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One vote, four years: Madhya Pradesh High Court orders recount in sarpanch polls
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Paratwada is a village in Karahal mandal, Sheopur district, Madhya Pradesh, with a population of 580 in 110 households. It has a literacy rate of 48.1%, among the higher rates in the area.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Jasiya Aadivasi
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- LGD code
- 451877
- Pincode
- 476355
- Post office
- Karhal (Sheopur)
- Population
- 580
- Households
- 110
- Literacy rate
- 48.1%
- Sex ratio
- 986 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 253
- Distance to district centre
- 17 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 29 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 263 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 335 km
- Nearest railway station
- Sheopur Kalan · 39 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital Pohari · 32 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Paratwada compares
By population, Paratwada ranks #66 of 117 villages in Karahal mandal.
Literacy rate
%
48.1%
+9.7% vs mandal average
- Paratwada
- 48.1%
- Karahal mandal
- 38.4%
- Sheopur district
- 47.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
986
+61 vs mandal average
- Paratwada
- 986
- Karahal mandal
- 925
Household size
people per home
5.3
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Paratwada
- 5.3
- Karahal mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Paratwada at a glance
Paratwada is a village of 580 people in 110 households (Census 2011) in Karahal tehsil, Sheopur district, Madhya Pradesh, the 66th-largest of 117 villages in Karahal tehsil. Literacy is 48%, 10 points above the tehsil average of 38% and the sex ratio is 986 women per 1,000 men. It lies 17 km from the Sheopur district centre, 13 km from Karahal, the nearest town, 39 km from Sheopur Kalan railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 476355, served by Karhal (Sheopur) post office; the LGD village code is 451877. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital Pohari, 32 km away. The sarpanch is Jasiya Aadivasi, and the village votes in Vijaypur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ramniwas Rawat. The population is estimated at 684 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Paratwada
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 10
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SHEOPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 58
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 58
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 14
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 861
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 48
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Paratwada
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Paratwada
- LGD code
- 451877
- Pincode
- 476355
- Post office
- Karhal (Sheopur)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 580
- Population (projected 2026)
- 684
- Households
- 110
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 986
- Literacy rate
- 48.1%
- Coordinates
- 25.60583°N, 77.08407°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Morena
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Vijaypur
- Member of Parliament
- Shivmangal Singh Tomar
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ramniwas Rawat
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Jasiya Aadivasi
- Block / Mandal
- Karahal
Getting there
How to reach Paratwada
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal263 kmcapital
- Delhi335 km
- Mumbai845 km
- Hyderabad926 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSheopur Kalan39 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital Pohari32 km
- Collegegyandeep college40 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, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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