehsil average of 52% and the sex ratio is 984 women per 1,000 men. It lies 19 km from the Niwari district centre, 19 km from Rajapur, the nearest town, 9 km from Orchha railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 472246, served by Orchha post office; the LGD village code is 456528. The nearest hospital or health centre is Bhel Hospital, 7 km away. The sarpanch is Posta ghoss. The population is estimated at 725 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bagan · this village | 615 | 44% | — |
| Gujarra Khurd · Orchha | 1,044 | 66% | 4.2 km N |
| Majra Bangaya · Orchha | 514 | 57% | 3.9 km W |
| Mador West · Orchha | 722 | 54% | 4.3 km SW |
| Orchha · Orchha | — | — | 4.8 km E |
| Mador East · Orchha | 2,368 | 43% | 5.5 km SW |
| Kumharra Khas · Orchha | 1,503 | 69% | 7.7 km N |
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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