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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
harishankar korku
Contact: 98****4394
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- LGD code
- 486858
- Pincode
- 461331
- Post office
- Harda
- Population
- 1,207
- Households
- 235
- Literacy rate
- 51.1%
- Sex ratio
- 886 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 554
- Distance to district centre
- 25 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 13 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 110 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 559 km
- Nearest railway station
- Masangaon · 13 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Jhalwan compares
By population, Jhalwan ranks #18 of 110 villages in Handiya mandal.
Literacy rate
%
51.1%
−2.7% vs mandal average
Jhalwan51.1%
Handiya mandal53.8%
Harda district61.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
886
−30 vs mandal average
Jhalwan886
Handiya mandal916
Household size
people per home
5.1
+0.1 vs mandal average
Jhalwan5.1
Handiya mandal5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jhalwan at a glance
Jhalwan is a village of 1,207 people in 235 households (Census 2011) in Handiya tehsil, Harda district, Madhya Pradesh, the 18th-largest of 110 villages in Handiya tehsil. Literacy is 51%, 3 points below the tehsil average of 54% and the sex ratio is 886 women per 1,000 men. It lies 25 km from the Harda district centre, 13 km from Masangaon railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 461331, served by Harda post office; the LGD village code is 486858. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, 8 km away. The sarpanch is harishankar korku, and the village votes in Khategaon assembly constituency, represented by MLA Aashish Govind Sharma. The population is estimated at 1,423 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Jhalwan
- 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)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 12
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- HARDA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 19
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 19
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 14
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 900.88
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 234.6
- Forest area (ha)
- 375.85
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Jhalwan
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Jhalwan
- LGD code
- 486858
- Pincode
- 461331
- Post office
- Harda
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,207
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,423
- Households
- 235
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 886
- Literacy rate
- 51.1%
- Coordinates
- 22.37483°N, 76.93954°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Vidisha
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Khategaon
- Member of Parliament
- Shivraj Singh Chauhan
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Aashish Govind Sharma
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- harishankar korku
- Block / Mandal
- Handiya
Getting there
How to reach Jhalwan
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal110 kmcapital
- Mumbai559 km
- Hyderabad578 km
- Delhi694 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationMasangaon13 km
- Bus stopSAI MANDIR BUS STOP15 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital8 km
- ATM / bankHarda20 km
- CollegeRai Sahab Bhanwar Singh College50 km
- Police stationPolice Thana Seoni Malwa56 km
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- 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, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)