Rajgarh (Madhya Pradesh)
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Rajgarh is a town and a nagar panchayat
in Rajgarh District
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 town is surrounded by a battlemented wall.
, Rajgarh had a population of 23,927. 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.
Nagar Panchayat
A nagar palika or nagar panchayat is a form of an urban political unit in India comparable to a municipality.An urban centre with more than 30,000 and less than 100,000 inhabitants is classified as a nagar panchayat....
in Rajgarh District
Rajgarh District
Rajgarh District is a district of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. The town of Rajgarh is the administrative headquarters of the district.The district has an area of 6,154 km², and a population 992,315...
in the state
States and territories of India
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of Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh , often called the Heart of India, is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and Indore is the largest city....
in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. It is the administrative headquarters of Rajgarh District
Rajgarh District
Rajgarh District is a district of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. The town of Rajgarh is the administrative headquarters of the district.The district has an area of 6,154 km², and a population 992,315...
, and was a princely state
Princely state
A Princely State was a nominally sovereign entitity of British rule in India that was not directly governed by the British, but rather by an Indian ruler under a form of indirect rule such as suzerainty or paramountcy.-British relationship with the Princely States:India under the British Raj ...
under the British Raj
British Raj
British Raj was the British rule in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947; The term can also refer to the period of dominion...
, named Rajgarh State
Rajgarh State
Rajgarh State was a princely state and was part of Bhopal Agency of the Central India Agency. It had an area of 940 sq. mi., and a population of 88,376 in 1901. Estimated revenue, 33,000 ; tribute , 3640. The rulers, whose title was Rawat, were Rajputs of the Ponwar clan...
. The old town is surrounded by a battlemented wall.
Demographics
India censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
, Rajgarh had a population of 23,927. 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.