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Madhya Pradesh: Sleemanabad Tunnel Nears Completion, Narmada Water to Reach Rewa Farms
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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
keshav prasad mishra
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- LGD code
- 465199
- Pincode
- 486556
- Post office
- Dabhaura
- Population
- 1,770
- Households
- 417
- Literacy rate
- 53.5%
- Sex ratio
- 934 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 794
- Distance to district centre
- 45 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 6 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 423 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 576 km
- Nearest railway station
- Manikpur Junction · 26 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government hospital CHACHAI · 13 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Gahilwar compares
By population, Gahilwar ranks #34 of 264 villages in Jawa mandal.
Literacy rate
%
53.5%
−4.5% vs mandal average
- Gahilwar
- 53.5%
- Jawa mandal
- 58.0%
- Rewa district
- 61.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
934
+13 vs mandal average
- Gahilwar
- 934
- Jawa mandal
- 921
Household size
people per home
4.2
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Gahilwar
- 4.2
- Jawa mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gahilwar at a glance
Gahilwar is a village of 1,770 people in 417 households (Census 2011) in Jawa tehsil, Rewa district, Madhya Pradesh, the 34th-largest of 264 villages in Jawa tehsil. Literacy is 54%, 5 points below the tehsil average of 58% and the sex ratio is 934 women per 1,000 men. It lies 45 km from the Rewa district centre, 38 km from Gahira, the nearest town, 26 km from Manikpur Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 486556, served by Dabhaura post office; the LGD village code is 465199. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government hospital CHACHAI, 13 km away. The sarpanch is keshav prasad mishra, and the village votes in Semariya assembly constituency, represented by MLA Abhay Mishra. The population is estimated at 2,087 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Gahilwar
- 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
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- SIRMOUR
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 90
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 40
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 276.62
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 43
- Forest area (ha)
- 83.18
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Gahilwar
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Gahilwar
- LGD code
- 465199
- Pincode
- 486556
- Post office
- Dabhaura
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,770
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,087
- Households
- 417
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 934
- Literacy rate
- 53.5%
- Coordinates
- 24.85018°N, 81.19659°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Rewa
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Semariya
- Member of Parliament
- Janardan Mishra
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Abhay Mishra
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- keshav prasad mishra
- Block / Mandal
- Jawa
- Nearest railway station
- Manikpur Junction (25.8 km)
Getting there
How to reach Gahilwar
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal423 kmcapital
- Delhi576 km
- Kolkata772 km
- Hyderabad876 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationManikpur Junction26 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment hospital CHACHAI13 km
- ATM / bankIDBI Bank34 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil34 km
- CollegeJRD STATE UNIVERSITY, CHITRAKOOT50 km
- Police stationPolice station49 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, 2026-09-24
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)