Pandhurna
| Pandhurna | |
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| Town | |
 Pandhurna
 Pandhurna
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| Coordinates: 21°36′N 78°31′E / 21.6°N 78.52°ECoordinates: 21°36′N 78°31′E / 21.6°N 78.52°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Madhya Pradesh |
| District | Chhindwara |
| Elevation | 474 m (1,555 ft) |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 40,906 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
Pandhurna is a town and a municipality in Chhindwara district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.
Pandhurna is located at 21°36′N 78°31′E / 21.6°N 78.52°E. It has an average elevation of 474 metres (1555 feet).
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 45,479 in which 23,478 are males while 22,001 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.
Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 4986 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.
Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 8.66% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 6.02% of total population in Pandhurna (M).
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.
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.
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