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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Yuvraj Singh
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- LGD code
- 503776
- Pincode
- 486889
- Post office
- Singrauli Colliery
- Population
- 2,916
- Households
- 736
- Literacy rate
- 55%
- Sex ratio
- 932 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,448
- Distance to district centre
- 21 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 16 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 470 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 680 km
- Nearest railway station
- Niwas Road · 6 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Bangali Hospital · 14 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Niwas compares
By population, Niwas ranks #11 of 124 villages in Sarai mandal.
Literacy rate
%
55.0%
+9.7% vs mandal average
Niwas55.0%
Sarai mandal45.3%
Singrauli district49.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
932
−43 vs mandal average
Niwas932
Sarai mandal975
Household size
people per home
4.0
−0.6 vs mandal average
Niwas4.0
Sarai mandal4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Niwas at a glance
Niwas is a village of 2,916 people in 736 households (Census 2011) in Sarai tehsil, Singrauli district, Madhya Pradesh, the 11th-largest of 124 villages in Sarai tehsil. Literacy is 55%, 10 points above the tehsil average of 45% and the sex ratio is 932 women per 1,000 men. It lies 21 km from the Singrauli district centre, 6 km from Niwas Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 486889, served by Singrauli Colliery post office; the LGD village code is 503776. The nearest hospital or health centre is Bangali Hospital, 14 km away. The sarpanch is Yuvraj Singh, and the village votes in Dhauhani assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kunwar Singh Tekam. The population is estimated at 3,438 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Niwas
- 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)
- 16
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 1
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- Yes
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SIDHI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 45
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 110
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 110
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 423.93
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 61.82
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Niwas
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Niwas
- LGD code
- 503776
- Pincode
- 486889
- Post office
- Singrauli Colliery
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,916
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,438
- Households
- 736
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 932
- Literacy rate
- 55.0%
- Coordinates
- 24.13414°N, 81.92677°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Sidhi
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dhauhani
- Member of Parliament
- Rajesh Mishra
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kunwar Singh Tekam
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Yuvraj Singh
- Block / Mandal
- Sarai
Getting there
How to reach Niwas
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal470 kmcapital
- Kolkata680 km
- Delhi685 km
- Hyderabad831 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationNiwas Road6 km
- Hospital / PHCBangali Hospital14 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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)