Sonkatch
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Sonkatch is a town and a nagar panchayat
in Dewas district
in the India
n state
of Madhya Pradesh
.
, Sonkatch had a population of 15,543. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Sonkatch has an average literacy rate of 69%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 77%, and female literacy is 61%. In Sonkatch, 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.The town has arranged big hawns at famous Pipleshwar Mahadev temple near Kalisindh river. On these ocacsions around 500 sadhus gather each year.Pushpgiri one of the biggest tirths of Jainism is situated here.IT IS LOCATED ON INDORE-BHOPAL NH87
INDORE-70KM
DEWAS -30KM
UJJAIN-70KM
BHOPAL-118KM
The town is situated on the bank of Kalisindh river and is a major town on the Indore Bhopal Road. It is famous for POHA and JALEBI. The tourist going from Indore to Bhopal or vice-versa like to take a break in this small town for special breakfast.
Nagar Panchayat
A nagar palika or nagar panchayat is a form of an urban political unit in India comparable to a municipality.An urban centre with more than 30,000 and less than 100,000 inhabitants is classified as a nagar panchayat....
in Dewas district
Dewas District
Dewas District is a district of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. The town of Dewas is the district headquarters.The district has an area 7,020 km², and a population 1,306,617 , an increase of 26% since 1991....
in the India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n state
States and territories of India
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of Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh , often called the Heart of India, is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and Indore is the largest city....
.
Demographics
India censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
, Sonkatch had a population of 15,543. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Sonkatch has an average literacy rate of 69%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 77%, and female literacy is 61%. In Sonkatch, 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.The town has arranged big hawns at famous Pipleshwar Mahadev temple near Kalisindh river. On these ocacsions around 500 sadhus gather each year.Pushpgiri one of the biggest tirths of Jainism is situated here.IT IS LOCATED ON INDORE-BHOPAL NH87
INDORE-70KM
DEWAS -30KM
UJJAIN-70KM
BHOPAL-118KM
The town is situated on the bank of Kalisindh river and is a major town on the Indore Bhopal Road. It is famous for POHA and JALEBI. The tourist going from Indore to Bhopal or vice-versa like to take a break in this small town for special breakfast.