Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) Area 6.74 km² Population 269,573 (2011) Local time Tuesday 12:46 PM | Telephone code 07367 Elevation 497 m Area code 07367 | |
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Weather 33°C, Wind SW at 6 km/h, 17% Humidity Neighborhoods Rehmani Colony, Teachers Colony, Mochipura | ||
Badnagar or Barnagar(Hindi: बड़नगर) is a city, and a municipality in Ujjain district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India . Badnagar is situated on the bank of river Chamla. Badnagar Tehsil Headquarters is Badnagar town. It belongs to Ujjain Division. It is located 45 km towards west from District headquarters Ujjain. 244 km from the state capital, Bhopal, towards the east and 72 km from Indore. Badnagar Tehsil is bounded by Badnawar Tehsil towards west, Depalpur Tehsil towards the south, Khachrod Tehsil towards North, Ujjain district towards the east. Indore City, Ujjain City, Ratlam City, Dhar City are the nearby cities to Badnagar. Badnagar consist of 196 villages and 108 Panchayats. This place is in the border of the Ujjain District and Dhar District. Dhar District, Badnawar, is west of this place.
Contents
- Map of Barnagar Madhya Pradesh 456771
- Demographics
- Climate
- Transportation
- Bank
- Education
- Health
- Culture
- References
Map of Barnagar, Madhya Pradesh 456771
Badnagar is the birthplace of national poet Kavi Pradeep. Former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee spent some of his childhood time in Badnagar. Another famous poet from Badnagar is Ibrahim Khan Gauri, the lyricist of hit movies of Rakesh Roshan like Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai and Koi... Mil Gaya.
Badnagar is also famous for its dishes, most famous among them being Bhutte ke Laddu, Dal Biscuit and for its guavas.
Barnagar is also famous for its fort Amla Fort.
Demographics
As of 2011 India census, Badnagar had a population of 2,69,573. Among all population no. of males are 1,37,685 and no. of females are 1,31,888. Number of literates in Badnagar are 1,69,935. Among all literates, the number of males is 1,00,562 and the number of females is 69,373. While the number of illiterates here is 99,638. 38,158 people of the population is under 6 years of age.
Climate
It is hot in summer. Badnagar summer highest day temperature is in between 30 °C to 42 °C .
Average temperatures of January is 19 °C , February is 22 °C , March is 28 °C , April is 32 °C , May is 35 °C
Transportation
Badnagar is well connected by road and rail with cities like Ujjain, Indore and Ratlam. state highway 18 (dewas to badnawar). Passes through Badnagar which connects it with Ujjain, Bhopal, Dewas and Ahmedabad via Dahod. Badnagar railway station is situated on ratlam-indore section of indian railways. Nearest airport is Indore airport.
Bank
Badnagar has branches of following banks :
- ICICI Bank
- Bank Of India
- Punjab National Bank
- Bank Of Baroda
- Union Bank Of India
- UCO Bank
- Canara Bank
- Oriental Bank Of India
- HDFC Bank
- FEDERAL Bank
- IDBI Bank
Badnagar has ATM facilities throughout the city.
Education
Educational institutes in Barnagar are pretty good up to higher secondary school level. Schools teaching in both English and Hindi medium are present here. There are two colleges in Barnagar- Govt. college,barnagar.
Schools
- Saraswati Vidhya Mandir
- Unique Public School
- St. Thomas Hr. Sec. School
- Jain Public School
- Vidhyanjali International School
- St.Martin School
Colleges
- Govt. College Barnagar
- navyug college
Health
Many people from nearby cities come to Badnagar for cheap medical treatment of kidney stones and other surgeries. Barnagar is well-known for its treatment of paralysis. Some hospitals are:
- Geeta Hospital
- Civil Hospital
- City Hospital
- ashok hospital
- Gupta hospital
Culture
Barnagar is multi-religional place where everybody lives with unity. Barnagar has many temples, mosques, gurudwaras and churches. 1 adinath jain shwetambar temple 2 fakhri masjid (dawoodi bohra 2 (Rehmani choti masjid ) 3( Badi masjid mochipura ) 4( Darulum gosia masjid)