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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
SB
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SEEMA BHALAVI
Contact: 78****3832
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- LGD code
- 498407
- Pincode
- 481105
- Post office
- Ukwa
- Population
- 521
- Households
- 118
- Literacy rate
- 62.6%
- Sex ratio
- 1084 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 309
- Distance to district centre
- 536 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 551 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 279 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 410 km
- Nearest railway station
- Thalera · 16 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dental Hospital · 18 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Dora compares
By population, Dora ranks #81 of 171 villages in Paraswada mandal.
Literacy rate
%
62.6%
−1.1% vs mandal average
- Dora
- 62.6%
- Paraswada mandal
- 63.7%
- Balaghat district
- 67.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,084
+48 vs mandal average
- Dora
- 1,084
- Paraswada mandal
- 1,036
Household size
people per home
4.4
Same as the mandal average
- Dora
- 4.4
- Paraswada mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dora at a glance
Dora is a village of 521 people in 118 households (Census 2011) in Paraswada tehsil, Balaghat district, Madhya Pradesh, the 81st-largest of 171 villages in Paraswada tehsil. Literacy is 63%, 1 points below the tehsil average of 64% and the sex ratio is 1,084 women per 1,000 men. It lies 536 km from the Balaghat district centre, 54 km from Sultanpur, the nearest town, 16 km from Thalera railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 481105, served by Ukwa post office; the LGD village code is 498407. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dental Hospital, 18 km away. The sarpanch is SEEMA BHALAVI, and the village votes in Mandla assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sampatiya Uikey. The population is estimated at 614 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dora
- 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)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 12
- 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
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- BAIHAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 40
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 47
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 25
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 314.62
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 75.4
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dora
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Dora
- LGD code
- 498407
- Pincode
- 481105
- Post office
- Ukwa
- Population (Census 2011)
- 521
- Population (projected 2026)
- 614
- Households
- 118
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1084
- Literacy rate
- 62.6%
- Coordinates
- 25.19265°N, 75.65327°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mandla
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mandla
- Member of Parliament
- Faggan Singh Kulaste
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sampatiya Uikey
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SEEMA BHALAVI
- Block / Mandal
- Paraswada
Getting there
How to reach Dora
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal279 kmcapital
- Delhi410 km
- Mumbai738 km
- Hyderabad916 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationThalera16 km
- Bus stopMain Bus Stand20 km
- Hospital / PHCDental Hospital18 km
- ATM / bankBPI18 km
- Petrol pumpHP14 km
- CollegeVedant college of engineering & technology11 km
- Police stationAnantpura police station22 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, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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