Kirwaya observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
By population, Kirwaya ranks #8 of 183 villages in Basoda mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kirwaya is a village of 1,976 people in 418 households (Census 2011) in Basoda tehsil, Vidisha district, Madhya Pradesh, the 8th-largest of 183 villages in Basoda tehsil. Literacy is 61%, 2 points above the tehsil average of 58% and the sex ratio is 884 women per 1,000 men. It lies 16 km from the Vidisha district centre, 50 km from Jakhalon, the nearest town, 7 km from Bareth railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 464221, served by Ganjbasoda post office; the LGD village code is 481178. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sudha Hospital, 11 km away. The sarpanch is Smt Priyanka Gurjar, and the village votes in Basoda assembly constituency, represented by MLA Hari Singh Raghuwanshi (Badda). The population is estimated at 2,330 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kirwaya →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kirwaya · this village | 1,976 | 61% | — |
| Mutarra · Basoda | 523 | 56% | 2 km SE |
| Kakarua Modan · Basoda | 368 | 59% | 2.5 km NE |
| Raj Kheda · Basoda | 108 | 49% | 3.1 km E |
| Banwasa · Basoda | 591 | 59% | 3.4 km E |
| Pipariya Jajon · Basoda | 619 | 67% | 3.9 km NW |
| Khiriya · Basoda | 217 | 46% | 3.7 km E |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
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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