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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Rukmanbai
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- LGD code
- 470305
- Pincode
- 457114
- Post office
- Alote
- Population
- 1,470
- Households
- 252
- Literacy rate
- 51.2%
- Sex ratio
- 1088 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 856
Census 2011 · in context
How Joyan compares
By population, Joyan ranks #16 of 110 villages in Alot mandal.
Literacy rate
%
51.2%
+1.9% vs mandal average
- Joyan
- 51.2%
- Alot mandal
- 49.3%
- Ratlam district
- 56.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,088
+119 vs mandal average
- Joyan
- 1,088
- Alot mandal
- 969
Household size
people per home
5.8
+1.0 vs mandal average
- Joyan
- 5.8
- Alot mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Joyan at a glance
Joyan is a village of 1,470 people in 252 households (Census 2011) in Alot tehsil, Ratlam district, Madhya Pradesh, the 16th-largest of 110 villages in Alot tehsil. Literacy is 51%, 2 points above the tehsil average of 49% and the sex ratio is 1,088 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 457114, served by Alote post office; the LGD village code is 470305. The sarpanch is Rukmanbai, and the village votes in Mahidpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dinesh Jain Boss. The population is estimated at 1,733 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Joyan
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- 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
- No
- 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
- ALOT
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 102
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 855.17
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 406.97
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Joyan
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Joyan
- LGD code
- 470305
- Pincode
- 457114
- Post office
- Alote
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,470
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,733
- Households
- 252
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1088
- Literacy rate
- 51.2%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Ujjain
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mahidpur
- Member of Parliament
- Anil Firojiya
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dinesh Jain Boss
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Rukmanbai
- Block / Mandal
- Alot
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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, 2026-09-20
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)