Garautha

Garautha
Nagar Panchayat
Garautha Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 25°34′N 79°18′E / 25.57°N 79.3°ECoordinates: 25°34′N 79°18′E / 25.57°N 79.3°E
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Jhansi
Elevation	153 m (502 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	10,807
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)

Garautha is a Tehsil and a Nagar Panchayat city in district of Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh. It is a belief that Rishi Vishwamitra stayed here. The administrative head quarter of Garautha Tehsil is Garautha City. The Garautha City is divided into 10 wards for which elections are held every 5 years.

Geography

Garautha is located at 25°34′N 79°18′E / 25.57°N 79.3°E.^[1] It has an average elevation of 153 metres (501 feet). The city of Garautha is situated on the banks of Lakheri River.

Demographics

The Garautha Tehsil as per Census 2011^[2] has a population of 233,688 of which 124,934 are males and 108,754 are females.

The Garautha Nagar Panchayat has population of 10,807 of which 5,682 are males while 5,125 are females as per report released by Census India 2011. Literacy rate of Garautha Nagar Panchayat is 80.67% higher than state average of 67.68%.

Notable Personalities

Dr. Vijay Singh Niranjan^[3] (born Dec 2, 1954), a reformer, social activist and an agriculturist, is a former officer from the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), 1990 batch, Madhya Pradesh Cadre. He is a scholar in Chemistry who joined Madhya Pradesh State Administrative Services in the year 1978. He has over 36 years experience of Administration and have held crucial post during his tenure in as Administrator.

He was appointed as first District Magistrate/Collector of newly formed District Janjgir Champa^[4] now in Chhattisgarh. He has served as District Magistrate in many other Districts viz Seoni, Chhindwara. During his tenure in the Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Department as Commissioner/Secretary, Madhya Pradesh, he was instrumental in preparation of Panchayati Raj Act (Local Self Govt.) of Govt. of Madhya Pradesh.

He has served as Commissioner/Secretary for Horticulture Department, Social Justice Department, Secretary of Sports and Youth Welfare, Managing Director of Madhya Pradesh Agro Industry Development Corporation, Commissioner/Secretary for Department of Higher Education. During his tenure at Higher Education Department, for the first time the department for introduced to paper less work. As a leader he brought in many positive reforms within the department which benefited the Students. He introduced semester system for the first time in the history of Higher Education in Madhya Pradesh. He was instrumental in implementing Online Admission (e-Pravesh) System for the first time in Madhya Pradesh. This benefited thousands of students/scholars from rural areas to get admission to top colleges of Madhya Pradesh on merit basis.

He has won numerous awards for his work during his tenure. He retired in 2015 as Principal Secretary to Government of Madhya Pradesh.

Education

Education institute providing educations from elementary to colleges are available and functioning in Garautha. The degree colleges at Garautha are affiliated to Bundelkhand University. List of notable institutes are:

School

1. St. Mary's School, Gursarai
2. Kher Inter College, Gursarai
3. Dr. Vijay Foundation School, Garautha
4. Akhandanand Janta Inter College School, Garautha

Colleges

1. Motibai Rajaram Mahavidyalaya (MBR College)^[5]
2. Dr Ram Manohar Lohiya Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Gursarai
3. Bhagwati Industrial Training Institute (BITI)^[6]

Politics

Garautha is a Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) Constituency.

Garautha, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh - Vidhan Sabha Election
S.No	Year	Polling (%)	Winners Details			Runner-Up Details
			Winner Name	Party	% Vote Polled (Winner)	Runner - Up Name	Runner-Up Party	% Vote Polled (Runner-Up)
1	1951	42.05	Ram Sahai	INC	60.43	Vishwa Nath Singh	IND	23.36
2	1957	47.80	Lachman Rao Kadam	INC	42.78	Prem Narayan Tiwari	IND	29.61
3	1962	54.29	Kashi Prasad Dwedi	INC	34.27	Kanhaiya Lal	PSP	29.15
4	1967	59.68	Kanhaiya Lal	BJS	40.73	Kashi Prasad Dwedi	INC	30.80
5	1969	62.99	Atma Ram Govind Kher	INC	38.63	Bhagwan Das	BKD	31.67
6	1974	65.79	Ranjit Singh Judev	INC	53.90	Kanhaiya Lal	BJS	22.24
7	1977	71.13	Ranjit Singh Judev	INC	40.90	Vishwa Nath Singh	JNP	30.07
8	1980	66.02	Ranjit Singh Judev	INC	46.60	Kunwar Manvendra Singh	BJP	38.07
9	1985	66.79	Kunwar Manvendra Singh	BJP	51.38	Ranjit Singh Judev	INC	42.30
10	1989	66.33	Ranjit Singh Judev	INC	48.32	Kunwar Manvendra Singh	BJP	23.70
11	1991	54.99	Ranjit Singh Judev	INC	31.15	Veerendra Niranjan	BJP	26.72
12	1993	63.43	Ranjit Singh Judev	INC	33.57	Chandrapal Singh	SP	33.06
13	1996	64.68	Chandrapal Singh	SP	39.82	Ranjit Singh Judev	INC	38.96
14	2002	63.15	Brijendra Kumar Vyas	BSP	38.09	Chandrapal Singh	SP	29.53
15	2007	49.37	Deep Naryan Yadav	SP	42.32	Ranjit Singh Judev	INC	32.32
16	2012	66.11	Deep Naryan Yadav	SP	33.72	Devesh Paliwal	BSP	26.11

References

1. Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Garautha
2. "Census of India : Primary Census Abstract Data Tables (India & States/UTs - Town/Village/Ward Level)". censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
3. "Dr Vijay Singh Niranjan Facebook Page".
4. "COLLECTOR & DISTRICT MAGISTRATES". Retrieved 9 June 2016.
5. "MOTIBAI RAJARAM MAHAVIDYALAYA". www.mbrrcollege.com. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
6. "BHAGWATI DEVI INDUSTRIAL TRAINING INSTITUTE (BITI)". www.mbiti.in. Retrieved 2016-05-16.