Chhindwara is an urban agglomeration and a Municipal Corporation
in Chhindwara district
in the Indian
state
of Madhya Pradesh
. It is the administrative headquarters of Chhindwara District
. Chhindwara is reachable by rail or road from adjacent cities Nagpur
and Jabalpur
. The nearest airport is in Nagpur (130 km); a small airport (air-strip) is available at Chhindwara for landing charter aeroplanes/helicopters. The population of the district is 2,090,306; most of them are tribals with a growth rate of 13%, a sex ratio of .966 male/female. The literacy rate is 81.46%. The town itself has population of 190,008,with 89% literacy rate.
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