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Village snapshot
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
DHARMENDRA
Contact: 99****6299
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- LGD code
- 453448
- Pincode
- 477222
- Post office
- Mau
- Population
- 4,182
- Households
- 599
- Literacy rate
- 51.7%
- Sex ratio
- 808 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,201
- Distance to district centre
- 12 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 14 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 349 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 305 km
- Nearest railway station
- Sondha Road · 38 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Mamta Hospital · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Ratva compares
By population, Ratva ranks #1 of 81 villages in Mau mandal — the largest.
Literacy rate
%
51.7%
−6.8% vs mandal average
- Ratva
- 51.7%
- Mau mandal
- 58.5%
- Bhind district
- 64.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
808
+9 vs mandal average
- Ratva
- 808
- Mau mandal
- 799
Household size
people per home
7.0
+1.6 vs mandal average
- Ratva
- 7.0
- Mau mandal
- 5.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ratva at a glance
Ratva is a village of 4,182 people in 599 households (Census 2011) in Mau tehsil, Bhind district, Madhya Pradesh, the largest of 81 villages in Mau tehsil. Literacy is 52%, 7 points below the tehsil average of 59% and the sex ratio is 808 women per 1,000 men. It lies 12 km from the Bhind district centre, 24 km from Jauri, the nearest town, 38 km from Sondha Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 477222, served by Mau post office; the LGD village code is 453448. The nearest hospital or health centre is Mamta Hospital, 8 km away. The sarpanch is DHARMENDRA, and the village votes in Gwalior Rural assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sahab Singh Gurjar. The population is estimated at 4,931 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Ratva
- 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
- 0
- 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
- 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
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- MAU
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 60
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 45
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 1,483.64
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 118
- Forest area (ha)
- 362.04
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Ratva
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Ratva
- LGD code
- 453448
- Pincode
- 477222
- Post office
- Mau
- Population (Census 2011)
- 4,182
- Population (projected 2026)
- 4,931
- Households
- 599
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 808
- Literacy rate
- 51.7%
- Coordinates
- 26.18825°N, 78.65816°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Gwalior
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gwalior Rural
- Member of Parliament
- Bharat Singh Kushwah
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sahab Singh Gurjar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- DHARMENDRA
- Block / Mandal
- Mau
Getting there
How to reach Ratva
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal349 kmcapital
- Delhi305 km
- Hyderabad979 km
- Mumbai988 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSondha Road38 km
- Hospital / PHCMamta Hospital8 km
- ATM / bankSBI Lahar Branch29 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil29 km
- CollegeGovt Girls Degree College Bhind43 km
- Police stationPolice Line Ground Bhind43 km
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- Jhankari
- Ujhawal
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- Andhiyari Kalan
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- Dangchhekuri
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- Dehgawan
- Maghan
- Silonha
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, 2026-09-17
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)