Sehore

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Sehore, is a town that is also the district headquarters of Sehore District of Madhya Pradesh state, India, is located on the Bhopal-Indore highway, 39 km away from Bhopal.

[edit] The name

Some inscriptions on rocks discovered in the vicinity of modern Sehore states its name as Sidhapur and Sidrapur, which degerated into Sehore in day-to-day usage. On the other hands, a section of etymologist believe that Shehore derives its name from Sher, a word in Hindi, which means a lion, and a large number of lions were found in earlier times in the areas. The location of Shehore on the foothills of the Vindhyachal mountains also give credence to this assumption.

[edit] General Information

Sehore is 39 km away from state capital Bhopal towards south and on Bhopal-Indore highway. Its height from the sea level is 1500 ft. to 2000 ft. It is also connected to Western Railway from Bhopal to Ratlam. Sehore is surrounded by six districts i.e. Bhopal, Raisen, Hoshangabad, Dewas, Shajapur and Rajgarh. Sehore District extends between the parallels of Latitude 22'31 to 23'40 North and between the meridians of Longitude 76'22 and 78'08 East.