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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
giddi bai yadav
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- LGD code
- 459188
- Pincode
- 488442
- Post office
- Simariya
- Population
- 1,948
- Households
- 459
- Literacy rate
- 56.5%
- Sex ratio
- 919 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 761
- Distance to district centre
- 24 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 16 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 275 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 560 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bakhleta · 39 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government hospital Mohandra · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Danwara compares
By population, Danwara ranks #8 of 64 villages in Simariya mandal.
Literacy rate
%
56.5%
+2.1% vs mandal average
- Danwara
- 56.5%
- Simariya mandal
- 54.4%
- Panna district
- 54.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
919
+12 vs mandal average
- Danwara
- 919
- Simariya mandal
- 907
Household size
people per home
4.2
Same as the mandal average
- Danwara
- 4.2
- Simariya mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Danwara at a glance
Danwara is a village of 1,948 people in 459 households (Census 2011) in Simariya tehsil, Panna district, Madhya Pradesh, the 8th-largest of 64 villages in Simariya tehsil. Literacy is 57%, 2 points above the tehsil average of 54% and the sex ratio is 919 women per 1,000 men. It lies 24 km from the Panna district centre, 39 km from Bakhleta railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 488442, served by Simariya post office; the LGD village code is 459188. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government hospital Mohandra, 5 km away. The sarpanch is giddi bai yadav, and the village votes in Hatta assembly constituency, represented by MLA Umadevi Lalchand Khatik. The population is estimated at 2,297 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danwara · this village | 1,948 | 57% | — |
| Dhanwahi · Bandhavgarh | 1,042 | 50% | 0.1 km SE |
| Dhanhari · Bandhavgarh | 246 | 50% | 0.1 km SE |
| Padaria Kalan · Pawai | 2,370 | 62% | 2.8 km E |
| Padaria Kalan · Marihan | 2,786 | 40% | 2.8 km E |
| Padaria Kalan · Simariya | 2,120 | 54% | 2.8 km E |
| Bichua · Bandhavgarh | 358 | 40% | 3 km SW |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Danwara
- 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)
- 7
- Power hours (winter)
- 7
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- 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
- AMANGANJ
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 32
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 75
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 34
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 1,155.35
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 201.84
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Danwara
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Danwara
- LGD code
- 459188
- Pincode
- 488442
- Post office
- Simariya
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,948
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,297
- Households
- 459
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 919
- Literacy rate
- 56.5%
- Coordinates
- 24.20142°N, 79.91260°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Damoh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Hatta
- Member of Parliament
- Rahul Lodhi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Umadevi Lalchand Khatik
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- giddi bai yadav
- Block / Mandal
- Simariya
Getting there
How to reach Danwara
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal275 kmcapital
- Delhi560 km
- Hyderabad772 km
- Kolkata881 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBakhleta39 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment hospital Mohandra5 km
- Petrol pumpAgrawal peetrol pump32 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, 2026-09-21
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)