Pithampur
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| State : | Madhya Pradesh | ||
| District : | Dhar | ||
| Location : | 22 ° 37 ′ N , 75 ° 42 ′ E | ||
| Residents : | 126,200 (2011) | ||
Pithampur , also Peethampur , is a city in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh . The city is located near Indore and is a typical industrial city .
The city is part of the Dhar District . Pithampur has the status of a Municipal Council . The city is divided into 31 wards . It had 126,200 inhabitants on the cut-off date of the 2011 census, of which 70,250 were men and 55,950 were women. Hindus make up the majority of the city's population with a share of over 91%. The literacy rate in 2011 was 80.92%, above the national average.