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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Maya Tekam
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- LGD code
- 497195
- Pincode
- 480996
- Post office
- Ugli
- Population
- 313
- Households
- 75
- Literacy rate
- 69%
- Sex ratio
- 863 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 194
- Distance to district centre
- 69 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 34 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 269 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 529 km
- Nearest railway station
- Seoni · 14 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government hospital Barghat · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bawali compares
By population, Bawali ranks #134 of 186 villages in Kurai mandal.
Literacy rate
%
69.0%
+6.1% vs mandal average
- Bawali
- 69.0%
- Kurai mandal
- 62.9%
- Seoni district
- 62.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
863
−146 vs mandal average
- Bawali
- 863
- Kurai mandal
- 1,009
Household size
people per home
4.2
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Bawali
- 4.2
- Kurai mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bawali at a glance
Bawali is a village of 313 people in 75 households (Census 2011) in Kurai tehsil, Seoni district, Madhya Pradesh, the 134th-largest of 186 villages in Kurai tehsil. Literacy is 69%, 6 points above the tehsil average of 63% and the sex ratio is 863 women per 1,000 men. It lies 69 km from the Seoni district centre, 48 km from Ashti, the nearest town, 14 km from Seoni railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 480996, served by Ugli post office; the LGD village code is 497195. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government hospital Barghat, 8 km away. The sarpanch is Maya Tekam, and the village votes in Churai assembly constituency, represented by MLA Choudhary Sujeet Mersingh. The population is estimated at 369 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bawali · this village | 313 | 69% | — |
| Manegaon Khurd · Barghat | 960 | 67% | 2.2 km N |
| Bhimpatha · Barghat | 1,026 | 77% | 2.5 km E |
| Khursipar Khurd · Barghat | 757 | 64% | 2.9 km NW |
| Luhara · Barghat | 1,496 | 67% | 4.6 km E |
| Dalal · Kurai | 519 | 61% | 5.2 km S |
| Bagholi · Waraseoni | 1,173 | 72% | 6.2 km N |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bawali
- 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)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 10
- 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
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SEONI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 57
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 57
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 22
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 194.94
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 46.88
- Forest area (ha)
- 27.06
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bawali
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bawali
- LGD code
- 497195
- Pincode
- 480996
- Post office
- Ugli
- Population (Census 2011)
- 313
- Population (projected 2026)
- 369
- Households
- 75
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 863
- Literacy rate
- 69.0%
- Coordinates
- 22.00988°N, 79.65842°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Chhindwara
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Churai
- Member of Parliament
- Vivek Kumar Sahu
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Choudhary Sujeet Mersingh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Maya Tekam
- Block / Mandal
- Kurai
Getting there
How to reach Bawali
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal269 kmcapital
- Hyderabad529 km
- Delhi774 km
- Mumbai778 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSeoni14 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment hospital Barghat8 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil14 km
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- 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, 2026-09-23
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)