Mhow

Mhow
Mahu
Cantonment Town
Dr. Ambedkar Nagar
Bhim Janmabhoomi, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Memorial Mhow
Bhim Janmabhoomi, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Memorial Mhow
Location of Mhow in Madhya Pradesh
Mhow (India)
Coordinates: 22°33′N 75°46′E / 22.55°N 75.76°E / 22.55; 75.76
CountryIndia
StateMadhya Pradesh
DistrictIndore
Named forB. R. Ambedkar
Government
 • BodyIndore Metropolitan Region
Elevation
556 m (1,824 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
85,023
Language
 • OfficialHindi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
453441
Telephone code07324

Mhow, officially Dr. Ambedkar Nagar, is a town in the Indore district in Madhya Pradesh state of India. It is located 23 kilometres (14 mi) south-west of Indore city, towards Mumbai on the old -Agra Mumbai Road. It is the birthplace of the social and political reformer and the chairman of the Constitution Drafting Committee B. R. Ambedkar who was also independent India's first law minister. In 2003, the Government of Madhya Pradesh renamed the town Dr. Ambedkar Nagar in honour of Dr B R Ambedkar

It was a meter gauge railway district headquarters during the British Raj and after 1947.

Demographics

As of 2011 India census, Mhow had a population of 85,023. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Mhow has an average literacy rate of 72%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; male literacy is 78%, and female literacy is 65%. The Mhow Cantt Cantonment Board has population of 81,702 of which 43,888 are males while 37,814 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.

The population of children aged 0-6 is 9308 which is 11.39% of total population of Mhow Cantt (CB). In Mhow Cantt Cantonment Board, the female sex ratio is 862 against state average of 931. Moreover, the child sex ratio in Mhow Cantt is around 908 compared to Madhya Pradesh state average of 918. The literacy rate of Mhow Cantt city is 85.78%; higher than the state average of 69.32%. In Mhow Cantt, male literacy is around 90.42% while the female literacy rate is 80.37%.

Notable sites

Jamgate

Tourist spots in and around Mhow include:

Some books about Mhow include:

There are references to Mhow in the works of Rudyard Kipling:

Notable people

Universities and colleges in the Tehsil

References

  1. ↑ "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 21 July 2019.
  2. ↑ "Mhow town renamed as Dr Ambedkar Nagar". The Times of India. Bhopal. 28 June 2003. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  3. ↑ Bombay Baroda and Central India Railway (B.B.& C.I. Railway) which later got incorporated in Western Railway.
  4. ↑ "Mhow Cantt Cantonment Board City Population Census 2011-2021 | Madhya Pradesh".