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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Bardwaha is a village in Chhatarpur mandal, Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh. It has a population of 1,872 spread across 349 households with a literacy rate of 42.2%.
KY
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Kavita Yadav
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- LGD code
- 457866
- Pincode
- 471301
- Post office
- Gulganj
- Population
- 1,872
- Households
- 349
- Literacy rate
- 42.2%
- Sex ratio
- 880 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 736
- Distance to district centre
- 6 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 14 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 261 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 479 km
- Nearest railway station
- Rampura · 9 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Govt. Hospital Matguwan · 10 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bardwaha compares
By population, Bardwaha ranks #24 of 95 villages in Chhatarpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
42.2%
−4.6% vs mandal average
- Bardwaha
- 42.2%
- Chhatarpur mandal
- 46.8%
- Chhatarpur district
- 53.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
880
−14 vs mandal average
- Bardwaha
- 880
- Chhatarpur mandal
- 894
Household size
people per home
5.4
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Bardwaha
- 5.4
- Chhatarpur mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bardwaha at a glance
Bardwaha is a village of 1,872 people in 349 households (Census 2011) in Chhatarpur tehsil, Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh, the 24th-largest of 95 villages in Chhatarpur tehsil. Literacy is 42%, 5 points below the tehsil average of 47% and the sex ratio is 880 women per 1,000 men. It lies 6 km from the Chhatarpur district centre, 44 km from Vijaypur, the nearest town, 9 km from Rampura railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 471301, served by Gulganj post office; the LGD village code is 457866. The nearest hospital or health centre is Govt. Hospital Matguwan, 10 km away. The sarpanch is Kavita Yadav, and the village votes in Khargapur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chanda-Surendra Singh Gour. The population is estimated at 2,207 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bardwaha
- 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)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- CHHATARPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 30
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 30
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 30
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 1,166.39
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 305.21
- Forest area (ha)
- 186.23
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bardwaha
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bardwaha
- LGD code
- 457866
- Pincode
- 471301
- Post office
- Gulganj
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,872
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,207
- Households
- 349
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 880
- Literacy rate
- 42.2%
- Coordinates
- 24.77191°N, 79.38036°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Tikamgarh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Khargapur
- Member of Parliament
- Virendra Kumar Khatik
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Chanda-Surendra Singh Gour
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Kavita Yadav
- Block / Mandal
- Chhatarpur
Getting there
How to reach Bardwaha
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal261 kmcapital
- Delhi479 km
- Hyderabad827 km
- Mumbai922 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationRampura9 km
- Hospital / PHCGovt. Hospital Matguwan10 km
- Police stationKotwali City Tikamgarh55 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)