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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Dewra is a village in Bijawar mandal, Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh, with a population of 1,331 across 284 households and a literacy rate of 55.7%. Located at 24.588°N, 79.643°E with PIN code 471405.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Motilal Dubey
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- LGD code
- 458397
- Pincode
- 471405
- Post office
- Bijawar
- Population
- 1,331
- Households
- 284
- Literacy rate
- 55.7%
- Sex ratio
- 849 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 693
- Distance to district centre
- 30 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 44 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 271 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 509 km
- Nearest railway station
- Basari · 26 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Goverment hospital,Bijawar · 16 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Dewra compares
By population, Dewra ranks #24 of 137 villages in Bijawar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
55.7%
+9.4% vs mandal average
- Dewra
- 55.7%
- Bijawar mandal
- 46.3%
- Chhatarpur district
- 53.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
849
−35 vs mandal average
- Dewra
- 849
- Bijawar mandal
- 884
Household size
people per home
4.7
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Dewra
- 4.7
- Bijawar mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dewra at a glance
Dewra is a village of 1,331 people in 284 households (Census 2011) in Bijawar tehsil, Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh, the 24th-largest of 137 villages in Bijawar tehsil. Literacy is 56%, 9 points above the tehsil average of 46% and the sex ratio is 849 women per 1,000 men. It lies 30 km from the Chhatarpur district centre, 26 km from Basari railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 471405, served by Bijawar post office; the LGD village code is 458397. The nearest hospital or health centre is Goverment hospital,Bijawar, 16 km away. The sarpanch is Motilal Dubey, and the village votes in Malhara assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bahin Ramsiya Bharti. The population is estimated at 1,569 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dewra
- 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)
- 5
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- 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
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BIJAWAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 60
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 2,251.27
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 165.82
- Forest area (ha)
- 85.31
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dewra
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Dewra
- LGD code
- 458397
- Pincode
- 471405
- Post office
- Bijawar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,331
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,569
- Households
- 284
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 849
- Literacy rate
- 55.7%
- Coordinates
- 24.58822°N, 79.64327°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Damoh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Malhara
- Member of Parliament
- Rahul Lodhi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Bahin Ramsiya Bharti
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Motilal Dubey
- Block / Mandal
- Bijawar
Getting there
How to reach Dewra
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal271 kmcapital
- Delhi509 km
- Hyderabad810 km
- Kolkata916 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBasari26 km
- Hospital / PHCGoverment hospital,Bijawar16 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, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)