Shujalpur
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| Shujalpur | |
  Shujalpur
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| State - District(s) |
Madhya Pradesh - Shajapur |
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| Area - Elevation |
- 448 m |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Population (2001) - Density |
42,465 - |
Shujalpur is a city and a municipality in Shajapur district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.
[edit] Geography
Shujalpur is located at [1]. It has an average elevation of 448 metres (1469 feet).
[edit] Demographics
As of 2001 India censusGRIndia, Shujalpur had a population of 42,465. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Shujalpur has an average literacy rate of 69%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 76%, and female literacy is 61%. In Shujalpur, 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.
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Shujalpur is legislative assembly constituency.City has a great history attached to itself.City was a camp of Scindia coomander RANOJI Scindia and was known as Raikanpura.Ranoganj chatrris ,whre shiv temple is also situated is said to be the place where RANOJI was ceremated.It is also said that tropic of cancer passes through this Shiv temple. Bal Krishan Sharma who was one of the great poets of modern India belongs to this place.City has also a rich political history,First Prime Minister(as hey then called) of Madhya bharat Pandit Leela Dhar Joshi belongs to this city only. Shujalpur is also a Class "A" mandi of state well connected with rail and road to state capital Bhopal and commercial capital Indore.Nearest Air port is Bhopal which is 83K.M from here. The Renouned Geographer is Pro. S. C. Dixit, he developed the college . The main contribution of Prof. Dixit is to creat the higher education culture among the people of M.P..
