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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Malguwan is a village in Bijawar mandal, Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh, with a population of 1,047 across 218 households. The village has a literacy rate of 33.1%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Ganpat Prajapati
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- LGD code
- 458313
- Pincode
- 471301
- Post office
- Gulganj
- Population
- 1,047
- Households
- 218
- Literacy rate
- 33.1%
- Sex ratio
- 818 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 550
- Distance to district centre
- 6 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 37 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 265 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 486 km
- Nearest railway station
- Ishanagar · 15 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Govt. Hospital Matguwan · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Malguwan compares
By population, Malguwan ranks #31 of 137 villages in Bijawar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
33.1%
−13.2% vs mandal average
- Malguwan
- 33.1%
- Bijawar mandal
- 46.3%
- Chhatarpur district
- 53.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
818
−66 vs mandal average
- Malguwan
- 818
- Bijawar mandal
- 884
Household size
people per home
4.8
Same as the mandal average
- Malguwan
- 4.8
- Bijawar mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Malguwan at a glance
Malguwan is a village of 1,047 people in 218 households (Census 2011) in Bijawar tehsil, Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh, the 31st-largest of 137 villages in Bijawar tehsil. Literacy is 33%, 13 points below the tehsil average of 46% and the sex ratio is 818 women per 1,000 men. It lies 6 km from the Chhatarpur district centre, 51 km from Vijaypur, the nearest town, 15 km from Ishanagar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 471301, served by Gulganj post office; the LGD village code is 458313. The nearest hospital or health centre is Govt. Hospital Matguwan, 7 km away. The sarpanch is Ganpat Prajapati, and the village votes in Malhara assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bahin Ramsiya Bharti. The population is estimated at 1,234 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Malguwan
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 0
- 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
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BIJAWAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 25
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 25
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 25
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 489.89
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 83.9
- Forest area (ha)
- 44.75
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Malguwan
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Malguwan
- LGD code
- 458313
- Pincode
- 471301
- Post office
- Gulganj
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,047
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,234
- Households
- 218
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 818
- Literacy rate
- 33.1%
- Coordinates
- 24.73662°N, 79.46052°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Damoh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Malhara
- Member of Parliament
- Rahul Lodhi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Bahin Ramsiya Bharti
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Ganpat Prajapati
- Block / Mandal
- Bijawar
Getting there
How to reach Malguwan
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal265 kmcapital
- Delhi486 km
- Hyderabad824 km
- Mumbai926 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationIshanagar15 km
- Hospital / PHCGovt. Hospital Matguwan7 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-24
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)