Chawand observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
By population, Chawand ranks #77 of 109 villages in Nagda mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chawand is a village of 686 people in 123 households (Census 2011) in Nagda tehsil, Ujjain district, Madhya Pradesh, the 77th-largest of 109 villages in Nagda tehsil. Literacy is 40%, 10 points below the tehsil average of 50% and the sex ratio is 1,042 women per 1,000 men. It lies 36 km from the Ujjain district centre, 2 km from Unhel railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 456337, served by Piploda Baghla post office; the LGD village code is 471237. The nearest hospital or health centre is Indubhai Parekh Memeorial Hospital, 16 km away. The sarpanch is rajubai ratan singh. The population is estimated at 809 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Chawand →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chawand · this village | 686 | 40% | — |
| Chambal Padlaya · Nagda | 1,670 | 53% | 2 km NW |
| Lekodiya Anjana · Nagda | 2,359 | 61% | 2 km SE |
| Rajota · Nagda | 597 | 50% | 2.1 km S |
| Kadiyali · Khacharod | 557 | 74% | 2.1 km SW |
| Sekdi Sultanpur · Khacharod | 854 | 36% | 2.3 km NW |
| Dehta · Badnagar | 703 | 55% | 2.8 km S |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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