Pandhana

Pandhana is a city and a nagar parishad in Khandwa district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.

Geography

Pandhana is located at 21°42′N 76°13′E / 21.7°N 76.22°E / 21.7; 76.22. It has an average elevation of 249 metres (1145 feet).

Demographics

As of 2011 India census, Pandhana had a population of 27,000. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Pandhana has an average literacy rate of 64%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 73%, and female literacy is 53%. In Pandhana, 16% of the population is under 6 years old.

Banks

State Bank of India - Gandi Chowk Pandhana Bank of India Borgaon Buzurg

Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya

The Navodaya significance lies talented rural children as the target group and the attempt to provide them with quality education comparable to the best residential a in children are found society, and in all areas including the most backward. But, so far, good quality education has well-to-do sections of society, and the poor have been left out. It was felt the children with special talent or aptitude should be provided proceed at a faster pace, by making good quality education irrespective of their capacity to pay for talented it. These would have been modern education traditionally available only in the urban areas. Such education would enable students from rural areas to compete with their urban counterparts on an equal footing.