Panna district
Script error: No such module "about". Template:DMCA Template:DMCA
Script error: No such module "Settlement short description".Page Module:Infobox/styles.css has no content.Page Template:Infobox settlement/styles.css has no content.
Panna district | |
|---|---|
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:InfoboxImage/data' not found. Clockwise from top-left: Ajaygarh Temple, Mritangeshwara Temple in Nandchand, Parnami Temple, Ken River in Panna National Park, Pawai Chandi Waterfalls | |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:InfoboxImage/data' not found. Location of Panna district in Madhya Pradesh | |
| Script error: No such module "Infobox mapframe". | |
| Coordinates (Panna, India): Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | |
| Country | India |
| State | Madhya Pradesh |
| Division | Sagar |
| Headquarters | Panna |
| Tehsils | |
| Government | |
| • Body | Legislative Assembly of Panna, Pawai and Gunour |
| • Collector & District Magistrate | Shri Suresh Kumar(IAS) |
| • Lok Sabha constituencies | Khajuraho |
| • member of parliament | V.D.Sharma(BJP) |
| Area | |
• Total | Script error: No such module "ConvertIB". |
| Population (2011) | Template:Fix comma category |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | Template:Fix comma category |
| • Density | Script error: No such module "ConvertIB". |
| Template:Pluralize from text | Template:Pluralize from text |
| Demographics | |
| • Literacy | 66.08% |
| • Sex ratio | 907 |
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
| Template:Pluralize from text | Template:Pluralize from text |
| Vehicle registration | MP-35 |
| Major highways | NH 39 State highway 49 |
| Website | panna |
Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters".
Panna district (Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a district of the Sagar Division, within the Madhya Pradesh state in central India. The town of Panna is the district headquarters.
History
Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Panna district was created in 1950, shortly after Indian independence, from the territory of several former princely states of British India, including the states of Panna, Jaso, most of Ajaigarh, and a portion of Paldeo. Panna District was part of the new Indian state of Vindhya Pradesh, which was merged into Madhya Pradesh on 1 November 1956.
Geography
Panna district lies between Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. and Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found..[1] It has an area of 7,135 km2.[2]
The Ken River flows through the district. The Pandav Falls, The Brihaspati Kund, and the Gatha Falls are in the district. Panna National Park is a major tourist attraction in the district.[3]
Panna, Ajaygarh, Amanganj and Pawai are major towns of the district.
Economy
In 2006 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Panna one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640).[4] It is one of the 24 districts in Madhya Pradesh currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).[4] It is among the five poorest districts in the state in terms of income. It ranks 41st out of 45 districts in human development index (HDI) in Madhya Pradesh.[5]
This district has large reserves of diamonds and limestone, some cement factories are operated here. A unit of J.K. Cement is operating here.[6] Udyogiri Puraina is an industrial area in Panna. It is located near Katni, some industrial units are functioning here.[7][8][9]
Divisions
Gram panchayats under Panna district
This intermediate subdivisions are also called block,[10] intermediate panchayat,[11] tehsil[12] or tahsil.[12] Inside Panna district, there are the following nine subdivisions:
- Ajaigarh
- Amanganj
- Gunour (or Gunnor, or Gunor as panchayat and habitation name[10] or Gunaur as village name[10])
- Panna
- Pawai
- Shahnagar
- Raipura
- Simariya
- Devendranagar
Demographics
Page Module:Historical populations/styles.css has no content.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 165,440 | — |
| 1911 | 207,021 | +2.27% |
| 1921 | 202,725 | −0.21% |
| 1931 | 215,137 | +0.60% |
| 1941 | 249,226 | +1.48% |
| 1951 | 259,659 | +0.41% |
| 1961 | 331,257 | +2.47% |
| 1971 | 429,077 | +2.62% |
| 1981 | 539,978 | +2.33% |
| 1991 | 687,945 | +2.45% |
| 2001 | 856,558 | +2.22% |
| 2011 | 1,016,520 | +1.73% |
| source:[13] | ||
According to the 2011 census Panna District has a population of 1,016,520,[15] roughly equal to the nation of Cyprus[16] or the US state of Montana.[17] This gives it a ranking of 442nd in India (out of a total of 640).[15] The district has a population density of 142 inhabitants per square kilometre (370/sq mi) .[15] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 18.62%.[15] Panna has a sex ratio of 907 females for every 1000 males,[15] and a literacy rate of 66.08%. 12.33% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Tribes made up 20.46% and 16.81% of the population respectively.[15]
Languages
Page Template:Pie chart/styles.css has no content.
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 69.08% of the population in the district spoke Hindi and 29.73% Bundeli as their first language.[18]
Among Panna's languages is Bundeli, which has a lexical similarity of 72–91% with Hindi and is spoken by about 3 million people in Bagelkhand.[19]
Mining
Panna district is famous for its diamond mines located in a belt of about 80 km across the Panna town.[2] In olden days the most productive mines were located in the village of Sukariuh.[20] Nowadays, Majhagaon is the only active diamond mine in Asia.[21]
Tourist places
Villages
References
Page Template:Reflist/styles.css has no content.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Panna district map". Maps of India. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Panna District". india9. Archived from the original on 12 March 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Panna – a city of diamonds". Panna district administration. Archived from the original on 20 August 2010. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ministry of Panchayati Raj (8 September 2009). "A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme" (PDF). National Institute of Rural Development. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Mining Map: Hotspots – Madhya Pradesh". cseindia.org. Archived from the original on 21 May 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."NMDC Limited". www.nmdc.co.in. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."EVENTS". www.mpsidc.com. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."MPFC's Industrial Assets for Sale -- SHREE DRUMS PVT LTD". mpfincorp.tripod.com. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Udhyog Giri Purena, Panna Industrial Area Madhya Pradesh India". Archived from the original on 20 January 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
- ^ a b c National Habitation Survey 2003: LIST OF QUALITY AFFECTED HABITATIONS Script error: No such module "webarchive".
- ^ Village Panchayat Names of AJAIGARH Script error: No such module "webarchive".
- ^ a b State elections 2008 candidates
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Table A-02 Decadal Variation in Population Since 1901: Madhya Pradesh" (PDF). census.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Table C-01 Population By Religion: Madhya Pradesh". census.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
- ^ a b c d e f Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."District Census Handbook: Panna" (PDF). Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Archived from the original on 13 June 2007. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
Cyprus 11,20,489 July 2011 est.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
Montana 989,415
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Madhya Pradesh". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
- ^ Template:E25
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Streeter, Edwin W. "Precious stones and Gems". The Indian Diamond. George Bell & Sons (1898). Archived from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Panna Diamond Mines". Subh Yatra. Archived from the original on 8 July 2010. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
External links
Page Module:Side box/styles.css has no content.Page Template:Sister project/styles.css has no content.
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Navbox/configuration' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Navbox/configuration' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Authority control/config' not found.
