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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Nirmala dabi
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- LGD code
- 470918
- Pincode
- 457001
- Post office
- Ratlam City
- Population
- 301
- Households
- 67
- Literacy rate
- 65.8%
- Sex ratio
- 881 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 150
- Distance to district centre
- 24 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 2 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 244 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 525 km
- Nearest railway station
- Dhosawas · 3 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Vedaant Hospital · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Barwad compares
By population, Barwad ranks #46 of 57 villages in Ratlam Nagar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
65.8%
+15.4% vs mandal average
- Barwad
- 65.8%
- Ratlam Nagar mandal
- 50.4%
- Ratlam district
- 56.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
881
−100 vs mandal average
- Barwad
- 881
- Ratlam Nagar mandal
- 981
Household size
people per home
4.5
−0.6 vs mandal average
- Barwad
- 4.5
- Ratlam Nagar mandal
- 5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Barwad at a glance
Barwad is a village of 301 people in 67 households (Census 2011) in Ratlam Nagar tehsil, Ratlam district, Madhya Pradesh, the 46th-largest of 57 villages in Ratlam Nagar tehsil. Literacy is 66%, 15 points above the tehsil average of 50% and the sex ratio is 881 women per 1,000 men. It lies 24 km from the Ratlam district centre, 3 km from Dhosawas railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 457001, served by Ratlam City post office; the LGD village code is 470918. The nearest hospital or health centre is Vedaant Hospital, <1 km away. The sarpanch is Nirmala dabi, and the village votes in Ratlam City assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chetanya Kasyap. The population is estimated at 355 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Barwad
- Treated tap water
- No
- 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)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 10
- Primary school
- 2
- 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
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- RATLAM
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 4
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 4
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 4
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 412.68
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 165.28
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Barwad
- LGD code
- 470918
- Pincode
- 457001
- Post office
- Ratlam City
- Population (Census 2011)
- 301
- Population (projected 2026)
- 355
- Households
- 67
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 881
- Literacy rate
- 65.8%
- Coordinates
- 23.35494°N, 75.02582°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Ratlam
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Ratlam City
- Member of Parliament
- Anita Nagar Singh Chouhan
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Chetanya Kasyap
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Nirmala dabi
- Block / Mandal
- Ratlam Nagar
Getting there
How to reach Barwad
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal244 kmcapital
- Mumbai525 km
- Delhi624 km
- Hyderabad755 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDhosawas3 km
- Hospital / PHCVedaant Hospital<1 km
- CollegePrincipal's Bungalow31 km
Nearest to the village
- Health centre
- Vedaant Hospitalunder 1 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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)