Nasrullaganj Explained

Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:India Madhya Pradesh#India#Asia
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Madhya Pradesh, India
Coordinates:22.6828°N 77.2739°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name1:Madhya Pradesh
Subdivision Name2:Sehore
Government Type:Nagar Parishad
Governing Body:B.J.P.
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:5
Population Total:23788
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Language
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Hindi[1]
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:5:30
Postal Code:466331
Iso Code:IN-MP
Registration Plate:MP 37

Nasrullaganj, also known as Bherunda or Bhairunda, is a nagar panchayat in Sehore district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.[2] The nearest airport is in Bhopal.

Renaming

On 24 April 2022, Shivraj Singh Chouhan (the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh), told a meeting in that "a proposal to change the name of Nasrullaganj as Bherunda has been sent to the Centre".[3] [4] "State BJP secretary Rajnish Agrawal had claimed that changing the name of Nasrullaganj was an old demand of local citizens."[4] After the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs approved the change, the state published a notice in the gazette on 2 April 2023, announcing the renaming of Nasrullaganj in Sehore district: the new name is spelled either Bhairunda[4] or Bherunda.[2]

Demographics

As of 2011 Indian Census, Nasrullaganj nagar panchayat had a total population of 23,788, of which 12,599 were males and 11,189 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 3,215. The total number of literates in Nasrullaganj was 17,073, which constituted 71.8% of the population with male literacy of 77.3% and female literacy of 65.6%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Nasrullaganj was 83.0%, of which male literacy rate was 89.1% and female literacy rate was 76.1%. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population was 2,961 and 1,743 respectively. Nasrullaganj had 4671 households in 2011.[5]

According to the 2001 census, the Nasrullaganj nagar panchayat had a population of 17,240 of which 9,271 are males while 7,969 are females as per report released by Census India 2001. Population of children with age of 0-6 is 2,542. In Nasrullaganj Nagar Panchayat, Female Sex Ratio is of 860. Moreover, Child Sex Ratio in Nasrullaganj is around 796. Literacy rate of Nasrullaganj is 66.10% of which male literacy is around 73.8% while female literacy rate is 57.13%.[6]

Transportation

By road

Nasrullaganj is around 80–90 km from Bhopal and around 169km from Indore by road.

By train

Nasrullaganj within 100 km of the five major railway stations namely, Budhni (50 km), Hoshangabad (60 km), Itarsi (75 km) and Sehore (78 km).

By air

Raja Bhoj Airport in Bhopal and Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Airport in Indore are nearest to the city.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India. nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. 28 August 2019. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170525141614/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf. 25 May 2017.
  2. Singh . Ravish Pal . 2 April 2023 . Another Madhya Pradesh town renamed: Nasrullaganj is now Bherunda . India Today . 11 July 2023.
  3. News: Madhya Pradesh government sends proposal to Centre to change to change name of town in CM's assembly constituency . . . 25 April 2022 . 10 March 2024.
  4. News: MP: Nasrullaganj in Sehore district changed to Bhairunda. Nasrullaganj, now Bhairunda is located in the Budhni Assembly constituency of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan . News Bharati . 23 April 2023 . 10 March 2024.
  5. Web site: Census of India: Nasrullaganj . www.censusindia.gov.in . 13 December 2020.
  6. Web site: Table - 3 : Population, population in the age group 0-6 and literates by sex - Cities/Towns (in alphabetic order): 2001 . census.gov.in . https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999. 28 August 2019. 16 June 2004.