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Three ‘Capitals’ In Madhya Pradesh: The Stories Behind Ashoknagar’s Unusual Village Names
Reported by ETV Bharat.
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
udana bai
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- LGD code
- 500311
- Pincode
- 473440
- Post office
- Piprai
- Population
- 1,213
- Households
- 266
- Literacy rate
- 57.8%
- Sex ratio
- 858 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 624
- Distance to district centre
- 10 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 8 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 148 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 462 km
- Nearest railway station
- Rahatwas · 3 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Standard Hospital · 17 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Mudra Kalan compares
By population, Mudra Kalan ranks #18 of 106 villages in Piprai mandal.
Literacy rate
%
57.8%
+4.6% vs mandal average
Mudra Kalan57.8%
Piprai mandal53.2%
Ashoknagar district55.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
858
−46 vs mandal average
Mudra Kalan858
Piprai mandal904
Household size
people per home
4.6
−0.2 vs mandal average
Mudra Kalan4.6
Piprai mandal4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Mudra Kalan at a glance
Mudra Kalan is a village of 1,213 people in 266 households (Census 2011) in Piprai tehsil, Ashoknagar district, Madhya Pradesh, the 18th-largest of 106 villages in Piprai tehsil. Literacy is 58%, 5 points above the tehsil average of 53% and the sex ratio is 858 women per 1,000 men. It lies 10 km from the Ashoknagar district centre, 14 km from Jakhalon, the nearest town, 3 km from Rahatwas railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 473440, served by Piprai post office; the LGD village code is 500311. The nearest hospital or health centre is Standard Hospital, 17 km away. The sarpanch is udana bai, and the village votes in Mungaoli assembly constituency, represented by MLA Brajendra Singh Yadav. The population is estimated at 1,430 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Mudra Kalan
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- 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
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- ASHOKNAGAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 20
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 45
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 468.02
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 127.21
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Mudra Kalan
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Mudra Kalan
- LGD code
- 500311
- Pincode
- 473440
- Post office
- Piprai
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,213
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,430
- Households
- 266
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 858
- Literacy rate
- 57.8%
- Coordinates
- 24.51070°N, 77.90841°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Guna
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mungaoli
- Member of Parliament
- Jyotiraditya Scindia
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Brajendra Singh Yadav
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- udana bai
- Block / Mandal
- Piprai
Getting there
How to reach Mudra Kalan
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal148 kmcapital
- Delhi462 km
- Hyderabad795 km
- Mumbai797 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationRahatwas3 km
- Hospital / PHCStandard Hospital17 km
- CollegeIndo American Montessori Pre School47 km
- Police stationmahila police thana55 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 473440
Villages near Mudra Kalan
Other villages in Piprai mandal
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- Nanon
- Tamasha
- Dongar
- Mudra Bahadara
- Jama Khedi
- Keshopur
- Garethi
- Arron
- Tarai Pachhar
- Bhatoli
- Khiraka Tanka
- Amrod
- Singhada
- Laloi Tanka
- Khoribari
- Barkheda Piprai
- Baksanpur
- Derasa
- Bhariya Khedi
- Dhodiya
- Pandri Seharai
- Sagar
- Khoksi
- Bamuriya
- Aket
- Rusalla
- Kukretha
- Kaithan
- Barra
- Besra
- Mohari Tarai
- Silawan (Piparai)
- Chhewalai
- Phulaidi
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, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)