Lead story
18
September 2026
newsSTATE
One vote, four years: Madhya Pradesh High Court orders recount in sarpanch polls
Reported by The Indian Express.
By Resident0 likes0 comments
Represented by
Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Urwaha is a village in Narwar mandal, Shivpuri district, Madhya Pradesh, with a population of 416 across 66 households. The literacy rate is 46.6%, and it is located at coordinates 25.642°N, 77.896°E.
MB
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Meera Baghel
Contact: 81****2462
Spotted a stale sarpanch record? Sign in and a verified resident of Urwaha can update it.
- LGD code
- 455467
- Pincode
- 473880
- Post office
- Narwar (Shivpuri)
- Population
- 416
- Households
- 66
- Literacy rate
- 46.6%
- Sex ratio
- 926 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 164
- Distance to district centre
- 45 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 24 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 269 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 337 km
- Nearest railway station
- Indergarh · 22 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Urwaha compares
By population, Urwaha ranks #101 of 118 villages in Narwar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
46.6%
−4.4% vs mandal average
- Urwaha
- 46.6%
- Narwar mandal
- 51.0%
- Shivpuri district
- 52.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
926
+82 vs mandal average
- Urwaha
- 926
- Narwar mandal
- 844
Household size
people per home
6.3
+1.0 vs mandal average
- Urwaha
- 6.3
- Narwar mandal
- 5.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Urwaha at a glance
Urwaha is a village of 416 people in 66 households (Census 2011) in Narwar tehsil, Shivpuri district, Madhya Pradesh, the 101st-largest of 118 villages in Narwar tehsil. Literacy is 47%, 4 points below the tehsil average of 51% and the sex ratio is 926 women per 1,000 men. It lies 45 km from the Shivpuri district centre, 30 km from Sirsod, the nearest town, 22 km from Indergarh railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 473880, served by Narwar (Shivpuri) post office; the LGD village code is 455467. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, 7 km away. The sarpanch is Meera Baghel, and the village votes in Karera assembly constituency, represented by MLA Khatik Ramesh Prasad. The population is estimated at 490 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Barkhadi →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →Complete this village · 5/7
Add what you know →- Sarpanch name
- Panchayat contact
- Pincode
- About the village
- A photoTemple, school, fields — anything from the village
- A festival or jatara
- A notable personTeacher, soldier, sportsperson, entrepreneur
Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Urwaha
- 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
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- NARWAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 4
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 39
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 4
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 99.58
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 61.5
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Urwaha
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Urwaha
- LGD code
- 455467
- Pincode
- 473880
- Post office
- Narwar (Shivpuri)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 416
- Population (projected 2026)
- 490
- Households
- 66
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 926
- Literacy rate
- 46.6%
- Coordinates
- 25.64188°N, 77.89593°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
- Meera Baghel
- Block / Mandal
- Narwar
Getting there
How to reach Urwaha
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal269 kmcapital
- Delhi337 km
- Mumbai894 km
- Hyderabad920 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationIndergarh22 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital7 km
- CollegeJawhar Navodaya Vidyalaya. Shivpuri.5 km
- Police stationDatia Police Lines57 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 473880
Villages near Urwaha
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)