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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Sonuram
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- LGD code
- 450057
- Pincode
- 494661
- Post office
- Narayanpur (Narayanpur)
- Population
- 568
- Households
- 117
- Literacy rate
- 21.5%
- Sex ratio
- 753 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 317
Census 2011 · in context
How Handawada compares
By population, Handawada ranks #5 of 81 villages in Orchha mandal.
Literacy rate
%
21.5%
−5.1% vs mandal average
- Handawada
- 21.5%
- Orchha mandal
- 26.6%
- Narayanpur district
- 40.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
753
−279 vs mandal average
- Handawada
- 753
- Orchha mandal
- 1,032
Household size
people per home
4.9
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Handawada
- 4.9
- Orchha mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Handawada at a glance
Handawada is a village of 568 people in 117 households (Census 2011) in Orchha tehsil, Narayanpur district, Chhattisgarh, the 5th-largest of 81 villages in Orchha tehsil. Literacy is 22%, 5 points below the tehsil average of 27% and the sex ratio is 753 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 494661, served by Narayanpur (Narayanpur) post office; the LGD village code is 450057. The sarpanch is Sonuram . The population is estimated at 670 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Handawada
- LGD code
- 450057
- Pincode
- 494661
- Post office
- Narayanpur (Narayanpur)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 568
- Population (projected 2026)
- 670
- Households
- 117
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 753
- Literacy rate
- 21.5%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bastar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Narayanpur
- Member of Parliament
- Mahesh Kashyap
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Sonuram
- Block / Mandal
- Orchha
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 494661
- ChhotedongarChhotedongar mandal3,817 pop
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- BenoorNarayanpur mandal2,134 pop
- GarhbengalNarayanpur mandal1,725 pop
- DhodaiChhotedongar mandal1,705 pop
- BinjleeNarayanpur mandal1,262 pop
- EdkaNarayanpur mandal1,256 pop
- BhatpalNarayanpur mandal1,249 pop
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Handawada
Other villages in Orchha mandal
View all 60+ →- Orchha
- Dunga
- Hitawada
- Pidiyakot
- Kodoli
- Rekawaya
- Jubada
- Gomagal
- Kudmel
- Chhote Tondabeda
- Edasmeta
- Gadadi
- Jatlur
- Maksuli
- Lanka
- Murumwada
- Raynar Alias Matbeda
- Hitul
- Tahkawada
- Toynar
- Asnar
- Chalcher
- Rotad
- Karangul
- Thulthuli
- Tadanar(Markadabeda)
- Bade Tondabeda
- Mohnar
- Gummarka
- Harbel
- Aadermad
- Dhondarbeda
- Jubgunda
- Orchhameta
- Lekwada
- Tahakawada
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, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)