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Jhalwa

झालवा
Jaora mandal
Pincode 457226
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MANKUNWAR PATIDAR
Contact: 99****2399
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LGD code
470119
Pincode
457226
Post office
Jaora
Population
1,444
Households
298
Literacy rate
70.8%
Sex ratio
923 ♀/1000♂
Workers
865
Distance to district centre
24 km
Distance to mandal centre
14 km
Distance to Bhopal
238 km
Distance to Mumbai
566 km
Nearest railway station
Mundalaram · 3 km
Nearest hospital / PHC
Civil Hospital Jaora · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context

How Jhalwa compares

By population, Jhalwa ranks #34 of 148 villages in Jaora mandal.

Literacy rate
%
70.8%
+10.5% vs mandal average
Jhalwa
70.8%
Jaora mandal
60.3%
Ratlam district
56.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
923
−40 vs mandal average
Jhalwa
923
Jaora mandal
963
Household size
people per home
4.8
+0.1 vs mandal average
Jhalwa
4.8
Jaora mandal
4.7

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

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Jhalwa at a glance

Jhalwa is a village of 1,444 people in 298 households (Census 2011) in Jaora tehsil, Ratlam district, Madhya Pradesh, the 34th-largest of 148 villages in Jaora tehsil. Literacy is 71%, 11 points above the tehsil average, and the sex ratio is 923 women per 1,000 men. It lies 24 km from the Ratlam district centre, 3 km from Mundalaram railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 457226, served by Jaora post office; the LGD village code is 470119. The nearest hospital or health centre is Civil Hospital Jaora, 8 km away. The sarpanch is MANKUNWAR PATIDAR, and the village votes in Alot assembly constituency, represented by Dr. Chintamani Malviya. The population is estimated at 1,702 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.

Gram panchayat: Jhalwa

Key facts — Jhalwa

LGD code
470119
Pincode
457226
Post office
Jaora
Population (Census 2011)
1,444
Population (projected 2026)
1,702
Households
298
Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
923
Literacy rate
70.8%
Coordinates
23.70839°N, 75.13501°E
Lok Sabha constituency
Ujjain
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Alot
Member of Parliament
Anil Firojiya
Member of Legislative Assembly
Dr. Chintamani Malviya
Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
MANKUNWAR PATIDAR
Block / Mandal
Jaora
Getting there

How to reach Jhalwa

Mandal centre
Jaora · ≈ 14 km
≈ 29 min by car · 34 min by bike
Directions
District centre
Ratlam · ≈ 24 km
≈ 49 min by car · 58 min by bike
Directions
Distance to cities · straight line
  • Bhopal238 kmcapital
  • Mumbai566 km
  • Delhi583 km
  • Hyderabad785 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
  • Railway stationMundalaram3 km
  • Hospital / PHCCivil Hospital Jaora8 km
  • CollegePrincipal's Bungalow10 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, 2026-05-14
  • Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-06
  • Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
  • Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
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