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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
SB
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SALO BAI
Contact: 76****4839
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- LGD code
- 451863
- Pincode
- 476355
- Post office
- Karhal (Sheopur)
- Population
- 3,270
- Households
- 678
- Literacy rate
- 46.1%
- Sex ratio
- 953 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,153
- Distance to district centre
- 24 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 35 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 259 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 347 km
- Nearest railway station
- Sheopur Kalan · 18 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Goverment hospital,Baroda · 12 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Awada compares
By population, Awada ranks #4 of 117 villages in Karahal mandal.
Literacy rate
%
46.1%
+7.7% vs mandal average
- Awada
- 46.1%
- Karahal mandal
- 38.4%
- Sheopur district
- 47.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
953
+28 vs mandal average
- Awada
- 953
- Karahal mandal
- 925
Household size
people per home
4.8
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Awada
- 4.8
- Karahal mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Awada at a glance
Awada is a village of 3,270 people in 678 households (Census 2011) in Karahal tehsil, Sheopur district, Madhya Pradesh, the 4th-largest of 117 villages in Karahal tehsil. Literacy is 46%, 8 points above the tehsil average of 38% and the sex ratio is 953 women per 1,000 men. It lies 24 km from the Sheopur district centre, 28 km from Karahal, the nearest town, 18 km from Sheopur Kalan railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 476355, served by Karhal (Sheopur) post office; the LGD village code is 451863. The nearest hospital or health centre is Goverment hospital,Baroda, 12 km away. The sarpanch is SALO BAI, and the village votes in Vijaypur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ramniwas Rawat. The population is estimated at 3,855 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Awada
- 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)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- Primary school
- 3
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SHEOPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 28
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 28
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 42
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 4,905.43
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 610
- Forest area (ha)
- 1,877
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Awada
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Awada
- LGD code
- 451863
- Pincode
- 476355
- Post office
- Karhal (Sheopur)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,270
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,855
- Households
- 678
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 953
- Literacy rate
- 46.1%
- Coordinates
- 25.51994°N, 76.77649°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Morena
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Vijaypur
- Member of Parliament
- Shivmangal Singh Tomar
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ramniwas Rawat
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SALO BAI
- Block / Mandal
- Karahal
Getting there
How to reach Awada
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal259 kmcapital
- Delhi347 km
- Mumbai821 km
- Hyderabad922 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSheopur Kalan18 km
- Bus stopbus stop19 km
- Hospital / PHCGoverment hospital,Baroda12 km
- Collegegyandeep college19 km
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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, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)