Hindoria

Hindoria is a town and a nagar panchayat in Damoh district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.

Hindoria Hindorgarh
Town
Nickname(s):  "Raja Kishor Singh Ki Nagri"
Hindoria Location in Madhya Pradesh, India Hindoria Hindoria (India)
Coordinates: 23.9°N 79.57°E
Country	India
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Damoh
Government
• Type	Nagar Parishad
Elevation	385 m (1,263 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	16,001
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	470771
ISO 3166 code	IN-MP
Vehicle registration	MP
Website	http://hindoria.wixsite.com/hindoria

Geography

Hindoria is located at 23.9°N 79.57°E.[1] It has an average elevation of 385 metres (1,263 feet). The peak of Bhondla is highest in Damoh district.

History

In the struggle for freedom from Brithishers, Hindoria kept pace with national devotions and under the able leaderships of Thakur Kishore Singh lodhi[2] of Hindoria, Raja Devi Singh of Singrampur, Pancham Singh of Karijog, Gangadhar Rao, Raghunath Rao, Mejban singh, Govind Rao, and some others fought against the British rule in its rebellion in 1857.

Demographics

The Hindoria city is divided into 15 wards for which elections are held every 5 years. The Hindoria Nagar Panchayat has population of 16,001 of which 8,304 are males while 7,697 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.[3]

Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 2,301 which is 14.38% of total population of Hindoria (NP). In Hindoria Nagar Panchayat, Female Sex Ratio is of 927 against state average of 931. Moreover Child Sex Ratio in Hindoria is around 929 compared to Madhya Pradesh state average of 918. Literacy rate of Hindoria is 78.88% higher than state average of 69.32%. Male literacy is around 88.09% while female literacy rate is 68.93%.

Hindoria Nagar Panchayat has total administration over 3,287 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage.

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 20.95 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 5.06 % of total population in Hindoria (NP).

Work Profile

Out of total population, 7,135 were engaged in work or business activity. Of this 4,576 were males while 2,559 were females. In census survey, worker is defined as person who does business, job, service, and cultivator and labour activity. Of total 7135 working population, 76.31 % were engaged in Main Work while 23.69 % of total workers were engaged in Marginal Work.

Education

Schools in Hindoria include:

Government Schools

1. GOVT HSS BOYS, HINDORIA[4]
2. GOVT HSS GIRLS, HINDORIA
3. GOVT MS BOYS, HINDORIA, JANPAD
4. GOVT MS BOYS, SENIOR BASIC, HINDORIA
5. GOVT MS GIRLS, HINDORIA
6. GOVT PS GIRLS, HINDORIA
7. GOVT PS HINDORIA
8. GOVT PS HINDORIA, MUKERWA WARD
9. GOVT PS HINDORIA, KILA WARD
10. GOVT PS HINDORIA, KANCHAN PURA
11. GOVT PS HINDORIA, CHIRAIPANI

Private Schools

1. Shri Jageshwar Nath Middle School, Hindoria[5]
2. Saraswati Sishu Mandir Hindoria
3. Gayatri Vidhya Peeth School, Hindoria
4. Shri G.P.Choubey Memorial English Medium School, Hindoria
5. Gyan Amrit English/Hindi Medium Middle School, Hindoria
6. Kumud Karmarkar English Medium School, Hindoria
7. Rajendra Pathak Memorial English Medium School, Hindoria

Famous Personalities

Thakur Pradyumna Singh

Thakur Pradyumna Singh[6] elected as MLA from Bada Malhera constituency in state assembly election 2018. He is known as "Munna Bhaia" in Hindoria.

Thakur Rahul Singh

Thakur Rahul Singh,[7] member of legislative assembly of Madhya Pradesh from the Damoh constituency. He defeated the former finance minister[8] of Madhya Pradesh.

Vikas Tamrakar

Vikas Kumar Tamrakar,[9] a student of Jageshwarnath HS School, Hindoria, Damoh, topped, scoring 484 out of the 500 marks (96.8 per cent) in the State Merit List of Class 10th in the year 2006.

References

1. Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Hindoria
2. Damoh History
3. Hindoria Town Census Data 2011
4. Government Schools in Hindoria
5. Private Schools in Hindoria under RTE
6. Pradyumna Singh MLA
7. Rahul Singh MLA
8. Pradyumna Singh and Rahul Singh
9. Vikas Tamrakar State topper class 10th