Nasrullaganj
Renaming
On 24 April 2022, Shivraj Singh Chouhan (the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh), told a meeting in Bhopal that "a proposal to change the name of Nasrullaganj as Bherunda has been sent to the Centre". "State BJP secretary Rajnish Agrawal had claimed that changing the name of Nasrullaganj was an old demand of local citizens." 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 or Bherunda.
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.
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%.
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.
Education
References
- ^ "Census of India: Nasrullaganj". www.censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
- ^ "52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- ^ "नसरुल्लागंज के बारे में" [About Nasrullaganj], नगर परिषद् नसरुल्लागंज [Nagar Parishad Nasrullaganj], retrieved 11 July 2023,
Nasrullaganj is a nagar panchayat in Sehore district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh
- ^ Singh, Ravish Pal (2 April 2023). "Another Madhya Pradesh town renamed: Nasrullaganj is now Bherunda". India Today. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
- ^ "Madhya Pradesh government sends proposal to Centre to change to change name of town in CM's assembly constituency". Times of India. Press Trust of India. 25 April 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
- ^ "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. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
- ^ "Table - 3 : Population, population in the age group 0-6 and literates by sex - Cities/Towns (in alphabetic order): 2001". census.gov.in. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
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