Rehli

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Rehli
city
Rehli
Location in Madhya Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 23°38′N 79°05′E / 23.63°N 79.08°E / 23.63; 79.08Coordinates: 23°38′N 79°05′E / 23.63°N 79.08°E / 23.63; 79.08
Country  India
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sagar
Population (2001)
  Total 25,913
Languages
  Official Hindi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)

Rehli is a city and a municipality in Sagar district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.

Geography

Rehli is located at 23°38′N 79°05′E / 23.63°N 79.08°E / 23.63; 79.08.[1] It has an average elevation of 390 metres (1279 feet).

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,[2] Rehli had a population of 25,913. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Rehli has an average literacy rate of 75%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 73%, and female literacy is 57%. In Rehli, 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.

place of interest:

Rangir

A village situated 10 miles from Rehli and 21 miles from Sagar on Sagar Rehli Road on the bank of the Dahar river. It was site of an engagement between Chatrasak Bundela and Khaliq, the Mugal Fauzdar of Damoni. On the adjoining Hill stands a temple of Harsiddi Devi in whose honour fairs are held in the months of Asvina and Chaitra.

The Chaitra fair is an important one and large number of people visit the temple. The image of the goddess is held in great veneration and people believe that she changes her form thrice every day, as a child at dawn, a young girl at mid day and an old woman in the evening. A government rest house of forest department is located here. Prashant Sen (Banti)

Baleh

Situated in 23 degree 35 N and 79 degree 10 E it is a village 36 miles south-east of Sagar and 11 miles from Rehli with which it is connected by a road. A record found here mention Palvana or Yalavana Pattala and refers to a Chandika temple. Formerly the estate of Baleh consisting of 53 villages belong to a gond family of Patehra, which being driven out of Deori, settled here in 1747. It has some old tanks and betel vine gardens producing a leaf of some reputation. Prashant Sen (Banti)

See Also

Gopal Bhargava

References

  1. Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Rehli
  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. 
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