Mandla
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Demographics
India censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
, Mandla had a population of 45,907. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Mandla has an average literacy rate of 77%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 82%, and female literacy is 72%. Majority of Population belongs Adivasi, so there is a Special education programs to promote them. In Mandla, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.70% of population are Hindus, 15% Christians, 4% Muslims and rest counts for Atheist and others.
Transport
Mandla is connected with road to nearby cities like Jabalpur, NagpurNagpur
Nāgpur is a city and winter capital of the state of Maharashtra, the largest city in central India and third largest city in Maharashtra after Mumbai and Pune...
and Raipur through National Highway 12A (Express highway). From Jabalpur to Mandla it takes less than 3:00 hours (100 km approx.). Mandla is served by a narrow gauge railway spur from Nainpur
Nainpur
Nainpur is a town and a municipality in Mandla district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.- Geography :Nainpur is located at the absolute center of the country. It is surrounded by two rivers Chakor & Thanwar. It also has a lake called Railway Taalab....
, where it connects to the narrow gauge line between Jabalpur and Gondia
Gondia
Gondia, or Gondiya , is a city in the state of Maharashtra in western India, and is the administrative headquarters of Gondia District. Gondia is also known as Rice City by local people due to abundance of rice mills in the area. Gondia is very close to Madhya Pradesh state, and is considered the...
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Demographics
India censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
, Mandla had a population of 45,907. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Mandla has an average literacy rate of 77%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 82%, and female literacy is 72%. Majority of Population belongs Adivasi, so there is a Special education programs to promote them. In Mandla, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.70% of population are Hindus, 15% Christians, 4% Muslims and rest counts for Atheist and others.
Transport
Mandla is connected with road to nearby cities like Jabalpur, NagpurNagpur
Nāgpur is a city and winter capital of the state of Maharashtra, the largest city in central India and third largest city in Maharashtra after Mumbai and Pune...
and Raipur through National Highway 12A (Express highway). From Jabalpur to Mandla it takes less than 3:00 hours (100 km approx.). Mandla is served by a narrow gauge railway spur from Nainpur
Nainpur
Nainpur is a town and a municipality in Mandla district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.- Geography :Nainpur is located at the absolute center of the country. It is surrounded by two rivers Chakor & Thanwar. It also has a lake called Railway Taalab....
, where it connects to the narrow gauge line between Jabalpur and Gondia
Gondia
Gondia, or Gondiya , is a city in the state of Maharashtra in western India, and is the administrative headquarters of Gondia District. Gondia is also known as Rice City by local people due to abundance of rice mills in the area. Gondia is very close to Madhya Pradesh state, and is considered the...
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Demographics
India censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
, Mandla had a population of 45,907. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Mandla has an average literacy rate of 77%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 82%, and female literacy is 72%. Majority of Population belongs Adivasi, so there is a Special education programs to promote them. In Mandla, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.70% of population are Hindus, 15% Christians, 4% Muslims and rest counts for Atheist and others.
Transport
Mandla is connected with road to nearby cities like Jabalpur, NagpurNagpur
Nāgpur is a city and winter capital of the state of Maharashtra, the largest city in central India and third largest city in Maharashtra after Mumbai and Pune...
and Raipur through National Highway 12A (Express highway). From Jabalpur to Mandla it takes less than 3:00 hours (100 km approx.). Mandla is served by a narrow gauge railway spur from Nainpur
Nainpur
Nainpur is a town and a municipality in Mandla district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.- Geography :Nainpur is located at the absolute center of the country. It is surrounded by two rivers Chakor & Thanwar. It also has a lake called Railway Taalab....
, where it connects to the narrow gauge line between Jabalpur and Gondia
Gondia
Gondia, or Gondiya , is a city in the state of Maharashtra in western India, and is the administrative headquarters of Gondia District. Gondia is also known as Rice City by local people due to abundance of rice mills in the area. Gondia is very close to Madhya Pradesh state, and is considered the...
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Tourists are attracted toward Kanha National Park
Kanha National Park
Kanha National Park is a national park and a Tiger Reserve in the Mandla and Balaghat districts of Madhya Pradesh, India. In the 1930s, Kanha area was divided into two sanctuaries, Hallon and Banjar, of 250 and 300 km² . Kanha National Park was created on 1 June, 1955. Today it stretches over an...
. Decades before tourist were interested in Killa (Fort) in kille Ghat, Shahastra dhara but now due to insufficient maintenance, even localites won't travel those places. For accommodation there is couples of hotels in kanha and Hotel Tourist (M.P.T) administered by state government in Mandla. In average of 10,000 tourists visits each year, in which 400-500 are foreigners mainly from US, France and Germany.Some small waterfalls are also available in this region.
Environmental changes
Once this small town was considered among the most green towns; now this is just a memory. Deforestation has largely affected this area as shown in summer 2007 when the temperature exceeded 46°C. Each day around 20,000 kg of woods are cut. Only because of Ma Narmada (Narmada River) is this town living: it bounds from all around.Education centres
The prominent schools in Mandla are- 2) Montfort School.
- 3) Maharshi Vidya Mandir.
- 4) Bharat Jyoti Higher secondary school.
- 5) Jagganath Excellence School (Govt.)
- 6) Gyan Deep English Medium (HS) School.
- 7) Sarasawati Shishu Mandir
- 8) Kendriya Vidyalaya
- 9) Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya
- 10) Nirmala Higher Secondary School.
- 11)Amal jyoti convent school
The prominent High education centres in Mandla are
- 1) Rani Durgawati Mahavidyalaya
- 2) Jagannath Munnalal Choudhary Mahila Mahavidyalaya
- 3) Polytechnic Girls College
Although competitive institutes are not available here for higher studies,this region have produced many international personalities(including IITians,BITSian,doctors,sportsmen etc)
Mandla constituency (Politics)
Mandla is a Lok Sabha constituency in Madhya Pradesh. This is a Scheduled Tribe seat; it became a reserved seat in 1957.Members of Parliament
(as Mandla Jabalpur South):
- 1951: Mangroo / Govind Das Maheshwari, Indian National Congress (open seat)
- 1957: Mangrubabu Uike, Indian National Congress
- 1962: Mangru Ganu Uike, Indian National Congress
- 1967: M. Uikey, Indian National Congress
- 1971: Mangru Uikey, Indian National Congress
- 1977: Shyamlal Dhurve, Bharatiya Lok Dal
- 1980: Chhotelal Sonu, Indian National Congress - I
- 1984: Mohan Lal, Indian National Congress
- 1989: Mohan Lal, Indian National Congress
- 1991: Mohan Lal, Indian National Congress
- 1996: Faggansingh Kulaste, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 1998: Faggan Singh Kulaste, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 1999: Faggan Singh Kulaste, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 2004: Faggan Singh Kulaste, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 2009: Basori Singh Masram, Indian National Congress