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NagdaNagda jn
city
Location in Madhya Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 23.453N 75.415E
Country India
State Madhya Pradesh
District Ujjain
Area
Total 120 km2(50 sq mi)
Elevation 529 m (1,736 ft)
Population (2001) Total 116,525
Density 80/km2(200/sq mi)
Languages
Official Hindi
Time
zone
IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 456331-5
Website
www.facebook.com/mynagda(http://www.facebook.com/mynagda)
www.nagdacity.com
(http://www.nagdacity.com)
www.mynagda.com
(http://www.MyNagda.com)
NagdaFrom Wikipedia,the free encyclopedia
Nagdais a city in Ujjaindistrict in the Indian state of
Madhya Pradesh. It is an industrial town in the Malwa
region of western Madhya Pradesh and is situated on
the bank of Chambal River.
The name of the town was actually nag-dahwhich
means cremation/burning(dah) of snakes (nag). The
ancient city was developed by king Janmejay.
Janmejay was a Hindu King of Pandava Dynasty.
Nagda was mentioned in the literature of Kalidasa.
Presently,Nagdais a major industrial town having
manufacturing unit of Viscose fibre, thermal power
plant and a chemical plant, It is a major ISO granted
railway junction on the DelhiMumbai railway line. It
is exactly 694 km from both Delhi and Mumbai.
Prior to being an industrial town, Nagda was a small
village. The location near river Chambal and
availability of acres of land attracted Ghanshyam Das
Birla to set up a major facility. Today Nagda is one of
the largest viscose staple fiber manufacturers in Asia.
Contents
1 Demographics
2 Culture
3 People
4 Festivals
5 Religion
6 Food & Cuisines
7 Social Activities
8 Education
9 Higher Education
10 Jobs
11 Picnic Spots
12 Transportation
13 Railway
14 Air
Nagda
Coordinates: 23.453N 75.415
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Religions in Nagda
Hinduism 75%
Islam 20%
Christianity 0.4%
Jainism 3.7%Others 0.9%
Distribution of religions
Includes Sikhs (0.2%).
15 Road
16 Pollution
17 References
emographics
As of 2001 India census,[1]Nagda had a population of 116,525.
Nagda has an average literacy rate of
81.16%, above than the national average of 74.04%: male literacy
is 89.47%, and female literacy is 73.37%
In Nagda, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Culture
Nagda represents great culture of Malwa. The culture of
Nagda encompasses both the traditional Malwa culture as
well as a modern, progressive People from multiple religionand
speaking different regional languages reside here. It als
hosts various events throughout the year.
People
Generally people of Nagda are so humble and food lovers. There
are many places where people do gossips
all the day. They keep keen observation on the political and
social issues. Most of the people are very
aggressive and emotional on the political topics and social
issues. Today, Nagda has a diverse industrial
population from another states like UP and Bihar. Most of them
are factory workers. Most of People belon
to lower middle class who believe on hard work and social
justice.
Festivals
People of the Nagda are very religious. They take part in the
religious activity with full of joy. People
celebrate every festival like Diwali, Dussehra, Navratri, Holi,
Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha, Mahavir Jayanti
Hanuma jayanti & Christmas. Apart away of these festivals
city celebrates Dhol Gyaras( Dhol is the
musical instrument like drum) and gyaras(Ekadasi) with joy. Dhol
gyaras celebrates just prior of on Anant
Chaturdashi. It is an one night event in which mobile temples
run in the city that called (jhanki) inthe local language. The set
of the pehalwans from different Akhara show their bravery in the
front of the
mobile temples. Bunch of Dhol artists play their drums in a
continues rhythms. Festival culminates in a
carnival-like procession where people dance, play and enjoy
whole night.
Religion
Hinduism is the dominant religion in Nagda. Many temples and
Masjids, Jain temples,Catholic church and
other religious buildings are found throughout the city. The
most prominent communities include Rajpoot,
Gurjar, Brahmin, Marwaris, Viswakarma, Marwari Jains, along with
the local communities. The most
prominent Hindu temple in Nagda is Birla Mandir.
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