By population, Bager ranks #8 of 195 villages in Ashta mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bager is a village of 2,781 people in 547 households (Census 2011) in Ashta tehsil, Sehore district, Madhya Pradesh, the 8th-largest of 195 villages in Ashta tehsil. Literacy is 62%, 4 points above the tehsil average of 58% and the sex ratio is 930 women per 1,000 men. It lies 33 km from the Sehore district centre, 36 km from Jabri railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 466116, served by Ashta post office; the LGD village code is 483010. The nearest hospital or health centre is Pushpa Kalyan Hospital, 7 km away. The sarpanch is Sawatra Koshal, and the village votes in Ashta assembly constituency, represented by MLA Gopal Singh Engineer. The population is estimated at 3,279 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bager →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bager · this village | 2,781 | 62% | — |
| Mubarakpur · Ashta | 1,638 | 62% | 1.2 km NE |
| Sobha Khedi · Ashta | 724 | 75% | 1.9 km W |
| Bapcha · Ashta | 1,600 | 58% | 3.1 km SW |
| Dauniya · Ashta | 731 | 60% | 3.5 km W |
| Mahudiya · Kannod | 1,461 | 48% | 3.5 km W |
| Jamunya · Kannod | 756 | 29% | 3.5 km W |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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