Agar Malwa District is a district in the state of
Madhya Pradesh
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in
India
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. It was carved out of
Shajapur district. Its administrative headquarters are situated in the town of
Agar.
History
It was a division during the
Sindhia state (some of their palaces are still presently used for city court and for other government offices). It was formerly a cantonment region at the time of India's independence because of the favourable weather and the availability of water. It was a district under the state of
Madhya Bharat
Madhya Bharat, also known as Malwa Union, was an Indian state in west-central India, created on 28 May 1948 from twenty-five princely states which until 1947 had been part of the Central India Agency, with Jiwajirao Scindia as its Rajpramukh. ...
after the independence of India until 1956. Since 16 August 2013 Agar Malwa has been the 51st
district of Madhya Pradesh. The district was formed by removing Agar, Badod, Susner and Nalkheda tehsils from
Shajapur District, decreasing its size. It was formerly a cantonment region at the time of India's independence because of the favourable weather and the availability of water. It was a district under the state of Madhya Bharat after the independence of India until 1956. Since 16 August 2013 Agar Malwa has been the 51st district of Madhya Pradesh.
Geography
The western part of the district is marked by the Agar Plateau that covers the major areas of Agar Malwa district. There is a hill tract to the west of the town of
Badod, showing scattered hillocks in a north–south direction. The presence of hills in the center has affected the drainage pattern. The height of this tract varies between and above the mean sea level and it slopes towards the north.
Dudhaliya and
Kachhol are the main streams in the west, originating from the hill tract and draining towards the west.
Chhoti Kali Sindh, which is the main perennial stream of the region, flows northwards on the western border of the region.
Demographics
At the time of the 2011 census, Agar Malwa district had a population of 571,278. 453,949 of these were rural and 117,329 were urban. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 135,898 and 13,941 which is 23.79% and 2.44% of the population respectively.
90.83% of the population were Hindu, 7.58% Muslim, and 1.48% Jain.
At the time of the 2011 census, 53.24% of the population spoke
Malvi
The Malvi or Malavi, also known as Manthani or Mahadeopuri, is breed of zebu cattle from the Malwa plateau in western Madhya Pradesh, in central India. It is a good draught breed; the milk yield of the cows is low.
The breed has been studie ...
, 41.31%
Hindi
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and 4.80% Sondwani as their first language.
Government and politics
Administrative divisions
Agar Malwa District has two sub-divisions, Agar Malwa division and Susner Division. There are four
tehsils
A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...
: Agar Malwa, Badod, Susner and Nalkheda.
Banking facilities
The list of banks functioning in Agar Malwa:
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AU Small Finance Bank, Agar Malwa Branch
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Bank of Baroda
Bank of Baroda (BOB or BoB) is an Indian public sector bank headquartered in Vadodara, Gujarat. It is the second largest public sector bank in India after State Bank of India, with 132 million customers, a total business of US$218 billion, ...
, Agar Malwa, Madhya Pradesh Branch
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Bank of India
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, Agar Malwa Branch
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Bank of India
Bank of India (BOI) is an Indian public sector bank headquartered in Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai. Founded in 1906, it has been government-owned since nationalisation in 1969. BoI is a founder member of SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Inter ...
, Collectorate, Agar Malwa Branch
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DCB Bank
DCB Bank Limited is a private sector scheduled commercial bank in India. It is amongst the new generation banks that received the scheduled commercial bank license from the bank regulator, Reserve Bank of India. DCB Bank received the licence on ...
Limited, Pal Branch
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IDFC First Bank
IDFC First Bank (formerly IDFC Bank) is an Indian Private Sector Bank formed by the merger of the banking arm of Infrastructure Development Finance Company and Capital First Ltd., an Indian non-bank financial institution.
It is the first univ ...
Ltd, Agar Malwa Branch
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Indian Bank
Indian Bank is an Indian public sector bank, established in 1907 and headquartered in Chennai. It serves over 100 million customers with 39,734 employees, 5,721 branches with 5,428 ATMs and Cash deposit machines. Total business of the bank has ...
, Agar Malwa Branch
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Indian Bank
Indian Bank is an Indian public sector bank, established in 1907 and headquartered in Chennai. It serves over 100 million customers with 39,734 employees, 5,721 branches with 5,428 ATMs and Cash deposit machines. Total business of the bank has ...
, Dongargaon Branch
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Union Bank of India
Union Bank of India, commonly referred to as Union Bank or UBI, is an Indian public sector bank headquartered in Mumbai. It has 120+ million customers and a total business of US$106 billion. After the amalgamation with Corporation Bank and A ...
, Agar Malwa Branch
References
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States and territories established in 2013
Districts of Madhya Pradesh
2013 establishments in Madhya Pradesh