Rajgarh, Madhya Pradesh

Rajgarh is a city and a municipality in the state of Madhya Pradesh in India. It is the administrative headquarters of Rajgarh District, and was a princely state under the British Raj, named Rajgarh State. The old city belongs to the Malwa region and is surrounded by a battlemented wall. The district is now famous for the country's most innovative and transformative Irrigation Project- Mohanpura Kundalia Irrigation Project. Built to bring water to one of MP's driest regions facing desertification and distress, these projects now deliver water to 1,300 villages. They benefit more than 500,000 farmers and cover an area of 2,90,000+ hectares.

Geography

Rajgarh district is located in the northern part of Malwa Plateau & Rajgarh is almost in the middle of the district. It forms the North Western part of Division of Bhopal Commissioner. Rajgarh District extends between the parallels of Latitude 23027' 12" North and 24017' 20" North and between the meridians of Longitude 76011' 15" and 77014' East. It has a Quadrangular shape with the Northern and Western sides longer than the Southern and Eastern sides respectively. The zigzag boundaries of the District resemble a pear. Rajgarh District is bounded by Shajapur District in the South as well as west. The District of Sehore, Bhopal, Guna and Jhalawar (Rajasthan) enclose it from the South-East, East, North-East, and North directions respectively. The total Geographical area of the District is 6,154 km2. with a population of 1,545,814 according to census 2011.

It is about 145 km north-west from the state capital Bhopal & 198 km from Indore. Newaj River flows from Rajgarh town.

Climate

Demographics

As of the 2011 Census of India, Rajgarh had a population of 29,726. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Rajgarh has an average literacy rate of 70%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 78%, and female literacy is 61%. In Rajgarh, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Governance and Administration

Rajgarh Vidhan Sabha seat is one of the seats in Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is a segment of Rajgarh Lok Sabha seat.

Rajgarh is a Municipality city in district of Rajgarh, Madhya Pradesh. The Rajgarh city is divided into 15 wards for which elections are held every 5 years.

Rajgarh Municipality has total administration over 5,847 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is also authorize to build roads within Municipality limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.

Education Institutes

School and College's
* jawahar navodaya vidyalaya ,Rajgarh
* Kendriya Vidyalaya, Rajgarh
* Govt. Excellence School, Rajgarh
* Govt. Post Graduation College, Rajgarh
* Govt. Polytechnic College, Rajgarh
* Industrial Training Institute, ITI College, Rajgarh

Places of Interest

* Jalpa Mata Mandir - A unique confluence of devotion and patriotism can be seen on Durga Ashtami in the ancient Maa Jalpa Devi temple situated on a high hill of Rajgarh. A large number of devotees from Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh come for darshan.
* Shrinath Ji Mandir - The temple is dedicated to Shrinathji (a form of Lord Krishna) and is an important religious place of the Pushtimarg sect. This temple is built among the hills on the banks of River Nevaj and is famous for its beauty and architecture.

Economy

The first and the most predominant black cotton soil known as kalmat (black soil) or chikat-kali (deep black) are highly fertile with great power of retaining moisture and bears excellent kharif and rabi crops with or without irrigation. Besides suitability, the black soil yields excellent wheat, gram, jowar and cotton crops high in quality and cotton crops high in quality and quantity.

It is situated in Jaitpura and Ganeshpura. NTPC's 50 MW Rajgarh solar power project in Madhya Pradesh is the biggest solar photovoltaic plant in the country using domestically manufactured modules. The 50 MW plant in Rajgarh, which was set up by Tata Power Solar.

Transportation

Rajgarh is well connected with major City of state. Many National Highway and State Highway Passing Through Rajgarh. Indore is 190 km and Bhopal is 115 km away from Rajgarh.

Daily bus service is available in Rajgarh. Busses connected it from nearby villages and towns.

References

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