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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
pachu bai
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- LGD code
- 474959
- Pincode
- 454001
- Post office
- Dhar Collectorate
- Population
- 1,326
- Households
- 252
- Literacy rate
- 60.6%
- Sex ratio
- 919 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 611
- Distance to district centre
- 218 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 152 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 70 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 528 km
- Nearest railway station
- Ganj Basoda · 39 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Sharma Hospital · 16 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Ratwa compares
By population, Ratwa ranks #28 of 192 villages in Pithampur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
60.6%
+13.6% vs mandal average
- Ratwa
- 60.6%
- Pithampur mandal
- 47.0%
- Dhar district
- 49.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
919
−34 vs mandal average
- Ratwa
- 919
- Pithampur mandal
- 953
Household size
people per home
5.3
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Ratwa
- 5.3
- Pithampur mandal
- 5.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ratwa at a glance
Ratwa is a village of 1,326 people in 252 households (Census 2011) in Pithampur tehsil, Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh, the 28th-largest of 192 villages in Pithampur tehsil. Literacy is 61%, 14 points above the tehsil average of 47% and the sex ratio is 919 women per 1,000 men. It lies 218 km from the Dhar district centre, 37 km from Maksudangarh, the nearest town, 39 km from Ganj Basoda railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 454001, served by Dhar Collectorate post office; the LGD village code is 474959. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sharma Hospital, 16 km away. The sarpanch is pachu bai, and the village votes in Sonkatch assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dr. Rajesh Sonkar. The population is estimated at 1,563 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Ratwa
- 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)
- 16
- Power hours (winter)
- 12
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- DHAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 20
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 339.22
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 200
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Ratwa
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Ratwa
- LGD code
- 474959
- Pincode
- 454001
- Post office
- Dhar Collectorate
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,326
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,563
- Households
- 252
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 919
- Literacy rate
- 60.6%
- Coordinates
- 23.87273°N, 77.55803°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dewas
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sonkatch
- Member of Parliament
- Mahendra Solanki
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dr. Rajesh Sonkar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- pachu bai
- Block / Mandal
- Pithampur
Getting there
How to reach Ratwa
Nearest town · 10,917 people
Maksudangarh · ≈ 37 km
≈ 1 h 17 min by car · 1 h 31 min by bike
DirectionsDistance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal70 kmcapital
- Delhi528 km
- Mumbai720 km
- Hyderabad728 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGanj Basoda39 km
- Hospital / PHCSharma Hospital16 km
- Collegeyes47 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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-17
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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