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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Akhilesh Pratap Singh Panwar
Contact: 90****2068
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- LGD code
- 474405
- Pincode
- 454660
- Post office
- Badnawar
- Population
- 1,526
- Households
- 271
- Literacy rate
- 64.7%
- Sex ratio
- 1032 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 671
- Distance to district centre
- 51 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 27 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 222 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 502 km
- Nearest railway station
- Barnagar · 14 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Saroadar Patel Hospital and Research Centre · 1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Pitgara compares
By population, Pitgara ranks #41 of 172 villages in Badnawar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
64.7%
+10.5% vs mandal average
- Pitgara
- 64.7%
- Badnawar mandal
- 54.2%
- Dhar district
- 49.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,032
+55 vs mandal average
- Pitgara
- 1,032
- Badnawar mandal
- 977
Household size
people per home
5.6
+0.7 vs mandal average
- Pitgara
- 5.6
- Badnawar mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pitgara at a glance
Pitgara is a village of 1,526 people in 271 households (Census 2011) in Badnawar tehsil, Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh, the 41st-largest of 172 villages in Badnawar tehsil. Literacy is 65%, 11 points above the tehsil average of 54% and the sex ratio is 1,032 women per 1,000 men. It lies 51 km from the Dhar district centre, 14 km from Barnagar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 454660, served by Badnawar post office; the LGD village code is 474405. The nearest hospital or health centre is Saroadar Patel Hospital and Research Centre, 1 km away. The sarpanch is Akhilesh Pratap Singh Panwar. The population is estimated at 1,799 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Pitgara
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- 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)
- 8
- Primary school
- 2
- 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
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- 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
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BADNAWAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 2
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 50
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 2
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 1,070.24
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 429.19
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Pitgara
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Pitgara
- LGD code
- 474405
- Pincode
- 454660
- Post office
- Badnawar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,526
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,799
- Households
- 271
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1032
- Literacy rate
- 64.7%
- Coordinates
- 23.00132°N, 75.26087°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Indore
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Debalpur
- Member of Parliament
- Shankar Lalwani
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Akhilesh Pratap Singh Panwar
- Block / Mandal
- Badnawar
Getting there
How to reach Pitgara
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal222 kmcapital
- Mumbai502 km
- Delhi654 km
- Hyderabad709 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBarnagar14 km
- Hospital / PHCSaroadar Patel Hospital and Research Centre1 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil Petrol Pump27 km
Nearest to the village
- Health centre
- Saroadar Patel Hospital and Research Centre1.3 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, 2026-09-17
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)