Lead story
15
September 2026
newsSTATE
Madhya Pradesh Cabinet approves Rs 42,490 crore for infrastructure and welfare schemes
Reported by The News Mill.
By Resident0 likes0 comments
Represented by
Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
KM
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
KIRAN MALVIYA
Contact: 84****4879
Spotted a stale sarpanch record? Sign in and a verified resident of Metwara can update it.
- LGD code
- 483095
- Pincode
- 466221
- Post office
- Jawar (Sehore)
- Population
- 7,800
- Households
- 1,547
- Literacy rate
- 61.5%
- Sex ratio
- 782 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 3,917
- Distance to district centre
- 63 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 14 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 99 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 574 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bercha · 37 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government hospital Jawar · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Metwara compares
By population, Metwara ranks #1 of 99 villages in Jawar mandal — the largest.
Literacy rate
%
61.5%
+5.9% vs mandal average
- Metwara
- 61.5%
- Jawar mandal
- 55.6%
- Sehore district
- 59.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
782
−147 vs mandal average
- Metwara
- 782
- Jawar mandal
- 929
Household size
people per home
5.0
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Metwara
- 5.0
- Jawar mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Metwara at a glance
Metwara is a village of 7,800 people in 1,547 households (Census 2011) in Jawar tehsil, Sehore district, Madhya Pradesh, the largest of 99 villages in Jawar tehsil. Literacy is 62%, 6 points above the tehsil average of 56% and the sex ratio is 782 women per 1,000 men. It lies 63 km from the Sehore district centre, 37 km from Bercha railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 466221, served by Jawar (Sehore) post office; the LGD village code is 483095. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government hospital Jawar, 3 km away. The sarpanch is KIRAN MALVIYA, and the village votes in Ashta assembly constituency, represented by MLA Gopal Singh Engineer. The population is estimated at 9,196 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Metwara →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metwara · this village | 7,800 | 62% | — |
| Bhati Kheda · Jawar | 421 | 52% | 1.6 km NE |
| Ismail Khedi · Jawar | 521 | 55% | 1.9 km S |
| Pura · Gandhwani | 1,270 | 20% | 2.2 km SW |
| Pura · Satwas | 1,013 | 55% | 2.2 km SW |
| Kheda · Gandhwani | 690 | 26% | 2.2 km SW |
| Kheda · Pithampur | — | — | 2.6 km SW |
Complete this village · 4/7
Add what you know →- Sarpanch name
- Panchayat contact
- Pincode
- About the villageA few sentences on history and livelihood
- A photoTemple, school, fields — anything from the village
- A festival or jatara
- A notable personTeacher, soldier, sportsperson, entrepreneur
Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Metwara
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 14
- Power hours (winter)
- 14
- Primary school
- 4
- Middle school
- 2
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- JAWAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 6
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 71
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 6
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 1,206.18
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 451.33
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Metwara
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Metwara
- LGD code
- 483095
- Pincode
- 466221
- Post office
- Jawar (Sehore)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 7,800
- Population (projected 2026)
- 9,196
- Households
- 1,547
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 782
- Literacy rate
- 61.5%
- Coordinates
- 22.98215°N, 76.49053°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dewas
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Ashta
- Member of Parliament
- Mahendra Solanki
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Gopal Singh Engineer
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- KIRAN MALVIYA
- Block / Mandal
- Jawar
Getting there
How to reach Metwara
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal99 kmcapital
- Mumbai574 km
- Delhi630 km
- Hyderabad656 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBercha37 km
- Bus stoppurana bus station24 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment hospital Jawar3 km
- Petrol pumpmukati petrol pump24 km
- CollegeVellore Institute of Technology - VIT Bhopal38 km
- Police stationSikandar bazaar police station24 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 466221
Villages near Metwara
Other villages in Jawar mandal
View all 60+ →- Siddiqueganj
- Kajlas
- Guradiya Varma
- Murawar
- Kurawar
- Phudra
- Jhilela
- Shyampura Magarda
- Karman Khedi
- Moondla Mohaba
- Gwali
- Dodi
- Khajuriya Jawar
- Arniya Gaji
- Gwala
- Tigariya
- Darkheda
- Amla Majju
- Bamuliya Raimal
- Barchhapura
- Harniyagaon
- Bilpan
- Bhavri Kalan (Bhauri Kalan)
- Samriboda
- Dhurada Kalan
- Umardad
- Sheku Kheda
- Lakhiya
- Harnawada
- Badariya Hat
- Kundiya Nathu
- Kalyanpura
- Hakimpur
- Dhinga Khedi
- Kundiya Dhaga
- Bisu Khedi
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-16
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)