Badnawar Tehsil - Dhar District, Madhya Pradesh

Badnawar is an administrative tehsil in the Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh, India. It includes various villages governed through Gram Panchayats and is a key part of the district's rural administration. Badnawar is the main town for most villages within the tehsil. The nearest railway station is situated at Runija, while the nearest airport is Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport, located at an approximate aerial distance of 52.1 km.

The total area of the tehsil is 1,049 km², including 1,045.56 km² rural area and 3.01 km² urban area. The sex ratio is approximately 972 females per 1,000 males.

List of Villages in Badnawar Tehsil

Badnawar Tehsil has a total of 179 villages. The table below includes all villages in the Tehsil, along with their Gram Panchayat and category details:

Sl. No.	Village Name	Category	Gram Panchayat
1	Ajanya Khedi	Rural	Hanumantya
2	Amodiya	Rural	Semalya
3	Babarda	Rural	Babarda
4	Badnawar	Unmapped	Not applicable
5	Badwai	Rural	Mousar
6	Bakhatgarh	Rural	Bakhatgarh
7	Bakhatpura	Rural	Bakhatpura
8	Baloda	Rural	Baloda
9	Bamakhedi	Rural	Saktali
10	Bamanda Kalan	Rural	Bamanda Kala
11	Bamanda Khurd	Rural	Dattigara
12	Bamansuta	Rural	Panchakwasa
13	Bamanya Rundi	Rural	Hanumantya
14	Barodiya	Rural	Diwanya
15	Batwadiya Kalan	Rural	Manglya
16	Batwadiya Khurd	Rural	Nindwaniya
17	Bawadiya	Rural	Hanumantya
18	Beganda	Rural	Khairwas
19	Beganda	Rural	Tarod
20	Bhat Bamanda	Rural	Bhatbamanda
21	Bhat Khareli	Rural	Paduniya
22	Bhensola	Rural	Bhainsola
23	Bheroopada	Rural	Bherupada
24	Bhimpura	Rural	Warnasa
25	Bhimpura	Rural	Karanpura
26	Bhoinda	Rural	Khandigra
27	Bhuwani Kheda	Rural	Bhuwanikheda
28	Bida	Rural	Kachnariya
29	Bidwal	Rural	Bidwal
30	Bor Jhadi	Rural	Kisanpura
31	Borali	Rural	Borali
32	Borda	Rural	Borda
33	Bordi	Rural	Bordi
34	Bukdawada Khedi	Rural	Borali
35	Bulgara	Rural	Kanwasa
36	Bulgari	Rural	Jalodkheta
37	Chamunda Khedi	Rural	Manglya
38	Chandwadiya	Rural	Derkha
39	Chandwadiya Kalan	Rural	Chandwadiya Kalan
40	Chandwadiya Khurd	Rural	Chandwadiya Kalan
41	Chhangara	Rural	Retoda
42	Chhayan	Rural	Chhayan
43	Chhayan Khurd	Rural	Chhayan Khurd
44	Chho Kalan	Rural	Chhokhurd
45	Chho Khurd	Rural	Chhokhurd
46	Chira Khan	Rural	Chirakhan
47	Chirakhan	Rural	Nindwaniya
48	Dangi Khedi	Rural	Kathodiya
49	Dattigara	Rural	Dattigara
50	Delchi	Rural	Delchi
51	Derkha Urf Bharatgarh	Rural	Derkha
52	Dhamana	Rural	Damana
53	Dhaniya Khedi	Rural	Diwanya
54	Dharsi Kheda	Rural	Dharsikheda
55	Dholana	Rural	Dholana
56	Dholana Khurd	Rural	Nougava
57	Diwanya	Rural	Diwanya
58	Dotrya	Rural	Dotriya
59	Dudhwal	Rural	Bhatbamanda
60	Gadhi	Rural	Dharsikheda
61	Gajnod	Rural	Gajnod
62	Gandwada	Rural	Kumedi
63	Gardawadya	Rural	Dharsikheda
64	Ghatgara	Rural	Ghatra
65	Golawada	Rural	Warnasa
66	Gopal Khedi	Rural	Chhayan Khurd
67	Gordhanpura	Rural	Reshamgara
68	Gulripada	Rural	Hanumantya
69	Gundi Khada	Rural	Mungela
70	Handiya Kundiya	Rural	Bordi
71	Hanumantya	Rural	Hanumantya
72	Harkajhar	Rural	Sangvi
73	Indrawal	Rural	Indrawal
74	Jabada	Rural	Jabda
75	Jalod	Rural	Jalod
76	Jaloda Khera(Rameshpur)	Rural	Jalodkheta
77	Jawasiya	Rural	Jawasiya
78	Jhar Kheda	Rural	Karanpura
79	Jhijhard	Rural	Sangvi
80	Kabarpada	Rural	Semalkheda
81	Kachhi Baroda	Rural	Kachhibaroda
82	Kachnariya	Rural	Kachnariya
83	Kalola	Rural	Semalya
84	Kalyanpura	Rural	Khairwas
85	Kankraj	Rural	Kankraj
86	Kanvan	Rural	Kanvan
87	Kanwasa	Rural	Kanwasa
88	Karadiya	Rural	Warnasa
89	Karanpura	Rural	Karanpura
90	Karod Kalan	Rural	Karod Kalan
91	Karod Khurd	Rural	Bamanda Kala
92	Karoda	Rural	Karoda
93	Kathodiya Bada	Rural	Kathodiya
94	Kathodiya Chhota	Rural	Pali Baroda
95	Katlawada	Rural	Chhayan Khurd
96	Kesarpura	Rural	Mousar
97	Khachroda	Rural	Khachroda
98	Khajuriya	Rural	Sanoli
99	Khamlipada	Rural	Nindwaniya
100	Khandigara	Rural	Khandigra
101	Khardiya	Rural	Semalkheda
102	Kheda	Rural	Kheda
103	Khedi	Rural	Dharsikheda
104	Kherwas	Rural	Khairwas
105	Khiledi	Rural	Khikedi
106	Khima Khedi	Rural	Bhuwanikheda
107	Kisanpura	Rural	Kisanpura
108	Kod	Rural	Kod
109	Kumedi	Rural	Kumedi
110	Kusawada	Rural	Kusavda
111	Lili Khedi	Rural	Lilikhedi
112	Machhamagri	Rural	Nindwaniya
113	Madhavgarh	Rural	Shergarh
114	Makani	Rural	Makni
115	Makka Khedi	Rural	Mousar
116	Makundpura	Rural	Kheda
117	Manasa	Rural	Manasa
118	Manglya	Rural	Manglya
119	Manpura	Rural	Chirakhan
120	Masaniya	Rural	Diwanya
121	Mausar	Rural	Mousar
122	Maya Khedi	Rural	Jawasiya
123	Mehatpura	Rural	Siloda Bujurg
124	Multhan	Rural	Multhan
125	Mundla	Rural	Babarda
126	Mungela	Rural	Mungela
127	Muradka	Rural	Muradka
128	Nagda	Rural	Nagda
129	Nagjhiri	Rural	Jalodkheta
130	Nagora	Rural	Nagora
131	Naharkheda	Rural	Karanpura
132	Nawapada	Rural	Nindwaniya
133	Nevripada	Rural	Jalodkheta
134	Nindwaniya	Rural	Nindwaniya
135	Nogaon	Rural	Nougava
136	Osar	Rural	Mousar
137	Padunya	Rural	Paduniya
138	Palibaroda	Rural	Pali Baroda
139	Palwada	Rural	Palwada
140	Pana	Rural	Phuledi
141	Panchakwasa	Rural	Panchakwasa
142	Panchmukhi	Rural	Chhayan Khurd
143	Panda	Rural	Phuledi
144	Payakunda	Rural	Paykunda
145	Phuledi	Rural	Phuledi
146	Pipal Khunta	Rural	Hanumantya
147	Pipaliya	Rural	Ratanpura
148	Pitgara	Rural	Pitgara
149	Pratappura	Rural	Nindwaniya
150	Ralayta	Rural	Reshamgara
151	Rangara Khedi	Rural	Jalod
152	Ratanpura	Rural	Ratanpura
153	Rayanpada	Rural	Sangvi
154	Reshamgara	Rural	Reshamgara
155	Ritoda	Rural	Retoda
156	Ritodi	Rural	Retoda
157	Rupa Kheda	Rural	Rupakheda
158	Sahabnagar	Rural	Karod Kalan
159	Saktali	Rural	Saktali
160	Sanawada	Rural	Manasa
161	Sandla	Rural	Sandla
162	Sangwi	Rural	Sangvi
163	Sangwi Alias Daulatpura	Rural	Sangvi
164	Sanoli	Rural	Sanoli
165	Sardarpura	Rural	Nindwaniya
166	Semal Kheda	Rural	Semalkheda
167	Semaliya	Rural	Semalya
168	Sergarh	Rural	Shergarh
169	Shambhopada	Rural	Shambhupada
170	Shivgarh	Rural	Kumedi
171	Siloda Buzurg	Rural	Siloda Bujurg
172	Siloda Khurd	Rural	Siloda Khurd
173	Silodiya	Rural	Jawasiya
174	Takrawada	Rural	Takravda
175	Tarod	Rural	Tarod
176	Tikhipada	Rural	Hanumantya
177	Tilgara	Rural	Tilgara
178	Titipada	Rural	Dotriya
179	Warnasa	Rural	Warnasa

Population of Badnawar Tehsil

As per the Census 2011, Badnawar Tehsil has a total population of 2,26,440 people, consisting of 1,14,825 males and 1,11,615 females. There are 45,762 households in the tehsil with an average population density of 216 people per km². The table below shows the rural and urban breakup of population and households:

Particulars	Total	Rural	Urban
Total Population	2,26,440	2,05,523	20,917
Male Population	1,14,825	1,03,953	10,872
Female Population	1,11,615	1,01,570	10,045
Total Households	45,762	41,760	4,002
Population Density	216 / km²	197 / km²	6,949 / km²

Beyond these basic counts, the tehsil has 1,25,964 literate people and 33,783 children (0–6 years). The demographic distribution also includes 24,101 from Scheduled Caste (SC) and 82,676 from Scheduled Tribe (ST) communities. Detailed rural and urban data for these categories is provided below:

Particulars	Total	Rural	Urban
Child Population (Age 0–6)	33,783	31,033	2,750
Literate Population	1,25,964	1,11,359	14,605
Illiterate Population	1,00,476	94,164	6,312
Scheduled Caste (SC) Population	24,101	22,611	1,490
Scheduled Tribe (ST) Population	82,676	79,977	2,699

NOTE: Population and area figures shown here are based on Census 2011. Administrative boundaries may have changed, so the figures may include combined values for areas that were reorganized later.

Tehsil Overview
Tehsil (Hindi)	Badnawar (बदनावर)
District	Dhar
State / UT	Madhya Pradesh
Railway Station	Runija
Total Area	1,049 km²
Sex Ratio (2011)	972
Total Population (2011)	2,26,440
Density	216/km²
Total Villages	179

Nearby Tehsils in Dhar
Dahi	Dhar
Dharampuri	Gandhwani
Kukshi	Manawar
Pithampur	Sardarpur