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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
lala bhaysing
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- LGD code
- 478104
- Pincode
- 451551
- Post office
- Barwani
- Population
- 2,827
- Households
- 475
- Literacy rate
- 16.2%
- Sex ratio
- 977 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,597
- Distance to district centre
- 109 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 97 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 309 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 373 km
- Nearest railway station
- Hathi gate station · 38 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital Silawad · 12 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Valan compares
By population, Valan ranks #16 of 111 villages in Pati mandal.
Literacy rate
%
16.2%
−3.8% vs mandal average
Valan16.2%
Pati mandal20.0%
Barwani district39.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
977
−9 vs mandal average
Valan977
Pati mandal986
Household size
people per home
6.0
−0.1 vs mandal average
Valan6.0
Pati mandal6.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Valan at a glance
Valan is a village of 2,827 people in 475 households (Census 2011) in Pati tehsil, Barwani district, Madhya Pradesh, the 16th-largest of 111 villages in Pati tehsil. Literacy is 16%, 4 points below the tehsil average of 20% and the sex ratio is 977 women per 1,000 men. It lies 109 km from the Barwani district centre, 38 km from Hathi gate station railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 451551, served by Barwani post office; the LGD village code is 478104. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital Silawad, 12 km away. The sarpanch is lala bhaysing, and the village votes in Dharampuri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kalusingh Thakur. The population is estimated at 3,333 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Valan
- 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)
- 5
- Power hours (winter)
- 5
- Primary school
- 5
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- BARWANI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 26
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 26
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 4
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 790
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 127.25
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Valan
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Valan
- LGD code
- 478104
- Pincode
- 451551
- Post office
- Barwani
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,827
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,333
- Households
- 475
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 977
- Literacy rate
- 16.2%
- Coordinates
- 21.92574°N, 74.77013°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dhar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dharampuri
- Member of Parliament
- Savitri Thakur
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kalusingh Thakur
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- lala bhaysing
- Block / Mandal
- Pati
Getting there
How to reach Valan
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal309 kmcapital
- Mumbai373 km
- Hyderabad637 km
- Delhi783 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationHathi gate station38 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital Silawad12 km
- ATM / bankShri Krishna Sakh Sanstha38 km
- CollegeGovt College50 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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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