Jhabua district



Jhabua District is a of  state in. The town of is the administrative headquarters of the district. Area 6,782 km², population 1,396,677 (2001 census), a 24% increase from its 1991 population of 1,129,356. There are 5 major towns in Jhabua:, , , Jhabua, and.

Jhabua is the westernmost district in Madhya Pradesh. It is bounded by to the north,  to the east, and the state of  to the south and west. The district is part of.

Jhabua is a predominantly  (meaning 'original people', also known as tribal) district, and suffers from high rates of and. Almost half of the population lives below the poverty line. The and  peoples inhabit the interior of the district. The Bhils celebrate Bhagoria, a tribal festival which coincides with holi, with great fervour.

The district is highly drought-prone and degraded waste lands form the face for Jhabua. The women make lovely ethnic items including bamboo products, doll, bead-jewellery and other items that have for long decorated the living rooms all over the country. The men have since ages adorned "Teer-Kamthi", the bow and arrow, which has been their symbol of chivalry and self defence. A small village of 320 people in 1971, Deojhiri is 8 km north-east of Jhabua on Ahmedabad-Indore State Highway No.22. It is at 1 km. distance in the west of the road, on Sunar river. As the name of the village denotes there is an ancient temple of (Deo, a deity) and (jhiri) or a perennial spring. The spring has been built up into a kund. A of some religious is held on Baisakh Poornima, which falls mostly in the month of April according to Gregarian calendar. in Jhabua district is noted for large es.

The great freedom fighter was born and spent his childhood in a village called  (now Ajadnagar) in Jhabua district.

Divisions
Jhabua district consists of 8 Tehsils: Thandla, Petlawad, Meghanagar, Jhabua, Bhavra, Jobat, Alirajpur and Ranapur.

External link

 * Jhabua District web site