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The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has released the final result of the Civil Services Examination 2024. A total of 1009 candidates have been recommended, including 335 from the General category.
But there is a village in India, where currently there are more than 100 IAS officers. Apart from this, the environment of education here is such that 4 out of 7 children here pass difficult exams like NEET and 3 children pass JEE very easily.
The tribal dominated Padiyal village located in the remote area of Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh is famous as the ‘village of officers’. Every child here wants to become a civil servant, engineer or doctor. More than 100 people from this tribal dominated village of Malwa region with a population of more than 5,000 are working as administrative officers in different parts of India.
About 90 percent of the village’s population belongs to the Bhil tribe. Bhils are an ethnic community that lives in central Indian states, including Dhar, Jhabua and West Nimar districts of Madhya Pradesh and Dhule and Jalgaon in Maharashtra. They are also found in Rajasthan.
According to the Madhya Pradesh government, the literacy rate of Padiyal village is more than 90 percent. According to the Madhya Pradesh government, till two years ago, the number of administrative officers in this village was 70, which will cross 100 in 2024. This includes lower court judges, Indian Police Service officers, Indian Administrative Service officers, Indian Engineering Service officers, doctors, prosecution officers, forest officers, etc.
However, the quality of education or literacy rate of this Bhil tribe dominated village was judged when 4 out of 7 school children successfully cleared the NEET exam and 3 others cleared the JEE Mains exam this year.
The state government said in a statement that on an average, there is one government employee from every house in this village, which is a total of 300. It is said that the youth here started competing to appear in competitive examinations since independence.
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