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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Sunwas is a village in Raipur mandal, Jhalawar district, Rajasthan. With a population of 1,727 across 293 households, it is the largest settlement in this group. The village has a literacy rate of 55.4% and is located at PIN 326036.
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- LGD code
- 105038
- Pincode
- 326036
- Post office
- Raipur (Jhalawar)
- Population
- 1,727
- Households
- 293
- Literacy rate
- 55.4%
- Sex ratio
- 987 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 957
- Distance to district centre
- 10 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 8 km
- Distance to Jaipur
- 290 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 488 km
- Nearest railway station
- Jhalarapatan · 23 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital Raipur · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Sunwas compares
By population, Sunwas ranks #8 of 61 villages in Raipur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
55.4%
Same as the mandal average
- Sunwas
- 55.4%
- Raipur mandal
- 55.4%
- Jhalawar district
- 52.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
987
+36 vs mandal average
- Sunwas
- 987
- Raipur mandal
- 951
Household size
people per home
5.9
+0.8 vs mandal average
- Sunwas
- 5.9
- Raipur mandal
- 5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sunwas at a glance
Sunwas is a village of 1,727 people in 293 households (Census 2011) in Raipur tehsil, Jhalawar district, Rajasthan, the 8th-largest of 61 villages in Raipur tehsil. Literacy is 55%, about the same as the tehsil average of 55% and the sex ratio is 987 women per 1,000 men. It lies 10 km from the Jhalawar district centre, 22 km from Sunel, the nearest town, 23 km from Jhalarapatan railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 326036, served by Raipur (Jhalawar) post office; the LGD village code is 105038. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital Raipur, 4 km away. The village votes in Jhalrapatan assembly constituency, represented by MLA Vasundhara Raje. The population is estimated at 2,036 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Sunwas →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunwas · this village | 1,727 | 55% | — |
| Roopa Kheri · Raipur | 369 | 51% | 1.2 km W |
| Roopa Kheri · Pirawa | 656 | 41% | 1.2 km W |
| Kali Talai · Raipur | 1,242 | 61% | 2.1 km S |
| Deewal Khera · Raipur | 1,692 | 65% | 2.9 km W |
| Bhumara · Bakani | 1,247 | 42% | 3 km E |
| Semli Bhawani · Raipur | 861 | 64% | 3.1 km SW |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sunwas
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- 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)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 16
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- 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
- JHALRAPATAN
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 27
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 33
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 23
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 686
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 252.53
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Sunwas
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Key facts — Sunwas
- LGD code
- 105038
- Pincode
- 326036
- Post office
- Raipur (Jhalawar)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,727
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,036
- Households
- 293
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 987
- Literacy rate
- 55.4%
- Coordinates
- 24.32751°N, 76.16461°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Jhalawar-Baran
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Jhalrapatan
- Member of Parliament
- Dushyant Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Vasundhara Raje
- Block / Mandal
- Raipur
Getting there
How to reach Sunwas
Distance to cities · straight line
- Jaipur290 kmcapital
- Delhi488 km
- Mumbai675 km
- Hyderabad809 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationJhalarapatan23 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital Raipur4 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 326036
Villages near Sunwas
Other villages in Raipur mandal
View all 60+ →- Raipur
- Kadodiya
- Himmatgarh
- Mathaniya
- Salri
- Banor
- Dubaliya
- Deewal Khera
- Azampur
- Moondla
- Fatehgarh
- Dobra
- Nandpura
- Samli Kham
- Kali Talai
- Mori
- Dharoo Kheri
- Sirpoi Khurd
- Parasli
- Khijarpur
- Dabal
- Soyla
- Garwara
- Jheekari
- Roshan Bari
- Nimba Hera
- Pal Khanda
- Kachra Kheri
- Semli Bhawani
- Semli Kalyan
- Chawandiya
- Pagariya
- Raghunathpura
- Borband
- Soyli
- Rampuriya
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)