Panagar is a town with

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Jabalpur district Jabalpur district is a district of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. The city of Jabalpur is the administrative headquarters of the district. The area of the district is 5,198 km² with population of 2,463,289 (2011 census). As of 201 ...

in the

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Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, and Rewa being the other major cities. Madhya Pradesh is the seco ...

Geography

Panagar is located at . It has an average elevation of 377 metres (1,236 feet).

History

The town of Panagar has history dating back to the time when

Jabalpur Jabalpur is a city situated on the banks of Narmada River in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. According to the 2011 census, it is the third-largest urban agglomeration in Madhya Pradesh and the country's 38th-largest urban agglomeration. J ...

was chosen as the headquarters for

Maratha confederacy The Maratha Empire, also referred to as the Maratha Confederacy, was an early modern Indian confederation that came to dominate much of the Indian subcontinent in the 18th century. Maratha rule formally began in 1674 with the coronation of Shi ...

1781 Events January–March * January – William Pitt the Younger, later Prime Minister of Great Britain, enters Parliament, aged 21. * January 1 – Industrial Revolution: The Iron Bridge opens across the River Severn in Eng ...

, and it later became the British commission headquarters of

Saugor Sagar is a city, municipal corporation and administrative headquarter in Sagar district of the state of Madhya Pradesh in central India. Situated on a spur of the Vindhya Range, above sea-level. The city is around northeast of state capital ...

(now Sagar) and Narmada territories. It was constituted a

in 1864 which included Panagar. As the District Council Chairman of

City in 1956,

Captain B P Tiwari Captain B P Tiwari (15 June 1911 - 2008) was an Indian military officer, politician and statesman. He was Zamindar from Panagar Jabalpur district in the Central Provinces of India.Changing political leadership in an Indian province: the Central ...

from village

Singaud Singaud, (also known as Singod) is a village located in Pachayat Panagar which is situated in Jabalpur District, Madhya Pradesh, India. In total, the village of Singaud has a geographical area of 492+ hectares. According to the 2011 census, Si ...

initiated the beautification of Panagar.

Demographics

India

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, Panagar had a population of 25,143. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Panagar has an average literacy rate of 68%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 75%, and female literacy is 60%. In Panagar, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Transport

The nearest airport is

Notable People from Panagar

* Sushil Kumar 'Indu' Tiwari, MLA from Panagar assembly constituency of Madhya Pradesh * Dr.

S Prakash Tiwari S Prakash Tiwari is an Indian biotechnologist, geneticist, agriculturalist and a former Deputy Director General of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). He was Vice-Chancellor of Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University, ...

, Former

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Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University (SKRAU), formerly Rajasthan Agricultural University, is a state agricultural university located in Bikaner in the Indian state Rajasthan. The university, formerly a part of the Mohanlal Sukhad ...

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, and Former Director of National Academy of Agricultural Research Management (NAARM),

Hyderabad Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part ...

References

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