Singaud, (also known as Singod) is a village located in Pachayat Panagar which is situated in

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 ...

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, India. In total, the village of Singaud has a geographical area of 492+ hectares. According to the 2011 census, Singaud comprised the village Singod proper as well as the hamlet 'Singaud.' A total of 1,415 people lived in Singod, a total of 696 males and 719 females. Out of the males, 696 were males and 719 were females. There were 1124 people living in Singaud, of which 541 were males and 583 were females. It is estimated that Singaud as a conglomerate had a population of 2539 people, of which 1237 people were males and 1302 people were females.

Administration

As per

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and

Panchyati Raaj Act Panchayati Raj (Council of five officials) is the system of local self-government of villages in rural India as opposed to urban and suburban municipalities. It consists of the Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) through which the self-gov ...

, Singod village is administrated by

Sarpanch A sarpanch ( IAST: ''Sarpañch'' Hindi: ''सरपंच'') or Gram Pradhan or Mukhiya is a decision-maker, elected by the village-level constitutional body of local self-government called the Gram Sabha (village government) in India. The Sarp ...

(Head of Village) who is

elected representative Representative democracy, also known as indirect democracy, is a type of democracy where elected people represent a group of people, in contrast to direct democracy. Nearly all modern Western-style democracies function as some type of represen ...

of village. The current

of village Singaud is Smt. Maina Choudhary. Sarpanch is elected at village, district, and low-intermediate levels (district and sub-district) level.

Location

Singaud is currently a member of the

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 ...

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. It is located 308 kilometers away from the state capital

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, 19 kilometers from the district headquarters of

. The

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of village Singaud (Singod) is 483220, and its postal head office is Panagar (

Tehsil A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...

lies to the

south South is one of the cardinal directions or Points of the compass, compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Pro ...

of Singaud, Majhouli

to the

north North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating Direction (geometry), direction or geography. Etymology T ...

Sihora Sihora is a town and a municipality in Jabalpur district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Sihora is located at . The first cooperative society in madhya pradesh state was established in Sihora block of Jabalpur district in 1904. Sihora was ...

to the

, and Patan

to the

west West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sunset, Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic languages, German ...

of Panagar. The nearest cities to Singaud are

, and

Umaria Umaria is a municipality city in the Umaria district of the Shahdol Division of Madhya Pradesh, India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second ...

History

The

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

of Singaud has history dating back to the time when

was chosen as the headquarters for Maratha confederacy in 1781, and it later became the British commission headquarters of Saugor (now Sagar) and Narmada territories. It was constituted a municipality in 1864 which included Panagar and village Singaud. 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 initiated the beautification of

, Panagar and Singaud.

Notable People from Village Singaud

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 Vice Chancellor, Rajasthan University.

References

{{reflist Villages in Jabalpur district