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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Bardwaha is a village in Rajnagar mandal, Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh. It has a population of 1,744 across 383 households with a literacy rate of 41.2%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Panbai Ahirwar
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- LGD code
- 458079
- Pincode
- 471105
- Post office
- Bamitha
- Population
- 1,744
- Households
- 383
- Literacy rate
- 41.2%
- Sex ratio
- 875 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 884
- Distance to district centre
- 38 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 13 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 291 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 506 km
- Nearest railway station
- Duriyaganj · 11 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital Rajnagar · 24 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bardwaha compares
By population, Bardwaha ranks #44 of 112 villages in Rajnagar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
41.2%
−7.3% vs mandal average
- Bardwaha
- 41.2%
- Rajnagar mandal
- 48.5%
- Chhatarpur district
- 53.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
875
−20 vs mandal average
- Bardwaha
- 875
- Rajnagar mandal
- 895
Household size
people per home
4.6
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Bardwaha
- 4.6
- Rajnagar mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bardwaha at a glance
Bardwaha is a village of 1,744 people in 383 households (Census 2011) in Rajnagar tehsil, Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh, the 44th-largest of 112 villages in Rajnagar tehsil. Literacy is 41%, 7 points below the tehsil average of 49% and the sex ratio is 875 women per 1,000 men. It lies 38 km from the Chhatarpur district centre, 11 km from Duriyaganj railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 471105, served by Bamitha post office; the LGD village code is 458079. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital Rajnagar, 24 km away. The sarpanch is Panbai Ahirwar , and the village votes in Rajnagar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Arvind Pateriya. The population is estimated at 2,056 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)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 10
- Primary school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- CHHATARPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 35
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 35
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 35
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 1,351.88
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 408.66
- Forest area (ha)
- 41.47
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
- 458079
- Pincode
- 471105
- Post office
- Bamitha
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,744
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,056
- Households
- 383
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 875
- Literacy rate
- 41.2%
- Coordinates
- 24.70179°N, 79.80256°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Khajuraho
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Rajnagar
- Member of Parliament
- V. D. Sharma
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Arvind Pateriya
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Panbai Ahirwar
- Block / Mandal
- Rajnagar
Getting there
How to reach Bardwaha
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal291 kmcapital
- Delhi506 km
- Hyderabad825 km
- Kolkata903 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDuriyaganj11 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital Rajnagar24 km
- ATM / bankSBI Bank20 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, 2026-09-21
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)