Anjad

Anjad is a town and a nagar panchayat in Barwani district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India.

Geography

Anjad is located in the Narmada Valley, at .^[1] It has an average elevation of 151 metres (495 feet). There is one beautiful ancient temple "Nagari mata" also it situated on top of the valley in right corner of Anjad town. Two other temple is Gayatri Temple and Saibaba Temple (Chota shirdi). Its distance from Barwani is 16 km. Pancha Mukhi Hanuman temple is also a very famous temple of Anjad.

Demographics

As of 2001^[update] India census,^[2] Anjad had a population of 22,890. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Anjad has an average literacy rate of 59%, lower than the national average of 59.5%; with 58% of the males and 42% of females literate. 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.According to Er.Krishnapal Singh( K.P. Singh) there are 2 Govt. Higher Secondary Schools & 1 CBSE school namely Anjad Public School(A.P.S.) and is well reputed school of the Town, who is also ex-student & head boy of APS. Harsh soni is ex-student of APS. Ajay Patidar is H.M of a very prestegious school of the whole town named Boys Higher Secondary School.

References

1. ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Anjad
2. ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999. Retrieved 2008-11-01.