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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
AMRI BAI RANGJI
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- LGD code
- 470619
- Pincode
- 457001
- Post office
- Ratlam City
- Population
- 237
- Households
- 56
- Literacy rate
- 29.1%
- Sex ratio
- 896 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 149
Census 2011 · in context
How Gwalgarh compares
By population, Gwalgarh ranks #163 of 241 villages in Sailana mandal.
Literacy rate
%
29.1%
−6.6% vs mandal average
- Gwalgarh
- 29.1%
- Sailana mandal
- 35.7%
- Ratlam district
- 56.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
896
−96 vs mandal average
- Gwalgarh
- 896
- Sailana mandal
- 992
Household size
people per home
4.2
−0.6 vs mandal average
- Gwalgarh
- 4.2
- Sailana mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gwalgarh at a glance
Gwalgarh is a village of 237 people in 56 households (Census 2011) in Sailana tehsil, Ratlam district, Madhya Pradesh, the 163rd-largest of 241 villages in Sailana tehsil. Literacy is 29%, 7 points below the tehsil average of 36% and the sex ratio is 896 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 457001, served by Ratlam City post office; the LGD village code is 470619. The sarpanch is AMRI BAI RANGJI. The population is estimated at 279 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gwalgarh · this village | 237 | 29% | — |
| Bawadi · Sailana | 873 | 27% | — |
| Bhedali · Sailana | 837 | 26% | — |
| Nal · Sailana | 823 | 25% | — |
| Chhamhuda · Sailana | 176 | 19% | — |
| Mannaji Ka Tapra · Sailana | 34 | 77% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Gwalgarh
- 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)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- 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
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SAILANA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 20
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 87.59
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 13.22
- Forest area (ha)
- 45.08
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Gwalgarh
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Gwalgarh
- LGD code
- 470619
- Pincode
- 457001
- Post office
- Ratlam City
- Population (Census 2011)
- 237
- Population (projected 2026)
- 279
- Households
- 56
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 896
- Literacy rate
- 29.1%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Ratlam
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Ratlam Rural
- Member of Parliament
- Anita Nagar Singh Chouhan
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- AMRI BAI RANGJI
- Block / Mandal
- Sailana
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 457001
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Gwalgarh
Other villages in Sailana mandal
View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-21
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)