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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Fula Bai Bhabar
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- LGD code
- 474792
- Pincode
- 454001
- Post office
- Dhar Collectorate
- Population
- 741
- Households
- 156
- Literacy rate
- 52.1%
- Sex ratio
- 1014 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 381
- Distance to district centre
- 39 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 43 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 217 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 483 km
- Nearest railway station
- Pir Jhalar · 34 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Unique Hospital, Nagda · 10 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Musawada compares
By population, Musawada ranks #92 of 253 villages in Dhar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
52.1%
+2.0% vs mandal average
- Musawada
- 52.1%
- Dhar mandal
- 50.1%
- Dhar district
- 49.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,014
+48 vs mandal average
- Musawada
- 1,014
- Dhar mandal
- 966
Household size
people per home
4.8
−0.6 vs mandal average
- Musawada
- 4.8
- Dhar mandal
- 5.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Musawada at a glance
Musawada is a village of 741 people in 156 households (Census 2011) in Dhar tehsil, Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh, the 92nd-largest of 253 villages in Dhar tehsil. Literacy is 52%, 2 points above the tehsil average of 50% and the sex ratio is 1,014 women per 1,000 men. It lies 39 km from the Dhar district centre, 48 km from Kodriya, the nearest town, 34 km from Pir Jhalar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 454001, served by Dhar Collectorate post office; the LGD village code is 474792. The nearest hospital or health centre is Unique Hospital, Nagda, 10 km away. The sarpanch is Fula Bai Bhabar, and the village votes in Sanwer assembly constituency, represented by MLA Tulsiram Silawat. The population is estimated at 874 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Musawada
- 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)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 16
- 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
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- 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
- DHAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 25
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 25
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 25
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 446.77
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 100.69
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Musawada
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Musawada
- LGD code
- 474792
- Pincode
- 454001
- Post office
- Dhar Collectorate
- Population (Census 2011)
- 741
- Population (projected 2026)
- 874
- Households
- 156
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1014
- Literacy rate
- 52.1%
- Coordinates
- 22.74577°N, 75.36644°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Indore
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sanwer
- Member of Parliament
- Shankar Lalwani
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Tulsiram Silawat
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Fula Bai Bhabar
- Block / Mandal
- Dhar
Getting there
How to reach Musawada
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal217 kmcapital
- Mumbai483 km
- Delhi678 km
- Hyderabad679 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationPir Jhalar34 km
- Hospital / PHCUnique Hospital, Nagda10 km
- ATM / bankHDFC Bank17 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil Petrol Pump19 km
- CollegeIndian Institute of management Indore46 km
- Police stationannapurna police stand49 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, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)