| Voice of Hoshangabad
: Ms. Vidhi Vajpaiee
Hoshangabad
District
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
Geographical Area : 6707.0 Km2
Population in Hoshangabad (Census 2011)
Total Population
Total : 1,240,975
Male : 648,970
Female : 592,005
Under 6 population
Total : 161,406
Male : 84,463
Female : 76,943
Disabled
population
Total disabled population : 31253
In seeing : 14753
In speech : 1739
In hearing : 1915
In movement : 10333
Mental : 2513
Rank ( VoiceOfBharat.org Analysis
)
Backwardness : 214
Sex Ratio Rank : 143
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : C
(HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 -2006)
Disability : 293 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 198 (Census 2001)
Minority : Does not figure in MCD
Brief About Hoshangabad District
The district takes its own name from the head quarters
town Hoshangabad which was founded by "SULTAN HUSHANG SHAH GORI",
the second king of Mandu (Malwa) in ealry 15th century.
LOCATION
Hoshangabad district lies in the central Narmada Valley and on the
northern fringe of the Satpura Plateau. It lies between the parallels
of 22 degree 15 minute and 22 degree 44 minute east. In shape, it
is an irregular strip elongated along the southern banks of Narmda
river. Its greatest length from south-east to north-east is 160
kms.
BOUNDARIES
Northern boundary of the district is river Narmada. Across this
the district of Raisen and Sehore lies. The district of Betul lies
in the south, where as the Harda district faces with the western
and south-western boundaries and Narsingpur and Chhindwara districts,
close to the north-eastern and south-eastern sides of the district
respectively
CLIMATE
The climate of Hoshangabad district is normal. All the seasons come
in the district. An average height from the sea level is 331 mts.and
avearge rain fall is 134 cms. The average maximum and minimum temperatures
are 32 deg.C and 19 deg.C respectively. Overall, the climate of
the district is neither more hot nor more cool except the winter
season of the Pachmarhi.
APPROACH ROAD/ RAIL
Hoshangabad is freely connected by road and rail from the state
capital, Bhopal and it is about 70 kms. away from it. It is connected
by rail with all major cities of the state. One of its tehsil namely
Itarsi is linked with all major cities of the country due to main
railway junction of the central railway, which is 18 kms. far away
from the district head-quarter. From Itarsi, you can also move to
Pachmarhi by road, which is one of the most popular tourist spot
of the district.
Hoshangabad is a religious place due to holi river
Narmada. Thousands of pilgrims visit to this place for sacred bath
on the occasion of Makrasankranti, Mahasivaratri & all Amavasyas.
A Sethani ghat is the most popular ghat for sacred bath. A crowed
mela is likely to be organized in the winter season.
Also the Narmada Jayanti is celebrated in the winter
season and inaugurated by the Chief Minister or Minister of the
state. Thousand of pilgrims attend the Narmada Jayanti. Every year,
a mela held in town on the samadhi of Ramji Baba with an exhibition
and it continues for a month. A lot of crowd come from the whole
district alongwith an adjacent districts.
Hoshangabad town is mostly inhibited by middle
class family with a mixed economy. Due to this, villagers from near-by
villages came to Hoshangabad with their essential commodities like
food-grains, rice, pulses, vegetables, domestic products for sale
on every Sunday
Pachmarhi is a hill stationis in the Satpura range
of hills. It is situated in Pipariya tehsil. It is on the way of
Piparia-Matkuli- Pachamrhi road, at a distance of 123 kms. from
district head-quarter. It is connected with rail upto Piparia railway
station en-route of Hawrah-Mumbai rail route. Pachamrhi is at a
distance of about 52 km. from Piparia railway station and 211 km.
from state capital Bhopal. It is also known as "Queen of Satpura"
. By popular belief the name Pachmarhi is a derivation of 'Panch-Marhi'
or the five caves of the Pandava brothers. During the British regime,
Pachmarhi was the summer capital of the Central Provinces
Climate: The altitude of this station is about
1067 metres from the sea level and the average rainfall is about
200 cms. The maximum and minimum temperature here during the months
of May and June is 39 degree centigrade and 19 degree centigrade
respectively. The average temperature is thus about 10 degree less
than that of the Hoshangabad valley. The atmosphere is always very
clear and fresh, free from the mist or fog during the rains.
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