Amla, Madhya Pradesh

Amla is a village and a nagar panchayat in Betul district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. Amla contains a rail junction, served by broad gauge lines connecting Amla to Itarsi to the north, Nagpur to the southeast, and Chhindwara to the east.

Geography

Amla is located at .^[1] It has an average elevation of 313 metres (1026 feet). In History this place was used by british army to store there Ammunition and so called Ammunition Land in abbreviation form it started calling Amla. It is famous for the Indian Air Force Depot, where bombs and missiles are stored. Earlier Amla Railway station was used as a base kitchen for catering in 1989, the base kitchen was shifted to Itarsi. Famous markets are - Bodkhi, Amla Town etc. People visit this place to see the waterfalls.Famous one is Pachama, about 20km from the railway station. Betul is around 36 km from this place, Major educational institutions are - Kendriya Vidyalaya Amla, Amla Government high school. etc.

Amla is also known for the hanuman mandir which situated near govind colony amla this temple is very old and the statue is very big. There is a big and very old temple of renuka mata is in Chhawal 7km from Amla.

Demographics

As of 2001^[update] India census,^[2] Amla had a population of 29,553. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Amla has an average literacy rate of 77%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 56% of the males and 44% of females literate. 12% of the population is under 6 years of age. There is a central school in ST area of Air Force Station. Some of famous educational institute in Amla are Gurunank higher secondary school,Thakur indal singh high school,Paradise high school,Jawaharlal nehru college and Government college Hasalpur.life career english hr sec school .

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