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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Savita Jadhav
Contact: 91****1826
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- LGD code
- 476384
- Pincode
- 453331
- Post office
- Rao
- Population
- 4,247
- Households
- 756
- Literacy rate
- 68.3%
- Sex ratio
- 810 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,454
- Distance to district centre
- 98 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 46 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 180 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 497 km
- Nearest railway station
- Rau · 2 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dr.P.S. Hardia Advanced Eye Surgery and Research Institute · 1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Pigdambar compares
By population, Pigdambar ranks #4 of 23 villages in Rau mandal.
Literacy rate
%
68.3%
+6.2% vs mandal average
- Pigdambar
- 68.3%
- Rau mandal
- 62.1%
- Indore district
- 70.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
810
−110 vs mandal average
- Pigdambar
- 810
- Rau mandal
- 920
Household size
people per home
5.6
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Pigdambar
- 5.6
- Rau mandal
- 5.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pigdambar at a glance
Pigdambar is a village of 4,247 people in 756 households (Census 2011) in Rau tehsil, Indore district, Madhya Pradesh, the 4th-largest of 23 villages in Rau tehsil. Literacy is 68%, 6 points above the tehsil average of 62% and the sex ratio is 810 women per 1,000 men. It lies 98 km from the Indore district centre, 10 km from Kodriya, the nearest town, 2 km from Rau railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 453331, served by Rao post office; the LGD village code is 476384. Mapped within or next to the village: high school. The sarpanch is Savita Jadhav, and the village votes in Hatpipliya assembly constituency, represented by MLA Manoj Narayansingh Choudhari. The population is estimated at 5,007 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Pigdambar
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- 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)
- 3
- Power hours (winter)
- 3
- Primary school
- 3
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- 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
- MHOWGAON
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 5
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 14
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 5
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 462.49
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 183.84
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Pigdambar
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Pigdambar
- LGD code
- 476384
- Pincode
- 453331
- Post office
- Rao
- Population (Census 2011)
- 4,247
- Population (projected 2026)
- 5,007
- Households
- 756
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 810
- Literacy rate
- 68.3%
- Coordinates
- 22.61860°N, 75.79867°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dewas
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Hatpipliya
- Member of Parliament
- Mahendra Solanki
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Manoj Narayansingh Choudhari
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Savita Jadhav
- Block / Mandal
- Rau
Getting there
How to reach Pigdambar
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal180 kmcapital
- Mumbai497 km
- Hyderabad646 km
- Delhi681 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationRau2 km
- Bus stopRajendra Nagar Bus Stop7 km
- Hospital / PHCDr.P.S. Hardia Advanced Eye Surgery and Research Institute1 km
- ATM / bankSBI Bank8 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil Petrol Pump1 km
- CollegeParking<1 km
- Police stationPolice Station - Tejaji Nagar9 km
Village amenities · Census 2011 / OpenStreetMap within 2 km
- ✓ High school
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Pigdambar
3 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Pigdambar
10 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
- 🎓Government Higher Secondary School PigdamberHigh school<1 km ↗
- 🎓Government Girls Secondary School PigdamberHigh school<1 km ↗
- 🎓ParkingCollege<1 km ↗
- 🎓F BlockCollege<1 km ↗
- 🎓Boys HostelCollege<1 km ↗
- 🎓C- BlockCollege<1 km ↗
- 🎓CKDCollege<1 km ↗
- 🎓Faculty ApartmentsCollege<1 km ↗
- 🎓A BlockCollege<1 km ↗
- 🎓B BlockCollege<1 km ↗
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Villages near Pigdambar
Other villages in Rau mandal
View all 27 →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)