Mandawar
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Mandawar is a town and a nagar panchayat
in Bijnor district
in the India
n state
of Uttar Pradesh
. It is a green area near the holy river Ganges
. Most people here are farmers.
, Mandawar had a population of 19,565. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Mandawar has an average literacy rate of 39%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 45%, and female literacy is 33%. In Mandawar, 18% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Mahatama Gandhi Inter College is the largest, oldest and the only Inter College in the Mandawar. It was established in approx 1967. Most of the children of the villages around Mandawar educated here. Adarsh Vidya Niketan Shahabazpur established in approx 1980, located in Kelawala [the four way point where the roads to the villages Shahabazpur and Mohandiya embark] one km far from Mandawar became Inter College in approx 2003 by the years hard work of Surendra Vishnoi, who was the Principal and starter of this school. A number of students do get education here, instead walking 2 km for Mahatama Gandhi Inter College in Mandawar.
Nagar Panchayat
A nagar palika or nagar panchayat is a form of an urban political unit in India comparable to a municipality.An urban centre with more than 30,000 and less than 100,000 inhabitants is classified as a nagar panchayat....
in Bijnor district
Bijnor District
Bijnor is a district of Uttar Pradesh state of India. Bijnor city is the district headquarters.-Geography :...
in the India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n state
States and territories of India
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of Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...
. It is a green area near the holy river Ganges
Ganges River
The Ganges or Ganga, , is a trans-boundary river of India and Bangladesh. The river rises in the western Himalayas in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, and flows south and east through the Gangetic Plain of North India into Bangladesh, where it empties into the Bay of Bengal. By discharge it...
. Most people here are farmers.
Demographics
India censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
, Mandawar had a population of 19,565. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Mandawar has an average literacy rate of 39%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 45%, and female literacy is 33%. In Mandawar, 18% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Educational institutions
St.Paul's High School Established in 1992 by the 'Education Society of the Catholic Diocese of Bijnor' is a leading educational institution of the town. A Hindi Medium High School with a strength of 1500 students from the town and the villages around Mandawar receive quality education here.Mahatama Gandhi Inter College is the largest, oldest and the only Inter College in the Mandawar. It was established in approx 1967. Most of the children of the villages around Mandawar educated here. Adarsh Vidya Niketan Shahabazpur established in approx 1980, located in Kelawala [the four way point where the roads to the villages Shahabazpur and Mohandiya embark] one km far from Mandawar became Inter College in approx 2003 by the years hard work of Surendra Vishnoi, who was the Principal and starter of this school. A number of students do get education here, instead walking 2 km for Mahatama Gandhi Inter College in Mandawar.