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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
samant singh sikarwar
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- LGD code
- 452424
- Pincode
- 476221
- Post office
- Joura
- Population
- 1,882
- Households
- 484
- Literacy rate
- 53.4%
- Sex ratio
- 909 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 796
- Distance to district centre
- 20 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 30 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 354 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 251 km
- Nearest railway station
- Thara · 8 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital,Joura · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Arhela compares
By population, Arhela ranks #67 of 247 villages in Joura mandal.
Literacy rate
%
53.4%
−2.4% vs mandal average
Arhela53.4%
Joura mandal55.8%
Morena district60.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
909
+81 vs mandal average
Arhela909
Joura mandal828
Household size
people per home
3.9
−1.2 vs mandal average
Arhela3.9
Joura mandal5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Arhela at a glance
Arhela is a village of 1,882 people in 484 households (Census 2011) in Joura tehsil, Morena district, Madhya Pradesh, the 67th-largest of 247 villages in Joura tehsil. Literacy is 53%, 2 points below the tehsil average of 56% and the sex ratio is 909 women per 1,000 men. It lies 20 km from the Morena district centre, 5 km from Jafrabad, the nearest town, 8 km from Thara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 476221, served by Joura post office; the LGD village code is 452424. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital,Joura, 9 km away. The sarpanch is samant singh sikarwar, and the village votes in Bhitarwar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Mohan Singh Rathore. The population is estimated at 2,219 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Arhela →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arhela · this village | 1,882 | 53% | — |
| Chachiha · Joura | 2,053 | 68% | 1.6 km S |
| Manpur Prithvi · Joura | 1,300 | 66% | 2 km E |
| Chachiha · Lalganj | 933 | 68% | 2.4 km S |
| Gangolihar · Joura | 1,698 | 65% | 2.2 km SW |
| Birsinghpura · Joura | 1,049 | 60% | 2.5 km SE |
| Ghurra · Joura | 3,513 | 43% | 2.9 km NE |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Arhela
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 4
- Power hours (winter)
- 4
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- JOURA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 16
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 30
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 16
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 545
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 389
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Arhela
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Arhela
- LGD code
- 452424
- Pincode
- 476221
- Post office
- Joura
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,882
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,219
- Households
- 484
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 909
- Literacy rate
- 53.4%
- Coordinates
- 26.42162°N, 77.81955°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Gwalior
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bhitarwar
- Member of Parliament
- Bharat Singh Kushwah
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Mohan Singh Rathore
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- samant singh sikarwar
- Block / Mandal
- Joura
Getting there
How to reach Arhela
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal354 kmcapital
- Delhi251 km
- Mumbai961 km
- Hyderabad1007 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationThara8 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital,Joura9 km
- ATM / bankCENTRAL BANK ATM32 km
- Petrol pumpHP Petrol Pump18 km
- CollegeRishi Galav College18 km
- Police stationSAF18 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 476221
Villages near Arhela
Other villages in Joura mandal
View all 60+ →- Galetha
- Khandoli
- Alapur
- Bagchini
- Mundrawaja
- Sumawali
- Tiktoli Gujar
- Barred
- Pahadgarh
- Saithri
- Parsota
- Bilgaon Chaudhari
- Chaina
- Hadbansi
- Chinnoni Chambal
- Kumheri
- Mainabasai
- Sehori
- Narhela
- Sarsaini
- Singhroli
- Umedgarh Bansi
- Tiktoli Dumdar
- Chhera
- Brijgadhi
- Dhamkan
- Khaneta
- Sujangarhi
- Gudha Chambal
- Ghurra
- Tilawali
- Chinnoni Karera
- Pachokhara
- Imaliya
- Ghuraiya Basai
- Silaytha
Sources & freshness
- 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
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)