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Country
  
India

District
  
Alirajpur district

Climate
  
Aw

Population
  
28,498 (2001)

State
  
Madhya Pradesh

Time zone
  
IST (UTC+5:30)

Website
  
www.alirajpur.nic.in

Local time
  
Saturday 7:50 PM

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Weather
  
26°C, Wind NE at 2 km/h, 26% Humidity

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Alirajpur is a city and a municipality in Alirajpur district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India.

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Map of Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh 457887

Alirajpur State was formerly a princely state of India, under the Bhopawar Agency in Central India. It lay in the Malwa region of Madhya Pradesh, near the border with Gujarat and Maharashtra. It had an area of 836 m².

The country is hilly, and consists of tribal people as majority of population who live in small villages near Alirajpur. However, the towns population mainly consists of general people. It had been from time to time under British administration. The Victoria bridge at Alirajpur was built to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of 1897.

Area-wise, the former Alirajpur taluka was larger than the Jhabua taluka of Jhabua district. Now Alirajpur is a District. The Rajwara fort is situated in the centre of the town attached with a beautiful playground known as Fateh Club. Alirajpur is also the hub for dolomite business.

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Demographics

As of 2001 India census, Alirajpur had a population of 25,161. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. 15% of the population is under 6 years of age. Alirajpur is a city in which public depend on farm.
Alirajpur’s topography is predominantly hilly. Its economy depends primarily on agricultural endeavours, especially farming, especially mangoes. The agricultural trading yard in Alirajpur is the biggest in all the state when it comes to mango trading.

History

During the British Raj Alirajpur was the capital of Alirajpur State, one of the princely states of India. After India got independence in the year 1947, the ruling family of Alirajpur State moved to Delhi, where the last ruler of Ali Rajpur, Surendra Singh, subsequently served as the Ambassador of India to Spain in the 1980s.

References

Alirajpur Wikipedia