Sanawad is a Municipality in district of West Nimar, Madhya Pradesh. The Sanawad town is divided into 18 wards for which elections are held every 5 years. The Sanawad Municipality has population of 38,740 of which 19,902 are males while 18,838 are females as per a report released by Census India 2011. Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 4832 which is 12.47% of total population of Sanawad. In Sanawad Municipality, Female Sex Ratio is of 947 against a state average of 931. Moreover, Child Sex Ratio in Sanawad is around 914 compared to Madhya Pradesh state average of 918. Literacy rate of Sanawad city is 85.07% higher than a state average of 69.32%. In Sanawad, Male literacy is around 90.67% while female literacy rate is 79.17%. Sanawad Municipality has total administration over 7,454 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is also authorized to build roads within Municipality limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction. Caste Factor Schedule Caste constitutes 8.93% while Schedule Tribe were 7.55% of total population in Sanawad. Work Profile Out of total population, 12,904 were engaged in work or business activity. Of this 10,619 were males while 2,285 were females. In census survey, worker is defined as person who does business, job, service, and cultivator and labour activity. Of total 12904 working population, 89.49% were engaged in Main Work while 10.51% of total workers were engaged in Marginal Work. Holkar capital Maheshwer where various forts and historical monuments could be visited is 60 km from the city Sanawad is well connected to Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Gujarat through various state highways and rail route.
The city of Sanawad was originally known as Gulshanabad. Pilgrims can reach famous Jyotirling Omkareshwar through Sanawad which is just 12 km from here. Sanawad was home to freedom fighters Brij Mohan Sharma, Kamal Chand Jain and Jagdeesh Vidyarthi; all of whom were active in opposing British rule. The Misa bandhu is Lala Jivandas Bansal. City is around 10 km from Raverkhedi village where Bajirao I spent his last time and died.
Culture
Sanawad has cultural sites such as the Namokar Dham Jain temple garden near the Jain temple Podumpuram, Digambar Jain Temple which is more than 100 years old and religious sites such as Omkareshwar. Sanawad is located at 5 km from Motakka/Omkareshwar road. Every December a Mela is held in Sanawad. The Piranpeer Tekri, known for its Hindu-Muslim unity, is situated in Sanawad. Piranpeer tekri have revered Dargah on its top and Shitla mata mandir on one side. We also celebrate #gangore festival in the month of march april it is very popular festival of our nimari culture we are very enjoying this festival.
