Nagda (Madhya Pradesh)
| Nagda नागदा |
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| State : | Madhya Pradesh | ||
| District : | Ujjain | ||
| Sub-district : | Nagda | ||
| Location : | 23 ° 27 ' N , 75 ° 25' E | ||
| Height : | 470 m | ||
| Area : | 23.83 km² | ||
| Residents : | 100,036 (2011) | ||
| Population density : | 4198 inhabitants / km² | ||
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Nagda ( Hindi : नागदा Nagada ) is a large city with about 110,000 inhabitants in the district Ujjain in the west of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh . Here is an important railway junction in northwest India.
location
Nagda lies at an altitude of approx. 470 m above sea level. d. M. on the Chambal River in the historical Malwa region, about 250 km (driving distance) west of Bhopal , the capital of Madhya Pradesh, and about 57 km northwest of Ujjain , the district capital . Nagda has a train station on the Ujjain- Ratlam route and is an important railway junction in western northern India. The climate is warm; Rain (approx. 895 mm / year) falls almost exclusively in the monsoon months from June to September.
population
Official population statistics have only been kept and published since 1991.
| year | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 |
| Residents | 79,622 | 96,579 | 100.039 |
The Hindi and Urdu- speaking population consists of about 81.5% Hindus , a good 14.5% Muslims and about 2% Jains ; numerically small minorities are Christians , Sikhs , Buddhists and others. As usual with censuses in northern India, the male population is significantly higher than the female.
economy
Nagda is a railway junction and an industrial city with one of the largest viscose production facilities in Asia ( GRASIM Industries Ltd. ). This is located in the south of the city in the immediate vicinity of a national airport ( Nagda Airport ).
history
Nagda is an old place and was already mentioned by the gupta-era poet Kalidasa (4th / 5th century). But Nagda's history probably goes back even further: King Janmejay from the Pandava dynasty mentioned in the Mahabharata epic is said to have rendered outstanding services to the development of the city at that time. Later, however, the place fell into oblivion and was - before its industrial boom after India's independence - no more than a village with around 1,000 inhabitants.
Attractions
Despite its long history and its location in the historically significant Malwa region, Nagda has no archaeologically interesting sights.
- The main attraction of the city is the Birla Temple ( Birla mandir ), which was founded by the industrial family Birla and is located within a well-tended park and is dedicated to the Hindu god Vishnu . It was completed around 1995 and, in terms of its architecture and sculptural decoration, is based on classic Indian Hindu temples .
- About 2 km west of the city, the Chambal River was dammed into an elongated lake ( Chambal Lake ), which encourages many Indians to go on day trips on the weekends.
