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Country
  
India

District
  
Dewas

Vehicle registration
  
MP

Local time
  
Monday 5:27 AM

State
  
Madhya Pradesh

Time zone
  
IST (UTC+5:30)

Population
  
26,135 (2011)

ISO 3166 code
  
ISO 3166-2:IN

Sonkatch

Weather
  
23°C, Wind N at 3 km/h, 44% Humidity

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Sonkatch is a town and a Nagar panchayat in Dewas district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.

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Map of Sonkatch, Madhya Pradesh 455118

Popular Shri Digambar Jain Teerth Kshetra, Pushpagiri is located 4 km westerly to Sonkatch.

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Demographics

At the 2001 India census, Sonkatch had a population of 15,543. Males constituted 51% of the population and females 49%. Sonkatch had an average literacy rate of 69%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy was 77%, and female literacy was 61%. In Sonkatch, 15% of the population were under 6 years of age.

Sonkatch is located on the bank of the Kalisindh river on the NH-86 Indore - Bhopal road. It is 70 km from Indore, 33 km from Dewas, 70 km from Ujjain and 118 km from Bhopal.

About Temple

The temple here is dedicated to Lord Mahavir. This Jain kshetra is a sprawling 250 acres complex housing Jain Sthanaks, School, Hospital, Museum, cottages, shopping centers and above all, a 108 feel tall idol of Bhagwan Paraswanath an Yogic (Padmasan) posture. This would be one of tallest Jain idols surpassing even (57’ height) Bhagwan Bahubali idol at Shravanabelgola in Karnataka.

References

Sonkatch Wikipedia