Bohani

Bohani Hindi: [बोहानी] (listen) is a village in the Gadarwara tehsil in the Narsinghpur district of Madhya Pradesh, India. It belongs to the Jabalpur division.

Bohani
Bohani
Location in Madhya Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 22.932498°N 78.854907°E / 22.932498; 78.854907
Country India
StateMadhya Pradesh
DivisionJabalpur
DistrictNarsinghpur
TehsilGadarwara
Gram panchayatBohani
Government
  TypePanchayati raj
  MayorNeeraj Sharma
Area
  Total13.99 km2 (5.40 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
  Total3,601
Demonym(s)Bohaniwasi
Languages
  OfficialHindi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
487555
Telephone code07791-244xxx
Vehicle registrationMP 49

Bohani is an agriculture-based village. Most businesses in the village involve production of raw food, vegetables, fruits, oil-seed, rearing of animals, horticulture and milk products.

Facilities

Education in Bohani

Bohani has 7 schools, several of them are:

  • Government Primary School (GPS) – Bohani has one Primary school, serving grades 1 through 5. It is managed by the Department of Education, Madhya Pradesh.
  • Government Middle School (GMS) – Bohani GMS school is a co-educational school recognised by the Department of Madhya Pradesh education department, serving grades 6 through 8.
  • Government High School (GHS) Raghav Krishi Govt. High School[1]
  • Swami Vivekananda Public School
  • Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Bohani,[2] Narsinghpur(M.P.). It is managed by central government
  • Trinity Memorial International School

Health Services

  • Government hospital
  • Government Animal Health Center
  • Private Clinic

Water

In Bohani village, all houses are connected with water pipelines. Roughly 40 hand pumps are used for access to drinking water from a water tank. For farming, villagers use wells, and tube wells.[3]

Communication and Internet

  • Landline and broadband services by Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
  • 2G and 4G Mobile Services.
  • Gram Panchayat National Broadband Network - BBNL and FTTH internet[4]

Population

As per data from Madhya Pradesh Rural Development's website. Bohani has 839 families and the total population of Bohani is 3,601.[5]

An ordinary women's apparel shop in Bohani, Madhya Pradesh

History

This village has given many contributions in politics, administrations etc. There are 90% of educated people and in each house has a one government servant. also this village had many great personalities such as shri Narmada Prasad Sharma who has titled as 'Krishak Bandhu' by Hon'ble ex MP governor Shri Balram Jakhan ji (in the honor of him). He was four times (20 years) 'mayor' of bohani village.

"Choudhary Raghav Singh Ji Mishr known as दानवीर" who has donated 256 acres of land which is being used by public and the government for welfare.

The other personality is Choudhari Bhalchandra Sharma. He has also donated 6 acres of land for the construction of the pond which is today known as Guchia Pond.

Notable Families

Krishak Bandhu Family:- This family is the one of the respected family,as a head person of the family Shri Narendra Prasad Sharma was four time elected mayor of the village,he was known for justice and his contribution for poor families of the town.He has set the example of joint family culture ,nowadays this culture is rarely seen he died at the age of 93 till the death he and his 87 years old brother Shri Ram Prasad Sharma was living together as a joint family ,which is continue even after his death.

This family has great social respect in terms of wealth and culture.

Madaria Family

Madaria family is one of the respected family in Bohani village.

Dheeraj Singh Madaria in late 1800 was one of the respected person in Gadarwara area, his grandsons: Ghanshyam Prasad (Retired as Police Auditor), Pannalal Madaria (settled in Bohani after retirement), Gopal Prasad, Jagannath and great grand children (some of them as mentioned below).

Manmohan Madaria , B.Sc., M.A., LL.B., Dip in Jour. who was one of the prominent writer & recipient of state level literary award, born here in Bohani, worked as Asst Editor Navabhart, later worked in Govt of Madhya Pradesh, retired as an Editor of Panchayat & Samaj Seva (Class 1 officer). His article/ story has been included in the Hindi text book of Madhya Pradesh State Board curriculum.

Rajendra Kumar Madaria , M.Sc. also born in Bohani and retired as Scientist G from DRDO's Solid State Physics Laboratory New Delhi. He worked on many defence projects and contributed in the development of country. His research papers were published in many national and international journals.

Virendra Kumar Madaria , M.Sc.(Ag) also born in Bohani and retired as Deputy Director from Agriculture deptt of Govt of Madhya Pradesh, living in Bohani and providing consultancy to the local farmers.

Mahesh Prasad Madaria, M.Sw. retired as Deputy Director from Panchayat & Social Welfare deptt of Govt of Madhya Pradesh.

Late. Dr. Suresh Kumar Madaria , M.Sc.(Ag), Ph.D. was also born in Bohani, did his research on LAL CHANA and retired from Govt of Madhya Pradesh, He used to live in Bohani and used to provide consultancy to the local farmers.

Commute

Railway Stations Near Bohani
No. Railway Station Name and Code Stn. Distance
1 Sihora Bohani Railway Station BNE 7.7km
2 Karapgaon Railway Station KFY 11.8km
3 Gadarwara Railway Station GAR 12.2km

References

  1. "Governmental Higher Secondary School, Raghav Krashi, Bohani in Umaria, Madhya Pradesh". schools.findthebest.in. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  2. "Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Bohani Narsinghpur :: Home Page". www.jnvnarsinghpur.com. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  3. "पंचायत एवं ग्रामीण विकास विभाग, म.प्र., MP Rural Development Department, M.P." mprural.mp.gov.in. Archived from the original on 8 March 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  4. "BBNL, Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, Govt. of India". www.bbnl.nic.in. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  5. "Panchayat Darpan". www.mprural.mp.gov.in. Archived from the original on 8 March 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
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