Birsinghpur

Birsinghpur Birsinghpur
city
Population  (2001)
• Total	12,334

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

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, Birsinghpur had a population of 12,334. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Birsinghpur has an average literacy rate of 56%, lower than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 67% and female literacy of 43%. 18% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Birsinghpur is a town of Umaria distric it named as it because here in 19 th century a king name was veer singh thats why it is known as birsinghpur it is famous for shiv temple. Birsinghpur is also known as Pali or Birsinghpur-Pali. Birsinghpur is situated on the Umaria-Shahdol road, at a distnace of about 36km. from Umaria. Another road goes from Birsinghpur to Mandla via Dindori. Birsinghpur is also a railway station, and there is a rest house for the tourists to stay. The Station is known as the Pali-Birsinghpur station. Near the railway station there is a temple, enshrining Birasinidevi. By popular belief she is Goddess Kali, represented here as skeleton Goddess, but with her mouth closed. Many remains of old jain idols kept here in some Hindu temples. The annual fairs are held both in October and March, on the occasion of Navaratri, Near the temple of Goddess Birsingpur [1]

Sanjay Gandhi Thermal Power Station(4x210+500MW) is situated near johila river in Birsinghpur. It is run by Madhya Pradesh Power Generating Company Limited.

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