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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Dinesh Hirwe
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- LGD code
- 474071
- Pincode
- 455227
- Post office
- Bagli
- Population
- 900
- Households
- 150
- Literacy rate
- 52.8%
- Sex ratio
- 903 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 399
- Distance to district centre
- 76 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 89 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 135 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 559 km
- Nearest railway station
- Sunera Pirkheri · 30 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government hospital Kanad · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kanad compares
By population, Kanad ranks #42 of 97 villages in Udaynagar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
52.8%
+13.0% vs mandal average
- Kanad
- 52.8%
- Udaynagar mandal
- 39.8%
- Dewas district
- 59.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
903
−63 vs mandal average
- Kanad
- 903
- Udaynagar mandal
- 966
Household size
people per home
6.0
+0.8 vs mandal average
- Kanad
- 6.0
- Udaynagar mandal
- 5.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kanad at a glance
Kanad is a village of 900 people in 150 households (Census 2011) in Udaynagar tehsil, Dewas district, Madhya Pradesh, the 42nd-largest of 97 villages in Udaynagar tehsil. Literacy is 53%, 13 points above the tehsil average of 40% and the sex ratio is 903 women per 1,000 men. It lies 76 km from the Dewas district centre, 44 km from Dag, the nearest town, 30 km from Sunera Pirkheri railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 455227, served by Bagli post office; the LGD village code is 474071. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government hospital Kanad, <1 km away. The sarpanch is Dinesh Hirwe, and the village votes in Sonkatch assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dr. Rajesh Sonkar. The population is estimated at 1,061 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kanad →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kanad · this village | 900 | 53% | — |
| Kanad · Agar | — | — | 0 km N |
| Nanya Khedi Ahir · Agar | 1,526 | 49% | 1.9 km W |
| Borkhedi · Moman Badodiya | 21 | 62% | 3.2 km E |
| Nanukhedi Meena · Agar | 675 | 60% | 3.5 km W |
| Khankri · Agar | 662 | 44% | 3.7 km SE |
| Bhadka · Agar | 249 | 62% | 3.7 km NW |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kanad
- 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)
- 12
- Primary school
- 2
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- BAGLI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 60
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 100
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 60
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 483.71
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 59.06
- Forest area (ha)
- 73.45
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kanad
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kanad
- LGD code
- 474071
- Pincode
- 455227
- Post office
- Bagli
- Population (Census 2011)
- 900
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,061
- Households
- 150
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 903
- Literacy rate
- 52.8%
- Coordinates
- 23.67096°N, 76.16359°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dewas
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sonkatch
- Member of Parliament
- Mahendra Solanki
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dr. Rajesh Sonkar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Dinesh Hirwe
- Block / Mandal
- Udaynagar
Getting there
How to reach Kanad
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal135 kmcapital
- Delhi559 km
- Mumbai614 km
- Hyderabad740 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSunera Pirkheri30 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment hospital Kanad<1 km
Nearest to the village
- Health centre
- Government hospital Kanadunder 1 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 455227
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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, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)