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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Pawaya is a village in Bhitarwar mandal, Gwalior district, Madhya Pradesh. It has a population of 1,454 across 323 households with a literacy rate of 53.2%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Rambeti Prajapati
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- LGD code
- 454276
- Pincode
- 475220
- Post office
- Bhitarwar
- Population
- 1,454
- Households
- 323
- Literacy rate
- 53.2%
- Sex ratio
- 871 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 791
- Distance to district centre
- 12 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 16 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 292 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 332 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kotra · 14 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Sonam Hospital · 14 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Pawaya compares
By population, Pawaya ranks #22 of 85 villages in Bhitarwar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
53.2%
−0.8% vs mandal average
Pawaya53.2%
Bhitarwar mandal54.0%
Gwalior district66.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
871
+5 vs mandal average
Pawaya871
Bhitarwar mandal866
Household size
people per home
4.5
−0.6 vs mandal average
Pawaya4.5
Bhitarwar mandal5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pawaya at a glance
Pawaya is a village of 1,454 people in 323 households (Census 2011) in Bhitarwar tehsil, Gwalior district, Madhya Pradesh, the 22nd-largest of 85 villages in Bhitarwar tehsil. Literacy is 53%, about the same as the tehsil average of 54% and the sex ratio is 871 women per 1,000 men. It lies 12 km from the Gwalior district centre, 18 km from Shekhupur, the nearest town, 14 km from Kotra railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 475220, served by Bhitarwar post office; the LGD village code is 454276. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sonam Hospital, 14 km away. The sarpanch is Rambeti Prajapati, and the village votes in Karera assembly constituency, represented by MLA Khatik Ramesh Prasad. The population is estimated at 1,714 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Pawaya
- 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)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- Primary school
- 4
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- 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
- No
- 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
- BHITARWAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 15
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 90
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 947.56
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 122.16
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Pawaya
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Pawaya
- LGD code
- 454276
- Pincode
- 475220
- Post office
- Bhitarwar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,454
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,714
- Households
- 323
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 871
- Literacy rate
- 53.2%
- Coordinates
- 25.77392°N, 78.25034°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Gwalior
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Karera
- Member of Parliament
- Bharat Singh Kushwah
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Khatik Ramesh Prasad
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Rambeti Prajapati
- Block / Mandal
- Bhitarwar
Getting there
How to reach Pawaya
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal292 kmcapital
- Delhi332 km
- Mumbai927 km
- Hyderabad933 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKotra14 km
- Bus stopRaigarh Chauraha24 km
- Hospital / PHCSonam Hospital14 km
- ATM / bankState Bank ATM15 km
- Petrol pumpBharat petrolium25 km
- CollegeExcel IT College23 km
- Police stationDatia Police Lines25 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, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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