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- LGD code
- 470440
- Pincode
- 457550
- Post office
- Sailana
- Population
- 3,202
- Households
- 631
- Literacy rate
- 64.2%
- Sex ratio
- 972 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,186
- Distance to district centre
- 38 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 18 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 265 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 530 km
- Nearest railway station
- Namli · 25 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government hospital Sarwan · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Sarwan compares
By population, Sarwan ranks #2 of 241 villages in Sailana mandal.
Literacy rate
%
64.2%
+28.5% vs mandal average
Sarwan64.2%
Sailana mandal35.7%
Ratlam district56.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
972
−20 vs mandal average
Sarwan972
Sailana mandal992
Household size
people per home
5.1
+0.3 vs mandal average
Sarwan5.1
Sailana mandal4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sarwan at a glance
Sarwan is a village of 3,202 people in 631 households (Census 2011) in Sailana tehsil, Ratlam district, Madhya Pradesh, the 2nd-largest of 241 villages in Sailana tehsil. Literacy is 64%, 29 points above the tehsil average of 36% and the sex ratio is 972 women per 1,000 men. It lies 38 km from the Ratlam district centre, 52 km from Ghatol, the nearest town, 25 km from Namli railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 457550, served by Sailana post office; the LGD village code is 470440. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government hospital Sarwan, <1 km away. The sarpanch is shambhudi bai bhabhar. The population is estimated at 3,775 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sarwan
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- 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)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 10
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 2
- Secondary school
- 2
- Senior secondary
- 2
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 1
- Veterinary hospital
- 1
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- SAILANA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 12
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 32
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 268.34
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 81.06
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Sarwan
- LGD code
- 470440
- Pincode
- 457550
- Post office
- Sailana
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,202
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,775
- Households
- 631
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 972
- Literacy rate
- 64.2%
- Coordinates
- 23.48440°N, 74.82843°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Ratlam
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Ratlam Rural
- Member of Parliament
- Anita Nagar Singh Chouhan
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- shambhudi bai bhabhar
- Block / Mandal
- Sailana
Getting there
How to reach Sarwan
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal265 kmcapital
- Mumbai530 km
- Delhi618 km
- Hyderabad778 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationNamli25 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment hospital Sarwan<1 km
- ATM / bankpunjab national bank, banswara40 km
- CollegePrincipal's Bungalow34 km
Nearest to the village
- Health centre
- Government hospital Sarwanunder 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, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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