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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Ambaram Jarman
Contact: 99****3246
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- LGD code
- 475621
- Pincode
- 454446
- Post office
- Manawar
- Population
- 1,578
- Households
- 321
- Literacy rate
- 44.7%
- Sex ratio
- 854 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 721
- Distance to district centre
- 93 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 90 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 264 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 422 km
- Nearest railway station
- Hathi gate station · 37 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Kailash Hospital & Research Center · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kasthali compares
By population, Kasthali ranks #65 of 208 villages in Manawar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
44.7%
−4.2% vs mandal average
- Kasthali
- 44.7%
- Manawar mandal
- 48.9%
- Dhar district
- 49.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
854
−128 vs mandal average
- Kasthali
- 854
- Manawar mandal
- 982
Household size
people per home
4.9
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Kasthali
- 4.9
- Manawar mandal
- 5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kasthali at a glance
Kasthali is a village of 1,578 people in 321 households (Census 2011) in Manawar tehsil, Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh, the 65th-largest of 208 villages in Manawar tehsil. Literacy is 45%, 4 points below the tehsil average of 49% and the sex ratio is 854 women per 1,000 men. It lies 93 km from the Dhar district centre, 37 km from Hathi gate station railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 454446, served by Manawar post office; the LGD village code is 475621. The nearest hospital or health centre is Kailash Hospital & Research Center, 3 km away. The sarpanch is Ambaram Jarman. The population is estimated at 1,860 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kasthali
- 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)
- 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
- No
- 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
- MANAWAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 3
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 69
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 3
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 317.31
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 150.86
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Kasthali
- LGD code
- 475621
- Pincode
- 454446
- Post office
- Manawar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,578
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,860
- Households
- 321
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 854
- Literacy rate
- 44.7%
- Coordinates
- 22.26524°N, 75.07618°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Indore
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Debalpur
- Member of Parliament
- Shankar Lalwani
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Ambaram Jarman
- Block / Mandal
- Manawar
Getting there
How to reach Kasthali
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal264 kmcapital
- Mumbai422 km
- Hyderabad649 km
- Delhi738 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationHathi gate station37 km
- Bus stopBUS Station ,anjad25 km
- Hospital / PHCKailash Hospital & Research Center3 km
- ATM / bankOnline Mitra25 km
- CollegeGovt College2 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Kasthali
4 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Kasthali
1 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
- 🎓Govt CollegeCollege1.6 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, 2026-09-16
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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