Sanawad
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| Coordinates | 22°11′N 76°04′E / 22.18°N 76.07°ECoordinates: 22°11′N 76°04′E / 22.18°N 76.07°E | ||
| Country | India | ||
| State | Madhya Pradesh | ||
| District(s) | Khargone | ||
| Population | 20,000 (2001[update]) | ||
| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) | ||
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• 178 metres (584 ft) |
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Sanawad is a city and a municipality in Khargone district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.
[edit] Geography
Sanawad is located at 22°11′N 76°04′E / 22.18°N 76.07°E[1]. It has an average elevation of 178 metres (583 feet).
==Demographics==
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This information is uploaded by Vasu Birla As of 2001[update] India census[2], Sanawad had a population of 20000. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Sanawad has an average literacy rate of 82%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 86%, and female literacy is 72%. In Sanawad, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.
The town is famous for its Polytechnic College; situated on Indore-Khandwa Road. The town has a Government Polytechnic College of diploma, a government degree college for commerce and science, along with a private college of science. There are well-known educational institutes as M D Jain H S School, Vimala Convent School, Saraswati Vidhya Mandir, which are serving for education and culture. There are more than 5 educational institutes. Sanawad old name is "Gulshanabad". Political status of the town is strongest in the District.
The local economy of Sanawad is based mainly around Agriculture and Trading. The main crops of the surrounding region are cotton, wheat and soybean. Sanawad is located very near to the Narmada river (around 7 KM), 70 KM from Indore and 60 KM from Khargone (the district headquarters) and 10 KM from Barwaha which is the Tehsil. Sanawad is going to be Tehsil within 1 or 2 years.
Sanawad city is also known as the city of Mela who has known as Piranpir Evam Shitla Mata Mela . It is having smallest "Bus Stand" of Madhya-Pradesh. Due to cores of construction because of the canal work, the city is making its mark in Khargone District. There are a total of five Jain temples. Among them Digambar Jain Samavsaran Temple is considered among the eight famous Jain temples across India.
This is the place of freedom fighters like "Brij mohan Sharma" also known as Birju Seth, Kamal Chand Jain (Also known as Master Saab) and Shri Durgashankar Patidar who has won Rashtrapati Purushkar in teachership Jagdeesh Vidyarthi, all very famous for their Freedom activities during English rule. Nowadays, the youth of the city are very up-to-date and technical freaks.
Gayatri Pariwar Sanawad There is also one Gayatri Shaktipeeth in sanawad and it's follower is in max number. you can search on google or enter web address www.awgpsanawad.blogspot.com
Naag Mandir is also quite popular here.
There is also a very well known "Piranpir Tekari" on the top of a hill. There is a Dargah on the top and little below on the same hill there are few of temples. This is one of the good and unique thing about Sanawad.
About Vasu Birla
This is the person who has published more things about sanawad on the internet. and he is an engg. student in SPITM MANDLESHWAR you can search about vasu on the google.
Sanawad is well connected by ROAD and RAIL to few of the major and important cities of Madhaypradesh, Indore and Khandwa.
[edit] References
- ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Sanawad
- ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
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