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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
SP
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SARDAR PATEL
Contact: 91****8530
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- LGD code
- 490897
- Pincode
- 487771
- Population
- 334
- Households
- 79
- Literacy rate
- 70.1%
- Sex ratio
- 866 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 150
- Distance to district centre
- 36 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 16 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 115 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 607 km
- Nearest railway station
- Gadarwara · 50 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Silwani · 10 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Jhamar compares
By population, Jhamar ranks #211 of 270 villages in Gadarwara mandal.
Literacy rate
%
70.1%
+8.4% vs mandal average
Jhamar70.1%
Gadarwara mandal61.7%
Narsimhapur district65.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
866
−53 vs mandal average
Jhamar866
Gadarwara mandal919
Household size
people per home
4.2
−0.3 vs mandal average
Jhamar4.2
Gadarwara mandal4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jhamar at a glance
Jhamar is a village of 334 people in 79 households (Census 2011) in Gadarwara tehsil, Narsimhapur district, Madhya Pradesh, the 211th-largest of 270 villages in Gadarwara tehsil. Literacy is 70%, 8 points above the tehsil average of 62% and the sex ratio is 866 women per 1,000 men. It lies 36 km from the Narsimhapur district centre, 49 km from Bankhedi, the nearest town, 50 km from Gadarwara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 487771; the LGD village code is 490897. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Silwani, 10 km away. The sarpanch is SARDAR PATEL , and the village votes in Udaipura assembly constituency, represented by MLA Narendra Shivaji Patel. The population is estimated at 394 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jhamar · this village | 334 | 70% | — |
| Jhamar · Gadarwara | 329 | 73% | 0 km N |
| Samna Pur · Sohagpur | 499 | 48% | 2 km S |
| Sarrakhurd · Deori | 526 | 45% | 3.2 km N |
| Hirapur · Sohagpur | 758 | 46% | 3.5 km NW |
| Hirapur · Gadarwara | 2,220 | 53% | 3.5 km NW |
| Sarra Khurd · Silwani | 258 | 43% | 3.7 km N |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Jhamar
- 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)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- GADARWARA
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 157.49
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 127.8
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Jhamar
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Jhamar
- LGD code
- 490897
- Pincode
- 487771
- Population (Census 2011)
- 334
- Population (projected 2026)
- 394
- Households
- 79
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 866
- Literacy rate
- 70.1%
- Coordinates
- 23.28593°N, 78.53795°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Hoshangabad
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Udaipura
- Member of Parliament
- Darshan Singh Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Narendra Shivaji Patel
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SARDAR PATEL
- Block / Mandal
- Gadarwara
Getting there
How to reach Jhamar
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal115 kmcapital
- Delhi607 km
- Hyderabad656 km
- Mumbai751 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGadarwara50 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Silwani10 km
- ATM / bankrk bank24 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil37 km
- CollegeGynodaya Mahavidyalaya37 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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)