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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
SB
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
sushila bai
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- LGD code
- 471963
- Pincode
- 456771
- Post office
- Barnagar
- Population
- 1,727
- Households
- 306
- Literacy rate
- 55.6%
- Sex ratio
- 1001 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 951
- Distance to district centre
- 44 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 10 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 205 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 533 km
- Nearest railway station
- Unhel · 10 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Indubhai Parekh Memeorial Hospital · 22 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Salwa compares
By population, Salwa ranks #38 of 191 villages in Badnagar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
55.6%
−5.8% vs mandal average
- Salwa
- 55.6%
- Badnagar mandal
- 61.4%
- Ujjain district
- 62.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,001
+41 vs mandal average
- Salwa
- 1,001
- Badnagar mandal
- 960
Household size
people per home
5.6
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Salwa
- 5.6
- Badnagar mandal
- 5.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Salwa at a glance
Salwa is a village of 1,727 people in 306 households (Census 2011) in Badnagar tehsil, Ujjain district, Madhya Pradesh, the 38th-largest of 191 villages in Badnagar tehsil. Literacy is 56%, 6 points below the tehsil average of 61% and the sex ratio is 1,001 women per 1,000 men. It lies 44 km from the Ujjain district centre, 10 km from Unhel railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 456771, served by Barnagar post office; the LGD village code is 471963. The nearest hospital or health centre is Indubhai Parekh Memeorial Hospital, 22 km away. The sarpanch is sushila bai, and the village votes in Badnagar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Jitendra Uday Singh Pandya. The population is estimated at 2,036 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Salwa
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- 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)
- 6
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BADNAGAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 25
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 55
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 25
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 887.16
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 607.63
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Salwa
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Key facts — Salwa
- LGD code
- 471963
- Pincode
- 456771
- Post office
- Barnagar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,727
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,036
- Households
- 306
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1001
- Literacy rate
- 55.6%
- Coordinates
- 23.25227°N, 75.40340°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Ujjain
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Badnagar
- Member of Parliament
- Anil Firojiya
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Jitendra Uday Singh Pandya
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- sushila bai
- Block / Mandal
- Badnagar
Getting there
How to reach Salwa
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal205 kmcapital
- Mumbai533 km
- Delhi623 km
- Hyderabad727 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationUnhel10 km
- Hospital / PHCIndubhai Parekh Memeorial Hospital22 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India38 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil Petrol Pump29 km
- CollegeCatholic Theology College for boys41 km
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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)