Seondha is a town and
nagar panchayat
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in
Datia district in the
India
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state
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of
Madhya Pradesh
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. A large
Datia era fortress is located along the banks of the
River Sindh. The town is well known for its spirituality. It is very near to
Ratangarh mandir, 15km away. Sankua Kund, a waterfall on the river, holds significance in the
Hindu
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religion. It is believed that the
Four Kumaras
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: Sanaka, Sanandana, Sanatana and Sanatkumara, are still meditating in their child avatars.
Geography
Seondha is located at . It has an average elevation of 152 metres (498 feet). Seondha is Loceted on Banks of
Sindh River
The Sindh River, a tributary of the Yamuna River, flows through the Indian states of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.
Course
The Sindh originates on the Malwa Plateau in Vidisha district, and flows north-northeast through the districts of ...
.
Climate
Seondha experiences warm and temperate climate. In winter, there is much less rainfall than in summer. The Köppen-Geiger climate classification is Cwa. The average temperature in Seondha is 26.0 °C. The average annual rainfall is 881 mm. The driest month is April. There is 2 mm of precipitation in April. Most precipitation falls in August, with an average of 305 mm.
Demographics
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census
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Seondha had a population of 19,540. Males constitute 55% of the population and females 45%. Seondha has an average literacy rate of 60%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 69%, and female literacy is 49%. In Seondha, 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.
History
Sankua is a famous place in Seondha because after
Diwali
Diwali (), also called Deepavali (IAST: ''Dīpāvalī'') or Deepawali (IAST: ''Dīpāwalī''), is the Hindu festival of lights, with variations celebrated in other Indian religions such as Jainism and Sikhism. It symbolises the spiritual v ...
,
Mela (a fair) is conducted on
Purnima
Pūrṇimā () is the word for full moon in Sanskrit. The day of Purnima is the day ('' Tithi'') in each month when the full moon occurs, and marks the division in each month between the two lunar fortnights (paksha), and the Moon is aligned exac ...
, the day of the full moon, and people take baths in the Sindh river on this day.
See also
*
Sewda Assembly constituency
*
Ratangarh, Datia
*
Datia district
References
Datia
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