Rajgarh, Madhya Pradesh
{{About|a city in Madhya Pradesh||Rajgarh (disambiguation){{!}}Rajgarh}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2017}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Rajgarh
| native_name =
| native_name_lang = Hindi
| other_name = Rajghur
| settlement_type = City
| image_skyline = Rajgarh Fort.jpg
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| image_caption = From top: Rajgarh fort in Rajgarh, Madhya Pradesh, India
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| pushpin_map = India Madhya Pradesh#India
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Madhya Pradesh, India
| coordinates = {{coord|24.03|N|76.88|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flagicon|IND}} India
| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = Madhya Pradesh
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name2 = Rajgarh
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| leader_title = Member of Parliament Rajgarh
| leader_name = Rodmal Nagar (BJP)
| leader_title2 = Member of Legislative Assembly Rajgarh
| leader_name2 = Bapu singh tanwar (INC)
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
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| area_total_km2 = 1105
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 491
| population_total = 45726
| population_as_of = 2011
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| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym = Rajgarhians
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = Hindi
| timezone1 = IST
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = PIN
| postal_code = 465661
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 07372
| registration_plate = MP-33
| blank1_name_sec1 = Sex ratio
| blank1_info_sec1 = 1000/956 ♂/♀
| website = {{URL|https://rajgarh.nic.in}}
| iso_code = IN-MP
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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
{{Weather box
| location = Rajgarh (1991–2020, extremes 1955–2011)
| metric first = yes
| single line = yes
| width = auto
| Jan record high C = 33.8
| Feb record high C = 38.2
| Mar record high C = 42.1
| Apr record high C = 46.3
| May record high C = 46.8
| Jun record high C = 48.3
| Jul record high C = 43.6
| Aug record high C = 39.0
| Sep record high C = 39.0
| Oct record high C = 39.3
| Nov record high C = 37.2
| Dec record high C = 35.8
| year record high C = 48.3
| Jan high C = 25.9
| Feb high C = 29.0
| Mar high C = 35.0
| Apr high C = 39.5
| May high C = 42.2
| Jun high C = 39.2
| Jul high C = 32.8
| Aug high C = 30.4
| Sep high C = 32.4
| Oct high C = 34.2
| Nov high C = 31.1
| Dec high C = 28.2
| year high C = 33.3
| Jan low C = 8.5
| Feb low C = 11.4
| Mar low C = 17.0
| Apr low C = 22.5
| May low C = 27.4
| Jun low C = 26.8
| Jul low C = 24.4
| Aug low C = 23.3
| Sep low C = 22.2
| Oct low C = 17.9
| Nov low C = 13.2
| Dec low C = 9.1
| year low C = 18.6
| Jan record low C = 1.3
| Feb record low C = 1.2
| Mar record low C = 5.7
| Apr record low C = 12.3
| May record low C = 16.7
| Jun record low C = 16.8
| Jul record low C = 16.2
| Aug record low C = 18.2
| Sep record low C = 13.8
| Oct record low C = 9.1
| Nov record low C = 4.3
| Dec record low C = 0.0
| year record low C = 0.0
| rain colour = green
| Jan rain mm = 0.3
| Feb rain mm = 0.9
| Mar rain mm = 0.4
| Apr rain mm = 0.9
| May rain mm = 2.0
| Jun rain mm = 57.5
| Jul rain mm = 147.4
| Aug rain mm = 166.5
| Sep rain mm = 36.2
| Oct rain mm = 4.4
| Nov rain mm = 2.8
| Dec rain mm = 1.5
| year rain mm = 421.0
| Jan rain days = 0.0
| Feb rain days = 0.3
| Mar rain days = 0.1
| Apr rain days = 0.1
| May rain days = 0.3
| Jun rain days = 2.9
| Jul rain days = 6.9
| Aug rain days = 8.6
| Sep rain days = 3.1
| Oct rain days = 0.4
| Nov rain days = 0.2
| Dec rain days = 0.2
| year rain days = 22.9
| time day = 17:30 IST
| Jan humidity = 41
| Feb humidity = 35
| Mar humidity = 28
| Apr humidity = 27
| May humidity = 28
| Jun humidity = 47
| Jul humidity = 70
| Aug humidity = 77
| Sep humidity = 66
| Oct humidity = 46
| Nov humidity = 42
| Dec humidity = 43
| year humidity = 46
|source 1 = India Meteorological Department{{cite web
| url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/Climatological%20Tables%201991-2020.pdf
| title = Climatological Tables of Observatories in India 1991-2020
| publisher = India Meteorological Department
| access-date = April 8, 2024
{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205040301/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf
| archive-date = 5 February 2020
| url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf
| title = Station: Rajgarh Climatological Table 1981–2010
| work = Climatological Normals 1981–2010
| publisher = India Meteorological Department
| date = January 2015
| pages = 649–650
| access-date = 6 January 2021}}
{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205042509/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf
| archive-date = 5 February 2020
| url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf
| title = Extremes of Temperature & Rainfall for Indian Stations (Up to 2012)
| publisher = India Meteorological Department
| date = December 2016
| page = M127
| access-date = 6 January 2021}}
}}
Demographics
{{update after|2022}}
As of the 2011 Census of India,{{cite web| url = http://rajgarh.nic.in/census2011_town.html | title = Rajgarh Town Population : Census 2011}} 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.
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{{bar percent|Hindus|orange|75}}
{{bar percent|Muslims|green|20}}
{{bar percent|Jains|pink|3.7}}
{{bar percent|Others†|black|1.3}}
|caption=Distribution of religions
†Includes Sikhs (0.2%), Buddhists (<0.2%).
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Schools
- jawahar navodaya vidyalaya ,Rajgarh
- Kendriya Vidyalaya, Rajgarh
- Govt. Excellence School, Rajgarh
- Govt. Post Graduation College, Rajgarh
- Rajeshwar Convent School, Rajgarh
- Swami Vivekanand Public School, Rajgarh
- Bhartiya Vidhya Mandir School, Rajgarh
- Deepak Public School, Rajgarh
- Career Convent Public School, Rajgarh
- K. K. College Of Science & Management, Rajgarh
- Sarswati Shishu Mandir, Rajgarh
- Unix Computer College, Rajgarh
- Advance Computer Academy, Rajgarh
Transportation
References
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