Bhind
Bhind | |
|---|---|
City | |
| Bhind City | |
  Bhind Location in Madhya Pradesh, India | |
| Coordinates: 26°33′53″N 78°47′11″E / 26.56472°N 78.78639°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Madhya Pradesh |
| District | Bhind |
| Division | Gwalior Chambal |
| Founded by | Bhindi Rishi |
| Government | |
| • Type | MP |
| • Body | Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 197,585 |
| Language | |
| • Official | Hindi, Bundeli[2] |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | MP-24 |
| Website | bhind |
Bhind is a city in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is the headquarters of the Bhind district.[3]
According to the puranic tradition, Manu’s grandson Pururavas Aila, founder of Lunar race , extended his sway into the Gangetic doab. Malwa and Eastern Rajputana, covering Charnavati (contemporary Chambal Region).His great grandson Yayati is said to have reduced the whole of Madhya desa and the surrounding region. After him his son Yadu, progenitor of Yadavas , became a monarch of the territory, that was watered by Chambal and belived to have founded new town of Bhind.
The famous Fort of Ater is situated in the city of Bhind.
Geography
[edit]Bhind is located at 26°33′N 78°47′E / 26.55°N 78.78°E.[4] It has an average elevation of 474 metres (1555 ft).[5]
Demographics
[edit]As of 2011 Indian Census, Bhind had a total population of 197,585, of which 105,352 were males and 92,233 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 25,358. The total number of literates in Bhind was 142,923, which constituted 72.3% of the population with male literacy of 77.9% and female literacy of 65.9%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Bhind was 83.0%, of which male literacy rate was 89.6% and female literacy rate was 75.4%. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population was 39,267 and 1,832 respectively. Bhind had 33592 households in 2011.[1]
As of 2001[update] India census, Bhind had a population of 153,768. Males constitute 54% of the population.[6]
Place of interest
[edit]- Vankhandeshwar Temple: It is located in Bhind town. It is a Shiv Mandir built by the Mandir built by the king, Prathwiraj Chauhan in 1175 AD. It is told that "Jyoti" is continuously flamed since then.[7]
Notable personalities
[edit]- Satendra Singh Lohiya, Indian swimmer
- Arvind Singh Bhadoria, Indian Politician
- Bhagirath Prasad, Retd. Indian Administrative Service Officer, Ex. Lok Sabha MP. & Ex. Vice Chancellor DAVV Indore
- Chaudhary Rakesh Singh Chaturvedi, Indian Politician
- Lal Singh Arya, Former Minister MP Govt., National President BJP SC Morcha.
Transportation
[edit]- Bhind railway station is main station of city. Major trains Halts here.[8]
Nearest Airport is Gwalior Airport
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Census of India: Bhind". www.censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
- ^ "52nd REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR LINGUISTIC MINORITIES IN INDIA" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
- ^ "Bhind - Madhya Pradesh".
- ^ "GeoHack - Bhind". geohack.toolforge.org. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ https://www.brandbharat.com/english/mp/districts/Bhind/Bhind.html [bare URL]
- ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
- ^ "Vankhandeshwar Temple | District Bhind, Government Of Madhya Pradesh | India". Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ https://bhind.nic.in/en/how-to-reach/ [bare URL]