Sihora is a town and a municipality

Municipality

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 in Jabalpur district

Jabalpur District

Jabalpur District is a district of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. The city of Jabalpur is the administrative headquarters of the district.The area of the district is 10,160 km² with of population 2,167,469...

 in the India

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n state

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 of Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh

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Geography

Sihora is located at 23.48°N 80.12°E. It has an average elevation of 386 metres (1266 feet). It was the biggest tehsil

Tehsil

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 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

India census

Census

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, 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