Jaura, Madhya Pradesh Explained

Jaura
Settlement Type:jel mai
Nickname:City of Guava
Pushpin Map:India Madhya Pradesh#India3
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Madhya Pradesh, India
Coordinates:26.3444°N 77.8114°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name1:Madhya Pradesh
Subdivision Name2:Morena
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Total:25514
Population As Of:2001
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code:476221
Demographics1 Info1:Hindi

Jaura (also spelt Joura or Jora) is a town and a nagar palika in Morena district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.

Jaura is part of Morena Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Sabalgarh, Sumawali, Morena, Dimani and Ambah in this district and Sheopur and Vjaypur in Sheopur district.

Jaura is also a railway station on the Gwalior Light Railway, a narrow-gauge line from Gwalior to Sheopur.

Demographics

As of the 2011 Census of India,[1] Joura had a population of 398,111. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Joura has an average literacy rate of 55.8% (as per 2001 census, it was 64%), less than the national average of 74%: male literacy is 66%, and female literacy is 42.6%. In Joura, 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Among the villages that pertain to the tehsil of Jaura is gram panchayat Chachiha.[2] Visiting place :- pagara dam, tiktoli waterfall

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Census of India 2011: Data from the 2011 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional). 2008-11-01. Census Commission of India.
  2. Web site: List of village in Joura tehsil Janmangaledu.in . 2023-01-23 . www.janmangaledu.in.