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Ex-CM Uma Bharti renews call for total alcohol prohibition in Madhya Pradesh after Sagar hooch tragedy
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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
SG
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SMT GEETA LODHI
Contact: 62****0424
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- LGD code
- 460244
- Pincode
- 470335
- Post office
- Banda Belai
- Population
- 532
- Households
- 126
- Literacy rate
- 65.2%
- Sex ratio
- 928 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 238
- Distance to district centre
- 110 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 122 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 136 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 618 km
- Nearest railway station
- Gadarwara · 11 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Upadhyay Memorial Hospital · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Jawara compares
By population, Jawara ranks #106 of 179 villages in Banda mandal.
Literacy rate
%
65.2%
+8.2% vs mandal average
- Jawara
- 65.2%
- Banda mandal
- 57.0%
- Sagar district
- 65.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
928
+45 vs mandal average
- Jawara
- 928
- Banda mandal
- 883
Household size
people per home
4.2
Same as the mandal average
- Jawara
- 4.2
- Banda mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jawara at a glance
Jawara is a village of 532 people in 126 households (Census 2011) in Banda tehsil, Sagar district, Madhya Pradesh, the 106th-largest of 179 villages in Banda tehsil. Literacy is 65%, 8 points above the tehsil average of 57% and the sex ratio is 928 women per 1,000 men. It lies 110 km from the Sagar district centre, 8 km from Bankhedi, the nearest town, 11 km from Gadarwara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 470335, served by Banda Belai post office; the LGD village code is 460244. The nearest hospital or health centre is Upadhyay Memorial Hospital, 8 km away. The sarpanch is SMT GEETA LODHI, and the village votes in Khurai assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bhupendra Singh. The population is estimated at 627 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Jawara
- 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)
- 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
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BANDA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 11
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 11
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 11
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 453.05
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 113
- Forest area (ha)
- 185.45
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Jawara
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Jawara
- LGD code
- 460244
- Pincode
- 470335
- Post office
- Banda Belai
- Population (Census 2011)
- 532
- Population (projected 2026)
- 627
- Households
- 126
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 928
- Literacy rate
- 65.2%
- Coordinates
- 22.94271°N, 78.69753°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Sagar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Khurai
- Member of Parliament
- Lata Wankhede
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Bhupendra Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SMT GEETA LODHI
- Block / Mandal
- Banda
Getting there
How to reach Jawara
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal136 kmcapital
- Hyderabad618 km
- Delhi648 km
- Mumbai741 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGadarwara11 km
- Hospital / PHCUpadhyay Memorial Hospital8 km
- ATM / bankrk bank24 km
- CollegeGovt. ITI, Pipariya43 km
- Police stationPolice Station, Pipariya41 km
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- 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, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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