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Thikariya

Jharda mandal
Pincode 456441
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Festival

Dussehra (Vijayadashami)दशहरा

Thikariya observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.

20 OctObserved in 36 states

Dussehra (Vijayadashami) in Madhya Pradesh

Ramlila through the nine nights and the burning of Ravana, Meghnad and Kumbhakarna effigies on Dussehra evening. Kullu Dussehra in Himachal begins on Vijayadashami and runs a week, with village deities carried to Dhalpur maidan.

The regional form observed across North India. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.

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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot

Quick panchayat-at-a-glance

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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
jyoti kunwar
Contact: 90****8297
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LGD code
471363
Pincode
456441
Post office
Jharda
Population
1,061
Households
202
Literacy rate
35.4%
Sex ratio
947 ♀/1000♂
Workers
325
Distance to district centre
115 km
Distance to mandal centre
128 km
Distance to Bhopal
96 km
Distance to Mumbai
566 km
Nearest railway station
Palasner · 62 km
Nearest hospital / PHC
CIVIL HOSPITAL KANNOD · 10 km
Census 2011 · in context

How Thikariya compares

By population, Thikariya ranks #36 of 113 villages in Jharda mandal.

Literacy rate
%
35.4%
−13.4% vs mandal average
Thikariya35.4%
Jharda mandal48.8%
Ujjain district62.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
947
+3 vs mandal average
Thikariya947
Jharda mandal944
Household size
people per home
5.3
+0.4 vs mandal average
Thikariya5.3
Jharda mandal4.9

Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).

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Thikariya at a glance

Thikariya is a village of 1,061 people in 202 households (Census 2011) in Jharda tehsil, Ujjain district, Madhya Pradesh, the 36th-largest of 113 villages in Jharda tehsil. Literacy is 35%, 13 points below the tehsil average of 49% and the sex ratio is 947 women per 1,000 men. It lies 115 km from the Ujjain district centre, 62 km from Palasner railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 456441, served by Jharda post office; the LGD village code is 471363. The nearest hospital or health centre is CIVIL HOSPITAL KANNOD, 10 km away. The sarpanch is jyoti kunwar, and the village votes in Mahidpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dinesh Jain Boss. The population is estimated at 1,251 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.

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Nearby villages compared

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villagePopulationLiteracyDistance
Thikariya · this village1,06135%—
Thikariya · Badoda41149%0 km N
Thikariya · Jaora——0 km N
Thikariya · Kannod64842%0 km N
Ghudiya · Satwas66039%2.4 km NE
Khari · Satwas——2.4 km NE
Bekalya · Satwas4100%2.6 km W

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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Thikariya

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)
12
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
Yes
Private bus service
Yes
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
MAHIDPUR
Distance to nearest town (km)
10
Distance to district HQ (km)
58
Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
10
All-weather road
Yes
Total area (ha)
367.61
Irrigated area (ha)
71.42
Forest area (ha)
0

Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.

Notice board · Thikariya

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Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.

Key facts — Thikariya

LGD code
471363
Pincode
456441
Post office
Jharda
Population (Census 2011)
1,061
Population (projected 2026)
1,251
Households
202
Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
947
Literacy rate
35.4%
Coordinates
22.73333°N, 76.66667°E
Lok Sabha constituency
Ujjain
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Mahidpur
Member of Parliament
Anil Firojiya
Member of Legislative Assembly
Dinesh Jain Boss
Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
jyoti kunwar
Block / Mandal
Jharda
Getting there

How to reach Thikariya

Mandal centre
Jharda · ≈ 128 km
≈ 4 h 23 min by car · 5 h 12 min by bike
Directions
District centre
Ujjain · ≈ 115 km
≈ 3 h 57 min by car · 4 h 41 min by bike
Directions
Distance to cities · straight line
  • Bhopal96 kmcapital
  • Mumbai566 km
  • Hyderabad624 km
  • Delhi656 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
  • Railway stationPalasner62 km
  • Hospital / PHCCIVIL HOSPITAL KANNOD10 km
  • Petrol pumpmukati petrol pump32 km
  • CollegeVellore Institute of Technology - VIT Bhopal42 km
  • Police stationSikandar bazaar police station32 km
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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, 2026-09-25
  • Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
  • Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
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