Badnagar

Badnagar बड़नगर Barnagar
city
Badnagar Location in Madhya Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 23°3′7″N 75°22′40″E / 23.05194°N 75.37778°ECoordinates: 23°3′7″N 75°22′40″E / 23.05194°N 75.37778°E
Country	India
State	Madhya Pradesh
Region	Malwa
District	Ujjain
Government
• Body	Badnagar Municipality
• M.L.A.	Mukesh Pandya (BJP)
• M.P.	Chintamani Malviya (BJP)
• Municipal Chairman	Madhu Ashok Shobhawat (BJP)
Area
• city	6.74 km^2 (2.60 sq mi)
Elevation	497 m (1,631 ft)
Population (2011)
• city	269,573
• Urban	40,088
• Urban density	5,938/km^2 (15,380/sq mi)
• Rural	229,485
Languages
• Official	Hindi,
• Other	Malvi
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Telephone code	07367
Vehicle registration	MP-13

Badnagar (Hindi: बड़नगर) is a city, and a municipality in Ujjain district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India . badnagar is situated on the bank of river Chamla. Badnagar Tehsil Headquarters is Badnagar town. It belongs to Ujjain Division. It is located 45 km towards west from District headquarters Ujjain. 244 km from State capital Bhopal towards East and 72 km from indore . Badnagar Tehsil is bounded by Badnawar Tehsil towards west, Depalpur Tehsil towards South, Khacharod Tehsil towards North, Ujjain Tehsil towards East. indore City, Ujjain City, Ratlam City, Dhar City are the nearby Cities to Badnagar. Badnagar consist of 196 Villages and 108 Panchayats. This Place is in the border of the Ujjain District and Dhar District. Dhar District Badnawar is west towards this place.

Badnagar is the birthplace of great national poet Kavi Pradeep. Former Indian prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee spent some of his childhood time in Badnagar. Another famous poet from Badnagar is Ibrahim `Ashk' the lyricist of hit movies of Rakesh Roshan like Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai and Koi... Mil Gaya. Badnagar is also famous for its dishes, most famous among them being Bhutte ke Laddu, Dal Biscuit and for its guavas. Barnagar is also famous for its fort Amla fort.

Demographics

As of 2011 India census,^[1] Badnagar had a population of 2,69,573. Among all population no. of males are 1,37,685 and no. of females are 1,31,888. Number of literates in Badnagar are 1,69,935. Among all literates, the number of males is 1,00,562 and the number of females is 69,373. While the number of illiterates here is 99,638. 38,158 people of the population is under 6 years of age.

POPULATION	PERSONS	MALE	FEMALE
Total	269,573	137,685	131,888
In the age group 0–6 years	38,158	19,804	18,354
Scheduled Castes (SC)	59,160	30,148	29,012
Scheduled Tribes (ST)	16,823	8,565	8,258
Literates	169,935	100,562	69,373
Illiterate	99,638	37,123	62,515
Total Worker	138,314	79,567	58,747
Main Worker	112,444	71,837	40,607
Main Worker - Cultivator	54,894	35,530	19,364
Main Worker - Agricultural Labourers	38,769	20,732	18,037
Main Worker - Household Industries	1,579	1,061	518
Main Worker - Other	17,202	14,514	2,688
Marginal Worker	25,870	7,730	18,140
Marginal Worker - Cultivator	9,194	1,829	7,365
Marginal Worker - Agriculture Labourers	15,071	5,000	10,071
Marginal Worker - Household Industries	325	142	183
Marginal Workers - Other	1,280	759	521
Marginal Worker (3-6 Months)	21,344	6,148	15,196
Marginal Worker - Cultivator (3-6 Months)	7,129	1,196	5,933
Marginal Worker - Agriculture Labourers (3-6 Months)	12,921	4,218	8,703
Marginal Worker - Household Industries (3-6 Months)	215	94	121
Marginal Worker - Other (3-6 Months)	1,079	640	439
Marginal Worker (0-3 Months)	4,526	1,582	2,944
Marginal Worker - Cultivator (0-3 Months)	2,065	633	1,432
Marginal Worker - Agriculture Labourers (0-3 Months)	2,150	782	1,368
Marginal Worker - Household Industries (0-3 Months)	110	48	62
Marginal Worker - Other Workers (0-3 Months)	201	119	82
Non Worker	131,259	58,118	73,141

Climate

It is too Hot in summer. Badnagar summer highest day temperature is in between 30 °C to 42 °C .

Average temperatures of January is 19 °C , February is 22 °C , March is 28 °C , April is 32 °C , May is 35 °C

Transportation

Badnagar is well connected by road and rail with cities like Ujjain, Indore and Ratlam. state highway 18 (dewas to badnawar) .trains pass through Badnagar which connects it with Ujjain, Bhopal, Dewas and Ahmedabad via Dahod. Badnagar railway station is situated on ratlam-indore section of indian railways. Nearest airport is Indore airport.

Bank

Badnagar has bank branch of following banks :

1. ICICI Bank
2. Bank Of India
3. Punjab National Bank
4. Bank Of Baroda
5. Union Bank Of India
6. UCO Bank
7. Canara Bank
8. Oriental Bank Of India

Badnagar has ATM facilities throughout the cities

Education

Educational institutes in Barnagar are pretty good up to higher secondary school level. Schools teaching in both English and Hindi medium are present here. There are two colleges in Barnagar- Govt. college,barnagar. The Saint Thomas Higher Secondary School is a very good school affiliated by CISCE New Delhi.

Schools

1. Saraswati Vidhya Mandir
2. Unique Public School
3. St. Thomas Hr. Sec. School
4. Jain Public School
5. Vidhyanjali International School
6. St.Martin School

Colleges

1. Govt. College, Barnagar

Health

Many people from nearby cities come to Badnagar for cheap medical treatment of kidney stones and other surgeries. Barnagar is well-known for its treatment of paralysis. Some hospitals are:

1. Geeta Hospital
2. Civil Hospital
3. City Hospital

Culture

Barnagar is multi-religional place where everybody lives with unity. Barnagar has many temples, mosques, gurudwaras and churches.

References

1. "Census of India 2011: Data from the 2011 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. Retrieved 2008-11-01.