Maharajpur is a tehsil and a

nagar palika parishad In India, a Municipal Council (also known as Municipality, Nagar Palika, or Nagar Palika Parishad) is an Urban Local Body that administers a city of population 100,000 or more. However, there are exceptions to that, as previously Nagar Palikas co ...

in Chhatarpur district in the

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Geography

Chhatarpur is located at . It has an average elevation of .

Demographics

As of the

2011 Census of India The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...

, Maharajpur had a population of 21,532. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Maharajpur has an average literacy rate of 53%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 63%, and female literacy is 43%. In Maharajpur, 16% of the population is under six years of age.

People

The current MLA from Maharajpur is Neeraj Dixit who fought from congress seat and won.

References

Cities and towns in Chhindwara district Bundelkhand Chhatarpur {{MadhyaPradesh-geo-stub