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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Agara is a village in Vijaypur mandal, Sheopur district, Madhya Pradesh, with a population of 4,536 across 995 households. It has a literacy rate of 37.2% and is located at coordinates 25.587°N, 77.539°E with postal code 476332.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
mukesh rathor
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- LGD code
- 451408
- Pincode
- 476332
- Post office
- Bijaipur (Sheopur)
- Population
- 4,536
- Households
- 995
- Literacy rate
- 37.2%
- Sex ratio
- 919 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,978
- Distance to district centre
- 54 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 5 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 259 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 338 km
- Nearest railway station
- Khajuri · 8 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Goverment Hospital,Bairad · 15 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Agara compares
By population, Agara ranks #3 of 111 villages in Vijaypur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
37.2%
−8.8% vs mandal average
- Agara
- 37.2%
- Vijaypur mandal
- 46.0%
- Sheopur district
- 47.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
919
+68 vs mandal average
- Agara
- 919
- Vijaypur mandal
- 851
Household size
people per home
4.6
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Agara
- 4.6
- Vijaypur mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Agara at a glance
Agara is a village of 4,536 people in 995 households (Census 2011) in Vijaypur tehsil, Sheopur district, Madhya Pradesh, the 3rd-largest of 111 villages in Vijaypur tehsil. Literacy is 37%, 9 points below the tehsil average of 46% and the sex ratio is 919 women per 1,000 men. It lies 54 km from the Sheopur district centre, 42 km from Mohana, the nearest town, 8 km from Khajuri railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 476332, served by Bijaipur (Sheopur) post office; the LGD village code is 451408. The nearest hospital or health centre is Goverment Hospital,Bairad, 15 km away. The sarpanch is mukesh rathor, and the village votes in Pohari assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kailash Kushwah. The population is estimated at 5,348 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Agara
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- Primary school
- 4
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 1
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- 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
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- VIJAYPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 25
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 185
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 25
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 4,455
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 230
- Forest area (ha)
- 2,521
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Agara
- LGD code
- 451408
- Pincode
- 476332
- Post office
- Bijaipur (Sheopur)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 4,536
- Population (projected 2026)
- 5,348
- Households
- 995
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 919
- Literacy rate
- 37.2%
- Coordinates
- 25.58741°N, 77.53852°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Gwalior
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Pohari
- Member of Parliament
- Bharat Singh Kushwah
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kailash Kushwah
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- mukesh rathor
- Block / Mandal
- Vijaypur
Getting there
How to reach Agara
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal259 kmcapital
- Delhi338 km
- Mumbai868 km
- Hyderabad917 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKhajuri8 km
- Bus stopDo Batti Chauraha23 km
- Hospital / PHCGoverment Hospital,Bairad15 km
- CollegeJawhar Navodaya Vidyalaya. Shivpuri.40 km
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- 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, 2026-09-21
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)