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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
KP
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
kailash patel
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- LGD code
- 455488
- Pincode
- 473865
- Post office
- Magroni
- Population
- 1,554
- Households
- 319
- Literacy rate
- 47.8%
- Sex ratio
- 815 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 812
- Distance to district centre
- 57 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 31 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 281 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 330 km
- Nearest railway station
- Indergarh · 26 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Dhigwas compares
By population, Dhigwas ranks #31 of 118 villages in Narwar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
47.8%
−3.2% vs mandal average
- Dhigwas
- 47.8%
- Narwar mandal
- 51.0%
- Shivpuri district
- 52.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
815
−29 vs mandal average
- Dhigwas
- 815
- Narwar mandal
- 844
Household size
people per home
4.9
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Dhigwas
- 4.9
- Narwar mandal
- 5.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dhigwas at a glance
Dhigwas is a village of 1,554 people in 319 households (Census 2011) in Narwar tehsil, Shivpuri district, Madhya Pradesh, the 31st-largest of 118 villages in Narwar tehsil. Literacy is 48%, 3 points below the tehsil average of 51% and the sex ratio is 815 women per 1,000 men. It lies 57 km from the Shivpuri district centre, 25 km from Shekhupur, the nearest town, 26 km from Indergarh railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 473865, served by Magroni post office; the LGD village code is 455488. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, 8 km away. The sarpanch is kailash patel, and the village votes in Karera assembly constituency, represented by MLA Khatik Ramesh Prasad. The population is estimated at 1,832 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Dhingwas →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dhigwas · this village | 1,554 | 48% | — |
| Bamor · Bhitarwar | 350 | 60% | 1.5 km NE |
| Kudpar · Bhitarwar | 540 | 46% | 2 km NE |
| Ramjipur · Bhitarwar | 837 | 52% | 2.8 km E |
| Ramjipur · Chunar | 729 | 70% | 2.8 km E |
| Dongarpur Fakeer · Narwar | 910 | 58% | 3.1 km W |
| Khiriya Sunwai · Narwar | 1,246 | 43% | 3.5 km N |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dhigwas
- 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)
- 4
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- 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
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- NARWAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 15
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 60
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 1,045.02
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 853.25
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dhigwas
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Dhigwas
- LGD code
- 455488
- Pincode
- 473865
- Post office
- Magroni
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,554
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,832
- Households
- 319
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 815
- Literacy rate
- 47.8%
- Coordinates
- 25.72818°N, 77.99666°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Gwalior
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Karera
- Member of Parliament
- Bharat Singh Kushwah
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Khatik Ramesh Prasad
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- kailash patel
- Block / Mandal
- Narwar
Getting there
How to reach Dhigwas
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal281 kmcapital
- Delhi330 km
- Mumbai908 km
- Hyderabad929 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationIndergarh26 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital8 km
- ATM / bankState Bank ATM38 km
- CollegeJawhar Navodaya Vidyalaya. Shivpuri.9 km
- Police stationDatia Police Lines47 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 473865
Villages near Dhigwas
Other villages in Narwar mandal
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, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)