Chhindwara District - District of Madhya Pradesh

Information at a Glance
1. Geographical Information
Geographical Area	11,815 Sq. Km.
Height above MSL	1,550 to 3,820 ft.
Latitude	21.28 to 22.49 N
Longitude	78.40 to 79.24 E
Temperature (min. - max.)	4 to 6 Deg. Celsius - 38 to 44 Deg. Celsius
Average Rainfall	1,183 mm
Date of Formation of the District	1st Nov 1956
Population (Census 2001)	18,48,882

2. Basic Infrastructure
Rail Transport	Broad Guage Line - 66 Km
	Narrow Guage Line - 185 Km

Road Transport ( by P.W.D.)	Pucca Road - 1863 Km
	Kuchha Road - 800 Km

Medical Facilities .	Main Hospital - 1
	T.B. Hospitals - 1
	Primary Health Centres - 4
	Community Health Centres - 13
	Addl. PHC, SHC, Civil Disp. - 64
	Sub Health Centres - 312
	Traditional Medicine - 71

Banks .	Commercial Bank Branches - 70
	Central Co. Op. Bank - 26
	Bhoomi Vikas Bank - 9
	Satpuda Regional Rural Bank - 35

Educational Institutions .	Primary Schools - 1928
	Middle Schools - 723
	High Schools - 104
	Higher Secondary Schools - 137
	Vocational Training Institutes - 10

Electricity .Electrified Villages - 1620 (as per new defination) . .	33/11 KV Sub Stations - 57
	66 KV Sub Station - 1
	220 KV Sub Stations - 1
	132 KV Sub Stations - 5
	33 KV Transmission Line 1,129.33 Kms
	11 KV Transmission Line 6,361.30 Kms
	L.T. Line - 15,709.10 Kms

Post Office .	Main Post Office - 1
	Post Offices - 265
	Telegraph Offices - 13

3. Major Rivers	Kanhan, Jam, Pench, Kulbehra, Sakkar and Dudh.

4. Mineral Wealth(Production) . .	Year	Coal(Ton)	Manganese(Ton)	Dolamite(Ton)
	2002-03	3155700	1905	6620
	2003-04	3611949	900	8000
	2004-05	1842760	1524	5191
	2005-06	3842382	62980	412
	2006-07	3756185	77250	4048
	2007-08	4380734	149267	9638
	2008-09	3662466	173846	10132

5. Forest Wealth	Forest Area - 4212.556 Sq. Km. Bamboo, Teak, Harra, Saalbeej,Tendu Patta are the major forest wealth.

6. Agriculture Produce	Wheat, Soyabean, Sunflower, Sugar Cane, Ground nut, Chana, Toor Dal, Jwar, Orange, Ginger and other vegetables

7. Administrative Set-up	Tahsils - 12
	Development Blocks - 11 (out of this 4 Tribal Blocks)
	Villages - 1984 (out of this 1903 are habitated, 1935 are revenue villages, 49 Forest villages)
	Towns - 22
	Panchayats - 803
	Assembly Segments - 7
	Revenue Circles - 19
	Patwari Halkas - 803
	Municipality - 5
	Nagar Panchayat - 10
	Janpad Panchayat - 11
	Police Stations - 22

8. Tourist Places	Patalkoth, Tamia, Tribal Museum,Chota Mahadev Cave, Devgarh Fort, Nagdwari, Hot water spring at Anhoni, Bhartadev, Radha Devi Cave, Jam sanvli

Information at a Glance