Porsa

Porsa
city
Porsa Location in Madhya Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 26°40′N 78°22′E / 26.67°N 78.37°E / 26.67; 78.37Coordinates: 26°40′N 78°22′E / 26.67°N 78.37°E / 26.67; 78.37
Country	India
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Morena
Elevation	1,054 m (3,458 ft)
Population (2010)
• Total	37,824
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)

Porsa is a city and a municipality in Morena district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.

Geography

Porsa is located at 26°40′N 78°22′E / 26.67°N 78.37°E / 26.67; 78.37.^[1] It has an average elevation of 5. k.m. (16404.2 feet).

This small town is situated at the center of Morena, Gorami and Ater. There are many main places in Porsa, "Bargad Chauraha","Imali chaok","Sadar bazaar",Dr. Kadaka Wali Gali", "Sabji Mandi Road","Pt. Putturam wali gali","Dhaneta Road" and "Ater Road Tiraha", these points are the main business centers there. Porsa is famous for "Nagaji Maharaj Temple". A big pond is also there just besides to Temple. There are many stories in fashion about the Nagaji Maharaj, who was the follower of "Naga Lineage". On each Poornima (Fully Grown Moon) many people visit this holy shrine and put themselves in the blissful feet of Nagaji Maharaj. This temple joins every person of Porsa irrespective of their castes, religions, and economic conditions.

This fair or Mela is the way of remembering and paying respect to Nagaji Maharaj, who lived there during the period of Mughal Emperor Akbar, nearly 400 years ago. Local residents from nearby villages gathers there in every winter (November–December) and arrange marriages for as long as a month. Earlier monkeys were sold at this fair, but now domestic animals top the charts. Usually on Monday people assemble on Ater Road at the out skirt area of Porsa, to sell and buy their domestic animals like cow, buffaloes, sheep, goats and sometimes camels.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,^[2] Porsa had the population of more than 50,000. 56% of them are male and 44% are females.In Porsa, 17% of the population is under 6 years of age. Literacy rate of Porsa is 68% which is higher than the national average of 59.5%. Male literacy rate is 75% while 56% of females are literate, which clearly reflects the national trend of lower educational level in females.

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