Teegaon is a

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village in

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of Chhindwara district in the Indian state of

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Geography

It is located 79 kilometres west of the district headquarters, Chhindwara, 8 KM from Pandhurna, and 244 KM from the state capital, Bhopal. Teegaon is on the border of the Chhindwara District and Nagpur District and near the Maharashtra state border. It is the 26th biggest village by area in the sub district. Meanwhile, 0.04 square kilometer (1%) of the village is covered by forest.

Economy

Teegaon's economy is based mainly upon Agriculture. The village has a post office and a branch of

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. It has a primary school, several convents and a high school.

Transport

Teeagon is on the Nagpur-Bhopal Highway (NH47). The nearest railway station is within the village. The nearest airport is Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport,

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(87.4 KM) and RAJABHOJ international Airport, Bhopal (253.1 KM).

Demographics

The native language of Teegaon is Hindi and most of the village people either communicate using

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Politics

Village Teegaon has a Gram Panchayat, whose Sarpach is Domuji Warthi. Teegaon Lies in

Assembly constituency, whose MLA is Nilesh Pusaram Uikey. It lies in Chhindwara Parliamentary constituency whose MP is Nakul Kamal Nath.

References

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