Thandla is a town in Thandla Tehsil in Jhabua District of Madhya Pradesh, India. It belongs to

Indore Division Indore division is an administrative geographical unit of Madhya Pradesh state of India. Indore is the administrative headquarters of the division. The division consists of districts of Indore, Barwani, Burhanpur, Dhar, Jhabua, Khandwa, K ...

. It is located 30 km north of the District headquarters of Jhabua. It is a Tehsil headquarter. Thandla was named after Bhil Sardar Thana. .

Geography

Thandla is located at . It has an average elevation of 271 metres (889 feet). Jhabua, Dahod, Rajgarh, Banswara are nearby cities.

Demographics

At the 2001 India

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, Thandla had a population of 12,685. Males constituted 52% of the population and females 48%. Thandla had an average literacy rate of 73%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy was 80%, and female literacy 66%. 14% of the population were under 6 years of age.

Educational Organizations

There are number of educational institutions in Thandla, such as Government College, Thandla, and a Government Boys and Government Girls schools.

Transport

The nearest airport is indore.

References

Cities and towns in Jhabua district Jhabua {{MadhyaPradesh-geo-stub