Beohari
Beohari is a major town and a nagar panchayat in Shahdol district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. It is away from the main district of Shahdol and away from Bhopal, the state capital. Its geographical coordinates are 24° 3' 0" North, 81° 23' 0" East.
Beohari is rich in mineral resources viz. marble, iron ore, clay, sand and unexplored petroleum products. Beohari is economically rich due to the presence of a huge business community and is politically active since Independence and has produced many cabinet ministers. It is claimed that an election rally is must at Beohari by the aspiring political party to capture power in the centre. Visits of Shri Lal Krishna Advani before the 1999 general elections, Smt Sonia Gandhi in 2004, and Shri Narendra Modi in 2014 substantiates the claims. The demand to turn Beohari into a district has been rising from the populace and it is expected that Beohari may be upgraded to a district in 2020.
History
The name Beohari stems from the title-prefix Beohar and signifies the fact that the town was founded by a member of the Beohar-dynasty. The Beohars were Rani Durgavati's prime-ministers and knight-commanders who were also Jagirdars of Jabalpur and their descendants continue to thrive there. The most notable of the Beohars was Sardar-Beohar Adhar Simha who represented the Gond-kingdom in Emperor Akbar's court, and the last Jagirdar of Jabalpur was Beohar Raghuvir Sinha. Different members of the Beohar lineage founded different Beohari which are scattered in the Mahakoshal region of Madhya Pradesh. Albeit, it is not clear which member of this Beohar lineage founded Shahdol's Beohari Shakhi village is one of the most popular palaces which is nearest around 2 km from Beohari. Bansagar dam where many tourists visit daily is also nearfrom Beohari.One of the most attractive places in Beohari is Shri Shirdi Sai Dham Temple, Situated on main Rewa Road, Beohari. This temple was constructed in the memory of well renowned personality of the town Pandit Shri Ramavatar Upadhyay ji. He had served for Madhya Pradesh State Police throughout his life and He had won Police President Medal for the meritorious services. He was an eminent personality who has not only served Police but society also in many ways. Left no stone unturned to help out unprivileged and downtrodden in every walk of life and people from all communities irrespective of their cast and religion. There is a charitable trust formed on his name for the social cause and served more then 1,00,000 people so far. The name of the trust is Pt. Shri Ramavatar Upadhyay Shirdi Sai Dham Prabandh Nyas Beohari, Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh.
Geography
Beohari is located at. It has an average elevation of 338 metres.Demographics
India census, Beohari had a population of 20,013. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Beohari has an average literacy rate of 64%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 60% of the males and 40% of females literate. 15% of the population is under 9 years of age.Notable people
= political and ideological leader of the whole region during the Indian independence movement and for more than half of a century who represented Beohari as an M.L.A for a total of seven times.Kunwar Lavkesh Singh- Bhartiya Janta Party M.L.A From 1990 to 2008. He was also Parliamentary Secretary, State Minister and State Minister With Independent Charge.
Babu Nandan Gupta the social worker and founder member of the Janata Party and the BJP was Chairman of Nagar Palika Beohari from 1982 to 1984.He has played very significant role in shaping the political understanding, judgments and leaning of the masses. He was asked by the Party to Contest General and state elections many times but he choose to work for the party serve the poor especially the Harijans and kept himself distant from Competitive Politics.
Agriculture
Agriculture is counted as the chief economic occupation of the People. From recent years mustard farming has become one of the most harvested crop in Beohari due to balanced temperatures and the soil of the field which is loose, friable and deep.The main crops are paddy, cereals like maize, Sorghum, kodo-kutki and other small millets, pulses like tuar and udhad and oil seeds like Til, groundnut, soya-bean and sunflower are also grown.
A very substantial portion of the population is dependent on agriculture. Mainly the tribals are marginal farmers and they prefer the cultivation in the old traditional method. The size of the fields are also very small. The yearly yield of the products from the fields are not enough for their home use. Hence, for the rest part of the year they work for daily wages.
Being a mountainous area, only 9% of the total crop gets irrigation facility. Tribals prefer the cultivation in the old traditional method and depend mainly on rain. The area irrigated by canals, tubewells, dugwells and tanks. Some part of the place are in the shore of Banas River & Jhapar Rivar. In this area was mainly production of wheat and rice in India. In Beohari the highest number of growing wheat. For agriculture there are many rivers in the area they known as sonbhadra, banas samdhen, and jhapar. In this area a dam was built in 2001, created by m.p. government and we also called shivraj government. This dam is very helpful for agriculture.
Forest
Sal, Amla, Teak, Sarai and Shisham are the main trees found in this tehsil. The flower of Mahua and Guli provide us edible oil. Mahua flower is mostly used for making wine by tribal people.Education
Beohari town headquarter has an Arts and Commerce college named after Pandit Ram Kishore Shukla. In about 95% villages, the facility of primary Schools is available. 219 primary schools, 68 junior High schools, 13 High schools and 20 Higher secondary schools are available HERE.Banking and insurance
Various banking companies are providing their financial facility at this block.1. State bank of India
2. Central bank of India
3. Union Bank of India
4. Central Madhya Pradesh Gramin bank
5. Bank of Baroda
6. ICICI Bank
7. HDFC Bank
8. Axis Bank
Also some grameen cooperative banks.
Telecom facility
Telecom services by BSNL, Airtel, Reliance GSM & CDMA, Tata Docomo, Virgin Mobile, Idea, Vodafone, videocon, Jio and Aircel are available at Beohari.Colleges
- Pandit Ramkishor Shukla Govt. College of Arts & Commerce
- Rastriya Bhoj Mukt Vishwavidyalaya,
List of villages in Beohari
Barhatola, Bijha, Beohari, Bhamarha First, Bhamarha Second, Bhanni, Bholhara, Bholhri, Bocharo,
Boddiha, Bokara, Bokri, Budwa, Chachai, Charka, Charkhri, Chauri, Dalko Jageer,
Dalko Kothar, Deori, Dhandhokui, Dhari No.2, Gadha, Gopalpur, Hirwar, Jagmal, Jharausi
Jamuni, Janakpur, Jhiriya, Kelhari, Khadda, Khaira, Khamhdand, Kharpa,
Khutehara, Kumhiha, Kuwan, Magardaha, Mahadeva, Mair Tola, Mau, Mudariya, New Sapta,
Nipaniya, Nodiya, Odari, Papodh, Papoundh, Papredi, Pasagadi, Patharehi,
Rampurwa, Raspur, Riha, Sakandi.sanausi, Sakhi, Saman, Sarsi, Sarwahikala,
Satkhuri, Sukha, Tenduadh, Tikhwa, uksa, Vijaysota.
Devgao, Barachh, Mantola, Akhetpur, Godawal, Jharausi, Balhoudi, Nagnaudi, Sanausi, Nagnaudi, kalleh, Barkachh.
Connectivity
Road transport
Beohari is connected by road to Rewa, Shahdol, Sidhi and Umaria.Alternatively, bus services from Katni to Beohari via Manpur and can be used. Alternate railway connecting stations are shahdol, rewa and Katni. The bus journey from Shahdol and rewa will take around 2 to 3 hours and from katni it will take around 5 to 6 hours.
Railways
Directly ConnectedTo Major Cities :-Kolkata
Hazrat Nizamuddin
Jabalpur
Asansol
Ranchi
Bhopal
Kota
Jaipur
Ajmer
Katni
Sagar
Guna
Singrauli
Beohari is an important station between Katni - Howrah route which is 112 km from Katni and 149 km apart from Singrauli.
There are few trains like-
- 11447/Shaktipunj Express
- 11651/Jabalpur - Singrauli InterCity Express
- Katni Chopan Mix Passenger.
- Bhopal - Howrah Express.
- Ajmer - Kolkata Express.
- Katni Chopan Fast Passenger.
- Singrauli Bhopal SF Express.
- Singrauli Hazrat Nizamuddin SF Express.
Air transport
The nearest airport to Beohari is Jabalpur.
One can take flights from Delhi for Jabalpur and use the connecting bus or train service directly from Jabalpur.
Flights available for Jabalpur are on Air India, Indigo Airlines and Alliance Air airlines. Beohari being at the Confluence of nearby cities like Shahdol Rewa Sidhi Satna Singrauli and Katni an airport at Beohari could serve as major bridge for air connectivity to over 10 million residents of the area.