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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
rekha uikey
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- LGD code
- 485463
- Pincode
- 460110
- Post office
- Athanair
- Population
- 2,499
- Households
- 543
- Literacy rate
- 64.9%
- Sex ratio
- 971 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,377
- Distance to district centre
- 327 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 353 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 237 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 558 km
- Nearest railway station
- Jaora · 2 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Civil Hospital Jaora · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Jaora compares
By population, Jaora ranks #5 of 101 villages in Athner mandal.
Literacy rate
%
64.9%
+9.3% vs mandal average
- Jaora
- 64.9%
- Athner mandal
- 55.6%
- Betul district
- 59.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
971
+6 vs mandal average
- Jaora
- 971
- Athner mandal
- 965
Household size
people per home
4.6
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Jaora
- 4.6
- Athner mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jaora at a glance
Jaora is a village of 2,499 people in 543 households (Census 2011) in Athner tehsil, Betul district, Madhya Pradesh, the 5th-largest of 101 villages in Athner tehsil. Literacy is 65%, 9 points above the tehsil average of 56% and the sex ratio is 971 women per 1,000 men. It lies 327 km from the Betul district centre, 2 km from Jaora railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 460110, served by Athanair post office; the LGD village code is 485463. The nearest hospital or health centre is Civil Hospital Jaora, <1 km away. The sarpanch is rekha uikey, and the village votes in Betul assembly constituency, represented by MLA Hemant Vijay Khandelwal. The population is estimated at 2,946 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jaora · this village | 2,499 | 65% | — |
| Bhimakhedi · Dewas | 430 | 70% | 2.2 km NW |
| Bhimakhedi · Jiran | 84 | 71% | 2.2 km NW |
| Bamankhedi · Sironj | 40 | 55% | 3.1 km NE |
| Bamankhedi · Sagar Nagar | — | — | 3.1 km NE |
| Bamankhedi · Sardarpur | 372 | 42% | 3.1 km NE |
| Bamankhedi · Lateri | 575 | 67% | 3.1 km NE |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Jaora
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- 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
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- 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
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- ATHNER
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 8
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 35
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 930.66
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 197.11
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Jaora
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Jaora
- LGD code
- 485463
- Pincode
- 460110
- Post office
- Athanair
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,499
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,946
- Households
- 543
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 971
- Literacy rate
- 64.9%
- Coordinates
- 23.63794°N, 75.12818°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Betul
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Betul
- Member of Parliament
- Durga Das Uikey
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Hemant Vijay Khandelwal
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- rekha uikey
- Block / Mandal
- Athner
- Nearest railway station
- Jaora (1.6 km)
Getting there
How to reach Jaora
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal237 kmcapital
- Mumbai558 km
- Delhi591 km
- Hyderabad778 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationJaora2 km
- Hospital / PHCCivil Hospital Jaora<1 km
- CollegePrincipal's Bungalow3 km
Nearest to the village
- Railway station
- Jaora1.6 km
- Health centre
- Civil Hospital Jaoraunder 1 km
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Jaora
1 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
- 🎓Principal's BungalowCollege2.5 km ↗
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Other villages named Jaora
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Villages near Jaora
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- 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, 2026-09-21
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)