Sihora

Sihora is a town and a municipality in Jabalpur district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.

Geography

Sihora is located at ^[1]. It has an average elevation of 386 metres (1266 feet). It was the biggest tehsil of the state.now people of sihora demanding for district status from their state govt.A village Karondi, about 40 km from Sihora is considered to be centre point of post-partition India.( pre-partition centre point is at Nagpur)

Sihora municiple corporation is one of the old corporation madhya pradesh. it was established on 1867.

Demographics

As of 2001^[update] India census^[2], Sihora had a population of 37,887. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Sihora has an average literacy rate of 68%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 75%, and female literacy is 59%. In Sihora, 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Education

Sihora has some schools that attract students from the nearby villages,. It also had a graduate college, named after shayam sunadar agarwaal was renowned in the past,but now the building stands in dilapidated state. The major schools include pandit vishnu dutt H.S. school,lalchand,janta school, Mispa Mission,Shalem and Marthoma gram jyoti

References

1. ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Sihora
2. ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999. Retrieved 2008-11-01.