Agar is a city and a municipality

Municipality

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 in Shajapur District

Shajapur District

Shajapur District is a district of Madhya Pradesh state of central India. The town of Shajapur is the district headquarters.Shajapur District is part of the Malwa Plateau. The district is situated in the northwestern part of the state and lies between latitudes 32"06' and 24" 19' North and...

 in the state of Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh

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, India

India

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. It is situated along the Indore

Indore

Indore is one of the major city in India, the largest city and commercial center of the state of Madhya Pradesh in central India. Indore is located 190 km west of the state capital Bhopal. According to the 2011 Indian census, Indore city has a population of 1,960,631...

—Kota

Kota, Rajasthan

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 highway. It was formerly a Princely State

Princely state

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 and the cantonment region at the time of India's independence because of the weather and large availability of water.

Geography

The the western part of the district is marked by the Agar Plateau that covers the major areas of Agar Malwa Tehsil

Tehsil

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. There is a hill tract in the west of Badod

Badod

Badod is a town and a nagar panchayat in Shajapur district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India.-Demographics: India census, Badod had a population of 11,764. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Badod has an average literacy rate of 63%, higher than the national average of...

 town showing scattered hillocks in a north-south direction. The presence of hills in the center has affected the drainage pattern. The height of this tract varies between 500 metres (1,640.4 ft) and 545 metres (1,788.1 ft) above the mean sea level and it slopes towards the north.

Dudhaliy and Kachhol are the main streams in the west, originating from the hill tract and draining towards the west. Chhoti Kali Sindh, which is the main perennial stream of the region, flows northwards on the western border of the region.

History

Agar was the capital of Parmar kingdom during the 10th century along with Avantika (Ujjain

Ujjain

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), then it was the most popular visiting place of Mughal kingdom when Mandu was its capital. They liked to spent summer vacations here because temperature during summer nights is very low comparatively to all other areas in the region. It was a division during the Sindia state (some palace of them also present and used for city court and for other govt. offices). It was district under state Madhya Bharat after independence of india till 1956. After reconstruction of Madhya Pradesh, it is a tehsil till today and it will become district soon.

Demographics

India census

Census

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, Agar had a population of 31,202. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%.

Tourism

Agar Malwa has a few minor tourist attractions. The city has two ponds: Moti Sagar (bada talab) and Ratna Sagar (ratodia talab) which accounts for the large amount of water in the city. There is also a dam on the Kalisindh River, the Parsukheri dam; two another dams are Pipliya Kumar dam and Tillar dam. The city contains a famous temple, Baijnath Mahadev, which was built by the wife of a British Lt. Colonel after a battle in Afghanistan in 1879 where his life was miraculously saved, allegedly, by Lord Shiva's intervention.

Some notable areas are the Gufa Barda (Tulja Bhawani mandir), Kewada Swami (Kal Bhairav mandir), Kamal Kundi,Ganesh Temple(Nr.Bada Talab) and Bade Ganeshji, Baijnath Mandir & Tulja Bhawani mandir,ranchod mandir,Gopal mandir

Agar is famous for its Red Soil. The Whole Agar is built on this Red soil and miraculously this red soil is only in Agar and get finished after 1-2 Km outside of it.

Old Banyan Trees are famous of Agar malawa.

Sri Rani Sati Dadi Ji's Temple at Agar Malwa.

Schools in Agar(Malwa)

• Pushpa Convent School
• Saraswati Vidhya Mandir
• Government School
• Sanskar Academy
• sanskar college bca
• nehru pg college college of eng.