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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
GP
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
gyanendra pratap singh
Contact: 91****0124
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- LGD code
- 502481
- Pincode
- 486661
- Post office
- Sidhi Bus Stand
- Population
- 416
- Households
- 87
- Literacy rate
- 65.6%
- Sex ratio
- 917 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 139
- Distance to district centre
- 371 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 336 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 267 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 339 km
- Nearest railway station
- Indergarh · 21 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital · 10 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Pawa compares
By population, Pawa ranks #68 of 132 villages in Churhat mandal.
Literacy rate
%
65.6%
+10.5% vs mandal average
Pawa65.6%
Churhat mandal55.1%
Sidhi district53.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
917
−84 vs mandal average
Pawa917
Churhat mandal1,001
Household size
people per home
4.8
Same as the mandal average
Pawa4.8
Churhat mandal4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pawa at a glance
Pawa is a village of 416 people in 87 households (Census 2011) in Churhat tehsil, Sidhi district, Madhya Pradesh, the 68th-largest of 132 villages in Churhat tehsil. Literacy is 66%, 10 points above the tehsil average of 55% and the sex ratio is 917 women per 1,000 men. It lies 371 km from the Sidhi district centre, 30 km from Sirsod, the nearest town, 21 km from Indergarh railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 486661, served by Sidhi Bus Stand post office; the LGD village code is 502481. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, 10 km away. The sarpanch is gyanendra pratap singh, and the village votes in Maihar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Shrikant Chaturvedi. The population is estimated at 490 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Pawa
- 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)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 10
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- CHURHAT
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 13
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 33
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 13
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 224.51
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 31
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Pawa
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Pawa
- LGD code
- 502481
- Pincode
- 486661
- Post office
- Sidhi Bus Stand
- Population (Census 2011)
- 416
- Population (projected 2026)
- 490
- Households
- 87
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 917
- Literacy rate
- 65.6%
- Coordinates
- 25.62259°N, 77.86592°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Satna
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Maihar
- Member of Parliament
- Ganesh Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Shrikant Chaturvedi
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- gyanendra pratap singh
- Block / Mandal
- Churhat
Getting there
How to reach Pawa
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal267 kmcapital
- Delhi339 km
- Mumbai890 km
- Hyderabad918 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationIndergarh21 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital10 km
- CollegeJawhar Navodaya Vidyalaya. Shivpuri.9 km
- Police stationDatia Police Lines60 km
Same pincode
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- BadhauraGopadbanas mandal3,867 pop
- BamhaniGopadbanas mandal3,798 pop
- Chauphal PawaiGopadbanas mandal3,721 pop
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-24
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)