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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Nilesh kunwar Dilipsingh
Contact: 97****4895
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- LGD code
- 474493
- Pincode
- 454665
- Post office
- Kanwan
- Population
- 621
- Households
- 125
- Literacy rate
- 64.6%
- Sex ratio
- 935 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 371
- Distance to district centre
- 39 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 22 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 181 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 540 km
- Nearest railway station
- Naikheri · 5 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Charitable hospital · 14 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Badwai compares
By population, Badwai ranks #109 of 172 villages in Badnawar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
64.6%
+10.4% vs mandal average
Badwai64.6%
Badnawar mandal54.2%
Dhar district49.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
935
−42 vs mandal average
Badwai935
Badnawar mandal977
Household size
people per home
5.0
+0.1 vs mandal average
Badwai5.0
Badnawar mandal4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Badwai at a glance
Badwai is a village of 621 people in 125 households (Census 2011) in Badnawar tehsil, Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh, the 109th-largest of 172 villages in Badnawar tehsil. Literacy is 65%, 10 points above the tehsil average of 54% and the sex ratio is 935 women per 1,000 men. It lies 39 km from the Dhar district centre, 5 km from Naikheri railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 454665, served by Kanwan post office; the LGD village code is 474493. The nearest hospital or health centre is Charitable hospital, 14 km away. The sarpanch is Nilesh kunwar Dilipsingh. The population is estimated at 732 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Mousar →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Badwai · this village | 621 | 65% | — |
| Badwai · Ghatiya | 650 | 56% | 0 km N |
| Khadotiya · Badnagar | 998 | 60% | 2.1 km SW |
| Kantharkhedi · Khacharod | 410 | 64% | 2.2 km NW |
| Kantharkhedi · Badnagar | 852 | 57% | 2.2 km NW |
| Amodiya · Badnawar | 795 | 68% | 2.2 km NE |
| Kharent · Ujjain | 701 | 60% | 2.6 km SE |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Badwai
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 12
- 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
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BADNAWAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 37
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 35
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 37
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 591.98
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 154.19
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Badwai
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Badwai
- LGD code
- 474493
- Pincode
- 454665
- Post office
- Kanwan
- Population (Census 2011)
- 621
- Population (projected 2026)
- 732
- Households
- 125
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 935
- Literacy rate
- 64.6%
- Coordinates
- 23.18969°N, 75.63971°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Indore
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Debalpur
- Member of Parliament
- Shankar Lalwani
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Nilesh kunwar Dilipsingh
- Block / Mandal
- Badnawar
Getting there
How to reach Badwai
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal181 kmcapital
- Mumbai540 km
- Delhi623 km
- Hyderabad710 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationNaikheri5 km
- Bus stopDewas Gate Bus station, buses north and local15 km
- Hospital / PHCCharitable hospital14 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India14 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil Petrol Pump14 km
- CollegeCatholic Theology College for boys17 km
- Police stationLasaudia Police Station52 km
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- 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, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)