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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
NEWALAL KANNOJE
Contact: 97****0930
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- LGD code
- 478666
- Pincode
- 451666
- Post office
- Sendhwa
- Population
- 3,900
- Households
- 617
- Literacy rate
- 25.3%
- Sex ratio
- 995 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 2,021
- Distance to district centre
- 103 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 15 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 303 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 359 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bhortex · 45 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government hospital Balwadi · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Hingwa compares
By population, Hingwa ranks #9 of 44 villages in Varla mandal.
Literacy rate
%
25.3%
−1.4% vs mandal average
- Hingwa
- 25.3%
- Varla mandal
- 26.7%
- Barwani district
- 39.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
995
−2 vs mandal average
- Hingwa
- 995
- Varla mandal
- 997
Household size
people per home
6.3
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Hingwa
- 6.3
- Varla mandal
- 6.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Hingwa at a glance
Hingwa is a village of 3,900 people in 617 households (Census 2011) in Varla tehsil, Barwani district, Madhya Pradesh, the 9th-largest of 44 villages in Varla tehsil. Literacy is 25%, 1 points below the tehsil average of 27% and the sex ratio is 995 women per 1,000 men. It lies 103 km from the Barwani district centre, 27 km from Chahardi, the nearest town, 45 km from Bhortex railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 451666, served by Sendhwa post office; the LGD village code is 478666. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government hospital Balwadi, 3 km away. The sarpanch is NEWALAL KANNOJE. The population is estimated at 4,598 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Hingwa
- 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)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- SENDHWA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 35
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 105
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 1,893.44
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 201.34
- Forest area (ha)
- 892.42
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Hingwa
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Hingwa
- LGD code
- 478666
- Pincode
- 451666
- Post office
- Sendhwa
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,900
- Population (projected 2026)
- 4,598
- Households
- 617
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 995
- Literacy rate
- 25.3%
- Coordinates
- 21.46100°N, 75.20279°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Khargone
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sendhawa
- Member of Parliament
- Gajendra Patel
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- NEWALAL KANNOJE
- Block / Mandal
- Varla
Getting there
How to reach Hingwa
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal303 kmcapital
- Mumbai359 km
- Hyderabad569 km
- Delhi821 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBhortex45 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment hospital Balwadi3 km
- Petrol pumpYug Petrolium24 km
- Police stationChopda Gramin Police station26 km
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View all 43+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)