Semaria
Encyclopedia
Semaria is a town and a nagar panchayat
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....

 and Legislative Assembly Area in Rewa district
Rewa District
Rewa District is a district of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. The city Rewa is the district headquarters. Rewa is also known as land of white tigers.-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
India is a federal union of states comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. The states and territories are further subdivided into districts and so on.-List of states and territories:...

 of Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh , often called the Heart of India, is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and Indore is the largest city....

.

Demographics

India census
Census
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...

, Semaria had a population of 12,325. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Semaria has an average literacy rate of 60%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 69%, and female literacy is 49%. In Semaria, 17% of the population is under six years of age.

Semaria has been made Legislative Assembly Area now, there would be a separate MLA for Semaria from next state elections. Currently it comes under Sirmaur while Block Development Office is still in Sirmaur. Its PIN code is 486445.

Semaria is surrounded by a range of pilgrimage centre like Dharkundi (monks shelter in lap of forest ranges), 15 km, Birshinghpur' (famous and ancient Gavinath Shivalinga), 21 km, Chitrakut, 90 km. Basaman Mama(Yaksha God), 11 km, is also very famous worship place for local people which is situated in bank of large Tons river. Tons(also called Tamas) river's water is stored in Bakia Dam and released for hydel power station (THP) through large canals. THP with three generating units generates more than 300MW of electric power for more than eight months in a year.

Semaria is the only big market for more than 100 villages in its province. A shopping complex with more than 100 shops has also been made by Laxman Bag trust, Semaria. It has one government aided YPSPG college for Arts, Science and Commerce faculties and two government higher secondary schools (each for boys and girls), however there are half dozen of Private Schools like Sarashwati Shishu Mandir, Gyan Jyoti English School, Gulab Shishu Mandir.

It's also giving a pool of talents to the country and many scholars are working in civil services as well as software and manufacturing industries. There are more than five cement factories near Semaria within range of 40 km.

Mr Abhay Mishra of Bharatiya Janata Party
Bharatiya Janata Party
The Bharatiya Janata Party ,; translation: Indian People's Party) is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Indian National Congress. Established in 1980, it is India's second largest political party in terms of representation in the parliament...

(BJP) is current MLA of Semaria constituency.

Mrs Shyamkali Gupta w/o Mr Rajaram Gupta is newly elected Nagar Panchayat Adhyaksha (President, Municipal Corporation for 5 years term 2010-2014. she also hails from BJP and defeated her closest candidate by more than 600 votes.
The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK