Jhabua

This article is about the municipality in Madhya Pradesh, India. For its namesake district, see Jhabua District.

Jhabua
—  city  —
Jhabua Location of Jhabua in Madhya Pradesh and India
Coordinates	22°46′N 74°36′E
Country	India
State	Madhya Pradesh
District(s)	Jhabua
Population	30,577 (2001)
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Area • Elevation	• 318 metres (1,043 ft)

Jhabua (Hindi: झाबुआ) is a town and a municipality in Jhabua district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters of Jhabua District.

History

A member of the Bhil tribe with bow and arrow in Jhabua district

Jhabua was the capital of a princely state of the British Raj's Central India, in the Bhopawar agency. Its area, with the dependency of Rutanmal, was approx 1,776 square miles (4,600 km²). After India's independence in 1947, its rulers acceded to India, and Jhabua became part of the newly created Madhya Bharat state, which in 1956 was merged into Madhya Pradesh. Bhabhara which was once part of the Jhabua district,is the place where Chandrasekhar Azad, the great freedom fightern spent his early life when his father Pandit Sitaram Tiwari was serving in the erstwhile estate of Alirajpur. But, when Alirajpur district (which was once the part of Jhabua district) got separated from Jhabua. Bhabhra became the part of Alirajpur district.

Geography

Bhil tribe girls in Jhabua

Jhabua is located at 22.767°N 74.500°E / 22.767; 74.500. It has an average elevation of 318 metres (1043 feet).

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, Jhabua had a population of 30,577. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Jhabua has an average literacy rate of 75%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 80%, and female literacy is 69%. In Jhabua, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.

External links

• With the Poor Still Starving, India Rethinks Safety Net The New York Times