Omkareshwar, East Nimar

Omkareshwar is a town and a nagar panchayat in Khandwa district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. On the south bank of the Narmada, it contains one of the twelve great lingas of Shiva.^[1]

Demographics

As of 2001^[update] India census,^[2] Omkareshwar had a population of 6616. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Omkareshwar has an average literacy rate of 52%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 63%, and female literacy is 39%. In Omkareshwar, 17% of the population is under 6 years of age.

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