Panna (district)

Panna District ; ( Hindi पन्ना जिल्हा )
State	Madhya Pradesh
Division :	Sagar
Administrative headquarters :	Panna
Area :	7,135 km²
Residents :	1,016,028 (2011)
Population density :	142 inhabitants / km²
Website :	panna.nic.in

The district of Panna ( Hindi पन्ना जिल्हा ) is a district of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh . The administrative center is the town of Panna, with a population of around 60,000 .

geography

The Panna district is located in the northeast of the state of Madhya Pradesh. It is bounded in the west by the Ken River , in the southwest by the Sonar and Bearma rivers and in sections in the southeast by the Ratna River . Neighboring districts are Chhatarpur District in the northwest , Damoh District in the southwest , Jabalpur District in the south, Katni District in the southeast , Satna District in the northeast and Banda District in the north (U.P.).

The district of Panna is divided into the six administrative districts ( Tehsils or subdivisions ): Ajaigarh, Amanganj, Gunour (or Gunnor), Panna, Pawai and Shahnagar; it consists of around 150 larger villages and only four medium-sized or smaller towns - Panna (approx. 60,000 inhabitants), Ajaigarh (approx. 15,000 inhabitants), Amanganj (approx. 12,000 inhabitants) and Pawai (approx. 13,000 inhabitants).

Panna is located in the northeastern foothills of the Vindhya Mountains . The average height above sea level is between 200 and 450 meters; the maximum height is around 550 m.

population

Hindus dominate the rural villages (around 90%); there is also a not inconsiderable number of Muslims in the cities (around 20%). In the decade between 2001 and 2011, the population grew by around 18.5% to over a million, with the male population exceeding that of the female population by around 10%. About 87% of the population lives in rural villages; a third of the people (mostly women) are considered illiterate. They speak Hindi and the local dialect Bundeli .

economy

According to official statistics, the district of Panna is one of the 250 most backward districts in India, which is divided into 640 districts. It is very largely agricultural; only in the city of Panna there are a few larger shops and craft shops as well as banks and secondary schools. The nearest train station is in the town of Satna, 75 km to the east .

history

The district of Panna was formerly part of the Bundelkhand region , which was dominated in the Middle Ages by the Gupta and later by the Pratihara and the Chandella rulers. After the end of Islamic dominance by the Sultanate of Delhi and the Mughal Empire , the region came under the influence of the Marathas in the 17th and 18th centuries and was largely annexed by the Scindia rulers of Gwalior in 1812 with the permission of the British . Since 1844 the area was also officially under British control. After India's independence (1947), Panna belonged to the Union of Princely States of Vindhya Pradesh , which was dissolved in 1956 and integrated into the state of Madhya Pradesh, which consisted of the central provinces and Madhya Bharat , but was completely reorganized at the time.

Attractions

The Panna district, which is hardly developed for tourism, has no culturally and historically significant temples, palaces, etc .; only the approximately 1400 km² large Panna National Park with its Tiger Reserve ( Panna Tiger Reserve ) is often visited by day-trippers from Khajuraho . In the vicinity of the city of Panna there are two waterfalls - especially worth seeing in the monsoon season: the Pandav Falls (approx. 12 km to the west) and the 91 m high Gatha Falls .

Web links

Commons : Panna District - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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