Rajpur, Madhya Pradesh

For other uses, see Rajpur.

Rajpur
town
Rajpur Location in Madhya Pradesh, India Rajpur Rajpur (India)
Coordinates: 21.93°N 75.13°E / 21.93; 75.13
Country	India
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Barwani
Government
• Type	Nagar Panchayat
Elevation	225 m (738 ft)
Population  (2001)
• Total	17,913
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	451447
Telephone code	07284
ISO 3166 code	IN-MP footnotes
Vehicle registration	MP-46

Rajpur is a town and a nagar panchayat in Barwani district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Integrated Border Check Post at Agra Mumbai Highway run by Government of Madhya Pradesh is at Balsamud in Rajpur tehsil.

Geography

Rajpur is located at 21.93°N 75.13°E / 21.93; 75.13. It has an average elevation of 225 metres (738 feet).

Demographics

As per Census of India 2011, Rajpur Nagar Panchayat has population of 20,947 of which 10,718 are males while 10,229 are females. Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 2706 which is 12.92 % of total population of Rajpur (NP). In Rajpur Nagar Panchayat, Female Sex Ratio is of 954 against state average of 931. Moreover Child Sex Ratio in Rajpur is around 947 compared to Madhya Pradesh state average of 918. Literacy rate of Rajpur city is 76.19 % higher than state average of 69.32 %. In Rajpur, Male literacy is around 83.64 % while female literacy rate is 68.38 %.

Temples

In Rajpur there are many temples. Some of the famous temples names are Bhawani mata temple, Triveni Temple, Hanuman temple., nagdev mandir Saiyad Mahar Ali Shah Sarkaar Dargah.

Places to visit

Roseshwar dham is the famous place near Rajpur. It is situated on the hill and 5 km from Rajpur. Here two temples are also present. One is shiv temple, other is navgrah temple.