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One vote, four years: Madhya Pradesh High Court orders recount in sarpanch polls
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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
BAHADUR SINGH
Contact: 94****3584
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- LGD code
- 483069
- Pincode
- 466221
- Post office
- Jawar (Sehore)
- Population
- 2,625
- Households
- 577
- Literacy rate
- 58.7%
- Sex ratio
- 934 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,511
- Distance to district centre
- 55 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 10 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 89 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 589 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kisoni · 28 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- CSC Hospital Polaykalan · 11 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Murawar compares
By population, Murawar ranks #5 of 99 villages in Jawar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
58.7%
+3.1% vs mandal average
- Murawar
- 58.7%
- Jawar mandal
- 55.6%
- Sehore district
- 59.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
934
+5 vs mandal average
- Murawar
- 934
- Jawar mandal
- 929
Household size
people per home
4.5
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Murawar
- 4.5
- Jawar mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Murawar at a glance
Murawar is a village of 2,625 people in 577 households (Census 2011) in Jawar tehsil, Sehore district, Madhya Pradesh, the 5th-largest of 99 villages in Jawar tehsil. Literacy is 59%, 3 points above the tehsil average of 56% and the sex ratio is 934 women per 1,000 men. It lies 55 km from the Sehore district centre, 28 km from Kisoni railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 466221, served by Jawar (Sehore) post office; the LGD village code is 483069. The nearest hospital or health centre is CSC Hospital Polaykalan, 11 km away. The sarpanch is BAHADUR SINGH, and the village votes in Ashta assembly constituency, represented by MLA Gopal Singh Engineer. The population is estimated at 3,095 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Murawar →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murawar · this village | 2,625 | 59% | — |
| Dewan Khedi · Avantipur Barodia | 308 | 78% | 1.5 km N |
| Palasi · Udaynagar | 1,295 | 48% | 2.2 km E |
| Palasi · Jawar | 409 | 61% | 2.2 km E |
| Karman Khedi · Jawar | 1,802 | 55% | 3.2 km S |
| Moondla Mohaba · Jawar | 1,777 | 58% | 3.5 km SW |
| Harnawada · Jawar | 1,178 | 56% | 4.1 km S |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Murawar
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- Primary school
- 3
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 1
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- JAWAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 72
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 1,219.18
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 592.77
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Murawar
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Murawar
- LGD code
- 483069
- Pincode
- 466221
- Post office
- Jawar (Sehore)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,625
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,095
- Households
- 577
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 934
- Literacy rate
- 58.7%
- Coordinates
- 23.11449°N, 76.56015°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dewas
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Ashta
- Member of Parliament
- Mahendra Solanki
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Gopal Singh Engineer
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- BAHADUR SINGH
- Block / Mandal
- Jawar
Getting there
How to reach Murawar
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal89 kmcapital
- Mumbai589 km
- Delhi615 km
- Hyderabad668 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKisoni28 km
- Bus stoppurana bus station20 km
- Hospital / PHCCSC Hospital Polaykalan11 km
- Petrol pumpmukati petrol pump20 km
- CollegeVITB Multi-purpose Hall30 km
- Police stationSikandar bazaar police station20 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 466221
Villages near Murawar
Other villages in Jawar mandal
View all 60+ →- Metwara
- Siddiqueganj
- Kajlas
- Guradiya Varma
- Kurawar
- Phudra
- Jhilela
- Shyampura Magarda
- Karman Khedi
- Moondla Mohaba
- Gwali
- Dodi
- Khajuriya Jawar
- Arniya Gaji
- Gwala
- Tigariya
- Darkheda
- Amla Majju
- Bamuliya Raimal
- Barchhapura
- Harniyagaon
- Bilpan
- Bhavri Kalan (Bhauri Kalan)
- Samriboda
- Dhurada Kalan
- Umardad
- Sheku Kheda
- Lakhiya
- Harnawada
- Badariya Hat
- Kundiya Nathu
- Kalyanpura
- Hakimpur
- Dhinga Khedi
- Kundiya Dhaga
- Bisu Khedi
Sources & freshness
- 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, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)