Badnagar


Badnagar or Barnagar is a city, and a municipality in Ujjain district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. Badnagar Tehsil Headquarters is Badnagar town and 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.
Barnagar is also famous for its fort, Amla Fort.

Geography

Badnagar is situated on the bank of river Chamla. 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 nearby cities to Badnagar. Badnagar consists of 196 villages and 108 Panchayats. This place is on the border of Ujjain and Dhar Districts. Dhar District, Badnawar, is west of this place.

Demographics

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.
POPULATIONPERSONSMALEFEMALE
Total269,573137,685131,888
In the age group 0–6 years38,15819,80418,354
Scheduled Castes 59,160 30,14829,012
Scheduled Tribes 16,823 8,565 8,258
Literates 169,935 100,56269,373
Illiterate 99,638 37,123 62,515
Total Worker138,31479,567 58,747
Main Worker 112,44471,83740,607
Main Worker – Cultivator54,89435,530 19,364
Main Worker – Agricultural Labourers38,76920,732 18,037
Main Worker – Household Industries1,579 1,061 518
Main Worker – Other17,20214,5142,688
Marginal Worker25,870 7,730 18,140
Marginal Worker – Cultivator9,1941,8297,365
Marginal Worker – Agriculture Labourers15,0715,00010,071
Marginal Worker – Household Industries 325 142 183
Marginal Workers – Other1,280759521
Marginal Worker 21,3446,148 15,196
Marginal Worker – Cultivator 7,129 1,196 5,933
Marginal Worker – Agriculture Labourers 12,921 4,2188,703
Marginal Worker – Household Industries 21594 121
Marginal Worker – Other 1,079640 439
Marginal Worker 4,5261,582 2,944
Marginal Worker – Cultivator 2,065 633 1,432
Marginal Worker – Agriculture Labourers 2,150 7821,368
Marginal Worker – Household Industries 110 48 62
Marginal Worker – Other Workers 201119 82
Non Worker131,25958,118 73,141

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. 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.

Education

Educational institutes in Barnagar teach in both English and Hindi. There are two colleges in Barnagar-
Schools
Colleges
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:
  1. Geeta Hospital
  2. Civil Hospital
  3. City Hospital
  4. Ashok hospital
  5. Gupta hospital
  6. Shrivastava Hospital
  7. iLife Clincs & Research Pvt Ltd

    Culture

Badnagar is also famous for its dishes, most famous among them being Bhutte ke Laddu, Dal Biscuit and for its guavas. 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.