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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Bhagvati Bai Tilsiya
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- LGD code
- 496235
- Pincode
- 480997
- Post office
- Ghansore
- Population
- 754
- Households
- 178
- Literacy rate
- 51.3%
- Sex ratio
- 964 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 411
- Distance to district centre
- 53 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 3 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 228 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 640 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bikrampur · 7 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Lucky Star Hospital and Health Care Centre · 12 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Selwada compares
By population, Selwada ranks #52 of 229 villages in Ghansaur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
51.3%
−5.8% vs mandal average
- Selwada
- 51.3%
- Ghansaur mandal
- 57.1%
- Seoni district
- 62.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
964
−21 vs mandal average
- Selwada
- 964
- Ghansaur mandal
- 985
Household size
people per home
4.2
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Selwada
- 4.2
- Ghansaur mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Selwada at a glance
Selwada is a village of 754 people in 178 households (Census 2011) in Ghansaur tehsil, Seoni district, Madhya Pradesh, the 52nd-largest of 229 villages in Ghansaur tehsil. Literacy is 51%, 6 points below the tehsil average of 57% and the sex ratio is 964 women per 1,000 men. It lies 53 km from the Seoni district centre, 7 km from Bikrampur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 480997, served by Ghansore post office; the LGD village code is 496235. The nearest hospital or health centre is Lucky Star Hospital and Health Care Centre, 12 km away. The sarpanch is Bhagvati Bai Tilsiya, and the village votes in Bargi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Neeraj Singh Lodhi. The population is estimated at 889 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Selwada
- 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
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- GHANSAUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 127
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 157
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 57
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 421.3
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 47.61
- Forest area (ha)
- 175.54
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Selwada
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Selwada
- LGD code
- 496235
- Pincode
- 480997
- Post office
- Ghansore
- Population (Census 2011)
- 754
- Population (projected 2026)
- 889
- Households
- 178
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 964
- Literacy rate
- 51.3%
- Coordinates
- 23.03631°N, 79.62732°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Jabalpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bargi
- Member of Parliament
- Ashish Dubey
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Neeraj Singh Lodhi
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Bhagvati Bai Tilsiya
- Block / Mandal
- Ghansaur
Getting there
How to reach Selwada
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal228 kmcapital
- Hyderabad640 km
- Delhi666 km
- Mumbai827 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBikrampur7 km
- Hospital / PHCLucky Star Hospital and Health Care Centre12 km
- ATM / bankUnion bank of India33 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil34 km
- CollegeChanchala Bai College34 km
- Police stationpolice station36 km
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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, 2026-09-22
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)