Pandhurna

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city town
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Location in Madhya Pradesh, India
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Coordinates: 21°36′N 78°31′E / 21.6°N 78.52°E / 21.6; 78.52Coordinates: 21°36′N 78°31′E / 21.6°N 78.52°E / 21.6; 78.52
Country  India
State Madhya Pradesh
District Chhindwara
Elevation 474 m (1,555 ft)
Population (2011(census))
 • Total 193,818
Languages
 • Official Hindi
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration M.P. 28

Pandhurna is a town and a municipality in Chhindwara district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.

Geography

Pandhurna is located at 21°36′N 78°31′E / 21.6°N 78.52°E / 21.6; 78.52.[1] It has an average elevation of 474 metres (1,555 feet).

Demographics

Pandhurna is a Municipality in district of Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh. The Pandhurna city is divided into 30 wards for which elections are held in every 5 years. The Pandhurna Municipality has population of 193,818 in which 100,657 are males while 93,156 are females as per report released by Census India 2017.

Population of children with age of 0-6 is 4,986 which is 10.96% of total population of Pandhurna (M). In Pandhurna Municipality, female Sex Ratio is of 937 against state average of 931. Moreover, child Sex Ratio in Pandhurna is around 959 compared to Madhya Pradesh state average of 918. Literacy rate of Pandhurna city is 87.03% higher than state average of 69.32%. In Pandhurna, male literacy is around 91.02% while female literacy rate is 82.76%.

Pandhurna Municipality has total administration over 10,243 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is also authorized to build roads within municipality limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.

Castes

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 8.66% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 6.02% of total population in Pandhurna (M).

Work profile

Out of total population, 18,265 were engaged in work or business activity, Of this 13,272 were males while 4,993 were females. In census survey, worker is defined as person who does business, job, service, and cultivator and labour activity. Of total 18265 working population, 86.87% were engaged in Main Work while 13.13% of total workers were engaged in Marginal Work.

Economics

This is a typical Indian village with farming as the major occupation of the populace. A lot of farmers grow oranges and cotton as the Kharif crop since the black soil is suitable for its production. Other crops are soybean, groundnut, cauliflower, gram and wheat. The village also has a few oil and cotton mills, food processing plants. Pandhurna is home for many cotton ginning and pressing factories. Pandhurna is basically surrounded by Vidharbha, hence the local language is Marathi. Economic factors are also affected by it.

Gotmar

Gotmar literally means stone throwing ('got' = stone and 'mar' = beat). Gotmar Mela was celebrated every year on the second day to 'Bhadrapad' New Moon day. This fair was celebrated on the banks of the river Jam. A long tree was erected in the middle of the river with a flag at its very top. The residents of the villages of Savargaon and Pandhurna gathered on either bank of the river, and started pelting stones ('Got') at the persons of the opposite village who tried to cross into the middle of the river and remove the flag on top of the tree trunk. The village whose resident succeeds in removing the flag would be considered victorious. The whole activity happened amidst the chanting of the sacred name of 'Maa' Durgaji. Several people were wounded in this celebration and the District Administration made elaborate arrangements for the smooth conduct of this rare fair. People were often left either dead or injured so the festival has now been banned.[2] The local authorities had not interfered until recently. After attempts in 2001 and 2002 to get the villagers to use rubber balls instead of stones failed, the authorities banned the festival in 2009 and 2011

Nearby places of interest

  1. Hazrat Jungli Shah Peer Dargah, Pandhurna
  2. Hazrat Guncha Shah Dargah, Pandhurna
  3. Hazrat Chand Shah Wali Dargah, Pandhurna
  4. Shri Chandi Mata Temple
  5. Sai Tekri Temple, Pandhurna
  6. Shri Shani Dev Temple, Amravti Road
  7. Shri Chamatkarik Hanumaan Mandir, JamSavli
  8. Shree Ram Mandir ,gujari chowk ,pandhurna.
  9. Bhawani Mata Mandir Sawargao, Pandhurna.

References

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