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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
DG
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Durga Gonge
Contact: 89****1977
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- LGD code
- 497237
- Pincode
- 480886
- Post office
- Lakhnadon
- Population
- 259
- Households
- 54
- Literacy rate
- 61.4%
- Sex ratio
- 1106 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 147
- Distance to district centre
- 170 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 131 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 198 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 472 km
- Nearest railway station
- Benoda · 19 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Kashikar Hospital · 19 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Sawangi compares
By population, Sawangi ranks #148 of 186 villages in Kurai mandal.
Literacy rate
%
61.4%
−1.5% vs mandal average
Sawangi61.4%
Kurai mandal62.9%
Seoni district62.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,106
+97 vs mandal average
Sawangi1,106
Kurai mandal1,009
Household size
people per home
4.8
+0.4 vs mandal average
Sawangi4.8
Kurai mandal4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sawangi at a glance
Sawangi is a village of 259 people in 54 households (Census 2011) in Kurai tehsil, Seoni district, Madhya Pradesh, the 148th-largest of 186 villages in Kurai tehsil. Literacy is 61%, 2 points below the tehsil average of 63% and the sex ratio is 1,106 women per 1,000 men. It lies 170 km from the Seoni district centre, 24 km from Pusla, the nearest town, 19 km from Benoda railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 480886, served by Lakhnadon post office; the LGD village code is 497237. The nearest hospital or health centre is Kashikar Hospital, 19 km away. The sarpanch is Durga Gonge, and the village votes in Churai assembly constituency, represented by MLA Choudhary Sujeet Mersingh. The population is estimated at 305 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sawangi
- 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
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SEONI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 35
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 35
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 2
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 87.28
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Sawangi
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Sawangi
- LGD code
- 497237
- Pincode
- 480886
- Post office
- Lakhnadon
- Population (Census 2011)
- 259
- Population (projected 2026)
- 305
- Households
- 54
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1106
- Literacy rate
- 61.4%
- Coordinates
- 21.61680°N, 78.16101°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
- Durga Gonge
- Block / Mandal
- Kurai
Getting there
How to reach Sawangi
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal198 kmcapital
- Hyderabad472 km
- Mumbai619 km
- Delhi784 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBenoda19 km
- Hospital / PHCKashikar Hospital19 km
- ATM / bankIndian Overseas Bank19 km
- Petrol pumpYawalkar Petrol Pump19 km
- Police stationWarud Police Station20 km
Same pincode
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- SiroliparLakhnadon mandal1,355 pop
- GangaiLakhnadon mandal1,285 pop
- BhilmaLakhnadon mandal1,220 pop
- Chargaon Ryt.Lakhnadon mandal1,083 pop
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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, 2026-09-24
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)