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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Nirmla Lakhan
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- LGD code
- 474370
- Pincode
- 454660
- Post office
- Badnawar
- Population
- 4,779
- Households
- 1,018
- Literacy rate
- 53%
- Sex ratio
- 1018 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 2,670
- Distance to district centre
- 66 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 40 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 234 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 502 km
- Nearest railway station
- Pritam Nagar · 16 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Govt. Hospital · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Tilgara compares
By population, Tilgara ranks #6 of 172 villages in Badnawar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
53.0%
−1.2% vs mandal average
- Tilgara
- 53.0%
- Badnawar mandal
- 54.2%
- Dhar district
- 49.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,018
+41 vs mandal average
- Tilgara
- 1,018
- Badnawar mandal
- 977
Household size
people per home
4.7
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Tilgara
- 4.7
- Badnawar mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Tilgara at a glance
Tilgara is a village of 4,779 people in 1,018 households (Census 2011) in Badnawar tehsil, Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh, the 6th-largest of 172 villages in Badnawar tehsil. Literacy is 53%, 1 points below the tehsil average of 54% and the sex ratio is 1,018 women per 1,000 men. It lies 66 km from the Dhar district centre, 16 km from Pritam Nagar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 454660, served by Badnawar post office; the LGD village code is 474370. The nearest hospital or health centre is Govt. Hospital, 3 km away. The sarpanch is Nirmla Lakhan. The population is estimated at 5,634 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Tilgara
- 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)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- Primary school
- 6
- Middle school
- 2
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 1
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- BADNAWAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 15
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 70
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 2,514.45
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 610.23
- Forest area (ha)
- 707.87
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Tilgara
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Tilgara
- LGD code
- 474370
- Pincode
- 454660
- Post office
- Badnawar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 4,779
- Population (projected 2026)
- 5,634
- Households
- 1,018
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1018
- Literacy rate
- 53.0%
- Coordinates
- 23.07250°N, 75.13345°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Indore
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Debalpur
- Member of Parliament
- Shankar Lalwani
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Nirmla Lakhan
- Block / Mandal
- Badnawar
Getting there
How to reach Tilgara
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal234 kmcapital
- Mumbai502 km
- Delhi650 km
- Hyderabad723 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationPritam Nagar16 km
- Hospital / PHCGovt. Hospital3 km
Nearest to the village
- Health centre
- Govt. Hospital3.1 km
Same pincode
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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, 2026-09-21
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)