Chhindwara District Was Formed On 1st November, LLLL 1956

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Chhindwara district was formed on 1st November 1956.

It is located on the South-West region of ‘Satpura

Range of Mountains’. It is spread from 21.28 to 22.49 Deg. North (longitude) and 78.40 to 79.24 Deg. East

(latitude) and spread over an area of 11,815 Sq.Km. This district is bound by the plains of Nagpur District (in

Maharashtra State) on the South, Hoshangabad and Narsinghpur Districts on the North, Betul District on the

West and Seoni Districts on the East.

Basic Information:-
Chhindwara District ranks 1st in area (11,815 Sq. Km.) in Madhya Pradesh State and occupies 3.85% of the

area of the state. The District is divided into 14 Tehsils (Chhindwara, Chhindwara Nagar, Tamia, Parasia,

Junnardeo, Amarwara, Chourai, Sausar, Pandhurna, Bicchua, Umreth, Mohkhed, Chand and Harrai), 11

Development Blocks (Chhindwara, Parasia, Junnardeo, Tamia, Amarwara, Chourai, Bicchua, Harrai, Mohkhed,

Sausar and Pandhurna). Chhindwara district contituted as Nagar Nigam in 2015. There are 7 Nagar Palikas

(Parasia, Junnardeo, Pandhurna, Amarwara, Chourai, Damua and Sausar), 9 Nagar Panchayats (Bichhua,

Chandameta, Newton Chikli, Harrai, Mohgaon, Chand, Lodhikheda, Pipla Narayanwar and Badkuhi).

There are 1948 villages in the district, out of which 1903 villages are habitated. The district is divided into 19

Revenue Circles, 803 Patwari Halkas. There are 784 Panchayats in the district. As per Census 1991, the total

population of the district is 15,68,702 out of which 76.90% belong to rural areas. The Scheduled Caste

population is 1,91,419 and Scheduled Tribes population is 5,40,708. The population per square kilometer is

133. ’16-Chhindwara’ is the Parliamentary Constituency in the district and it covers with all the 7 Assembly

Segments (122-Jamai, 123-Amarwara, 124-Chourai, 125-Sausar, 126-Chhindwara, 127-Parasia, and 128-

Pandhurna) of the district only. As per Census 2011 the total population of Chhindwara town is 1,22,309 and of

the district is 2,090,306. There are 964 females for every 1000 males as per Census 2011.

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