# Shahda Village, Mhow, Indore (Madhya Pradesh) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Mhow, Indore 

# Shahda

Shahda is a village in Mhow sub-district of Indore district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **921 people in 140 households**, the 71st largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.5%.

- 921people (2011)
- 140households
- 64.6%literacy
- 1,002females per 1,000 males

## Shahda PIN code and other codes

Shahda falls in Mhow sub-district, Indore district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockMhow
- Census village code476397

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Shahda from nearby towns?

- Mhow (sub-district HQ)2 km by road
- Indore (district HQ)18 km by road
- Mhowgaon (nearest town)2 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Shahda?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Shahda; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Mhow
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Mhow
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Indore
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 6 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Shahda known for?

The main crops are **soyabean, potato and wheat**. About 85% of the 234 hectares of village land is sown, and 182 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Shahda

Of every 100 households in Shahda in 2011, 100 had electricity, 39 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 95 had a mobile phone, 67 a two-wheeler and 14 a car.

■ Shahda · ■ Mhow rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**94%

Toilet within the home ****39%**

**46%

No toilet (open defecation) ****61%**

**53%

Tap water ****0%**

**26%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****11%**

**30%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**68%

Use banking services ****53%**

**48%

Television ****85%**

**49%

Mobile phone ****95%**

**53%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****67%**

**32%

Car / jeep / van ****14%**

**5%

None of these assets ****2%**

**25%

Own their home ****98%**

**87%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Shahda?

■ Shahda · ■ Mhow rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.6%**

**69.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1002**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1043**

**929

Working population ****48.4%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.7% for men and 48.4% for women. 54% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 209 (47%) · **■** Farm labourers 108 (24%) · **■** Other work 116 (26%) · **■** Marginal 13 (3%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Mhow

- Berchha972 people
- Nawada958 people
- Ashapur955 people
- Sejgarh938 people
- Kulthana896 people
- Panjariya879 people
- Shrikhandi863 people
- Chhapariya847 people

[All 172 villages in Mhow](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/indore/mhow/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Shahda from Indore?18 km by road
- What is the population of Shahda?921 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shahda in?Indore district (Mhow sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shahda?64.6% (Census 2011)