Village · Shahpura, Jabalpur
# Dudwara

Dudwara is a village in Shahpura sub-district of Jabalpur district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 775 people in 167 households, the 78th largest of 226 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.4%.
- 775 people (2011)
- 167 households
- 80.8% literacy
- 942 females per 1,000 males

## Dudwara PIN code and other codes

Dudwara falls in Shahpura sub-district, Jabalpur district, Madhya Pradesh.
- Community development block Shahpura
- Census village code 489780

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Dudwara from nearby towns?
- Jabalpur (district HQ) 25 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Dudwara?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Dudwara; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Middle school In village · 1 govt
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Jabalpur
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Jabalpur
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Jabalpur
- ○ Primary health centre 10+ km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 10+ km
- ○ Post office 10+ km
- ○ Public bus service 10+ km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 10+ km
- ○ Ration (PDS) shop under 5 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 10+ km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011) 8 h summer · 9 h winter

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Dudwara known for?

About 46% of the 332 hectares of village land is sown, and 44 hectares are irrigated.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Dudwara

Of every 100 households in Dudwara in 2011, 99 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dudwara · ■ Shahpura rural average
- Electricity for lighting 99% 79%
- Toilet within the home 15% 26%
- No toilet (open defecation) 85% 73%
- Tap water 0% 11%
- Drinking water within premises 14% 15%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 4%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 95%
- Use banking services 10% 40%
- Television 44% 27%
- Mobile phone 33% 30%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 12% 12%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 2%
- None of these assets 20% 43%
- Own their home 98% 96%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Dudwara?

■ Dudwara · ■ Shahpura rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 80.8% 70.4%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 942 934
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 982 925
- Working population 44.3% 47.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.5% for men and 71.6% for women. 52% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 58 (17%) · ■ Farm labourers 89 (26%) · ■ Other work 33 (10%) · ■ Marginal 163 (48%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Shahpura
- Kisrod 796 people
- Sagda 779 people
- Pati Chargawan 778 people
- Bharatpur 775 people
- Jhurai Pipariya 768 people
- Samadpura 767 people
- Dharampura 752 people
- Majitha 750 people

All 227 villages in Shahpura

## Quick answers
- How far is Dudwara from Jabalpur? 25 km by road
- What is the population of Dudwara? 775 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dudwara in? Jabalpur district (Shahpura sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Dudwara? 80.8% (Census 2011)

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