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- LGD code
- 453861
- Pincode
- 474001
- Post office
- Collectorate (Gwalior)
- Population
- 1,441
- Households
- 320
- Literacy rate
- 46.8%
- Sex ratio
- 817 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 540
- Distance to district centre
- 34 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 50 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 335 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 290 km
- Nearest railway station
- Sithouli · 7 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Kalyan Hospital · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Jarga compares
By population, Jarga ranks #23 of 75 villages in Gird mandal.
Literacy rate
%
46.8%
−8.3% vs mandal average
- Jarga
- 46.8%
- Gird mandal
- 55.1%
- Gwalior district
- 66.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
817
−33 vs mandal average
- Jarga
- 817
- Gird mandal
- 850
Household size
people per home
4.5
−1.5 vs mandal average
- Jarga
- 4.5
- Gird mandal
- 6.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jarga at a glance
Jarga is a village of 1,441 people in 320 households (Census 2011) in Gird tehsil, Gwalior district, Madhya Pradesh, the 23rd-largest of 75 villages in Gird tehsil. Literacy is 47%, 8 points below the tehsil average of 55% and the sex ratio is 817 women per 1,000 men. It lies 34 km from the Gwalior district centre, 31 km from Shekhupur, the nearest town, 7 km from Sithouli railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 474001, served by Collectorate (Gwalior) post office; the LGD village code is 453861. The nearest hospital or health centre is Kalyan Hospital, 5 km away. The village votes in Bhitarwar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Mohan Singh Rathore. The population is estimated at 1,699 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Jarga
- 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
- 1
- 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
- No
- 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
- GWALIOR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 22
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 22
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 22
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 1,086.64
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 190.89
- Forest area (ha)
- 678.08
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Jarga
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Key facts — Jarga
- LGD code
- 453861
- Pincode
- 474001
- Post office
- Collectorate (Gwalior)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,441
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,699
- Households
- 320
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 817
- Literacy rate
- 46.8%
- Coordinates
- 26.17828°N, 78.24743°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Gwalior
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bhitarwar
- Member of Parliament
- Bharat Singh Kushwah
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Mohan Singh Rathore
- Block / Mandal
- Gird
Getting there
How to reach Jarga
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal335 kmcapital
- Delhi290 km
- Mumbai963 km
- Hyderabad978 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSithouli7 km
- Bus stopaakashvaani bus stop7 km
- Hospital / PHCKalyan Hospital5 km
- ATM / bankAllahabad Bank7 km
- Petrol pumpPetrom6 km
- CollegeBIMR College of Professional Studies7 km
- Police stationMadhav Jang Police Station10 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-16
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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