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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Samandar Singh
Contact: 97****4624
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- LGD code
- 481147
- Pincode
- 464221
- Post office
- Ganjbasoda
- Population
- 1,118
- Households
- 215
- Literacy rate
- 67.9%
- Sex ratio
- 870 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 478
- Distance to district centre
- 18 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 16 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 97 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 517 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bareth · 14 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Sudha Hospital · 17 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Thanway compares
By population, Thanway ranks #31 of 183 villages in Basoda mandal.
Literacy rate
%
67.9%
+9.8% vs mandal average
Thanway67.9%
Basoda mandal58.1%
Vidisha district59.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
870
−19 vs mandal average
Thanway870
Basoda mandal889
Household size
people per home
5.2
+0.4 vs mandal average
Thanway5.2
Basoda mandal4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Thanway at a glance
Thanway is a village of 1,118 people in 215 households (Census 2011) in Basoda tehsil, Vidisha district, Madhya Pradesh, the 31st-largest of 183 villages in Basoda tehsil. Literacy is 68%, 10 points above the tehsil average of 58% and the sex ratio is 870 women per 1,000 men. It lies 18 km from the Vidisha district centre, 46 km from Jakhalon, the nearest town, 14 km from Bareth railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 464221, served by Ganjbasoda post office; the LGD village code is 481147. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sudha Hospital, 17 km away. The sarpanch is Samandar Singh, and the village votes in Basoda assembly constituency, represented by MLA Hari Singh Raghuwanshi (Badda). The population is estimated at 1,318 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Thanway
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- 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)
- 14
- 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
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BASODA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 60
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 797
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 385
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Thanway
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Thanway
- LGD code
- 481147
- Pincode
- 464221
- Post office
- Ganjbasoda
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,118
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,318
- Households
- 215
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 870
- Literacy rate
- 67.9%
- Coordinates
- 24.00662°N, 77.90277°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Vidisha
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Basoda
- Member of Parliament
- Shivraj Singh Chauhan
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Hari Singh Raghuwanshi (Badda)
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Samandar Singh
- Block / Mandal
- Basoda
Getting there
How to reach Thanway
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal97 kmcapital
- Delhi517 km
- Hyderabad739 km
- Mumbai755 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBareth14 km
- Hospital / PHCSudha Hospital17 km
- ATM / bankAxis Bank ATM34 km
- Petrol pumpIndin Oil36 km
- CollegeBina Public H. S. School34 km
- Police stationPolice Station Khurai43 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, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-24
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)