Jaisinghnagar

Jaisinghnagar
city
Jaisinghnagar Location in Madhya Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 23°38′N 78°34′E / 23.63°N 78.57°E / 23.63; 78.57Coordinates: 23°38′N 78°34′E / 23.63°N 78.57°E / 23.63; 78.57
Country	India
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Shahdol
Elevation	593 m (1,946 ft)
Population (2001)
• Total	7,392
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)

Jaisinghnagar is a town and a nagar panchayat in Shahdol district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Locals also call it Jaisinagar. It has a fort made by King Jaisingh. Now the fort is in private hands of Baghelas who lives there.

Geography

Jaisinghnagar is located at 23°38′N 78°34′E / 23.63°N 78.57°E / 23.63; 78.57.^[1] It has an average elevation of 593 metres (1945 feet).It has incorrectly been stated that the fort is in hand of baghelas in reality it is owned by the wakhle family and its members .

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,^[2] Jaisinghnagar had a population of 7392. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Jaisinghnagar has an average literacy rate of 57%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 65%, and female literacy is 48%. In Jaisinghnagar, 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.Jaisinghnagar has highest no. of intensity of entrepreneurs.Some of the notable persons from the place are - Prakash Narayan Tiwari, Vivek Dwivedi, Abhinav Tiwari,Atul Tiwari, Pushpendra Pratap Singh, Vikas Dwivedi,Prakash Tiwari.

References

1. ↑ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Jaisinghnagar
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. Retrieved 2008-11-01.