Ashta
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Ashta is a city and a municipality
in Sehore district
in the state of Madhya Pradesh
, India
.
Ashta is a small town which includes all facilities including hospital, school, cinema hall and road transport. Ashta anaj mandi (grain market)is ranked second largest mandi (market) in Madhya pradesh for the financial transaction taking place there. Apart from this Ashta is known for jain temple located at the small hill top called as "Kila" in local language. The jain temple have a statue of Jian tithankar "Neminath", which is believed to be more than 2000 years old. The jain temple belongs to shwetabar jain, which is one of the two division of jainism.
Ashta has a river named "Parvati" which is the main source of water to the inhabitants there. Parvati is named as because it has a Shiv temple nearby which is also believed to be more than 1000 yr ago. Shiv is the name of Hindi God and Parvati is the name of his wife, and hence the river is named so.
One interesting belief is there in ashta that in the month of sawandekar (Rainy season), the river parvati gets flooded with water and the water level rises until up to that level when it reaches foot of Shiv linga in the Shiv temple on its bankruptcy.
, Ashta's population was 39,773. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Ashta has an average literacy rate of 63%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 58% of the males and 42% of females literate. Seventeen percent (17%) of the population is under 6 years of age.
During British India, this area was ruled by Mirza Amjad Baig, regarded as founder of present day Ashta. He not only brought transportation to the city, but also established an education system for both men and women.
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The Mirza family continues to live in this small town, which are but ruins of that era.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in Sehore district
Sehore District
Sehore District is a district of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. The town of Sehore is the district headquarters. The district is part of Bhopal Division.-Demographics:...
in the state of Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh , often called the Heart of India, is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and Indore is the largest city....
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
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Geography
Ashta is located at 23.02°N 76.72°E. It has an average elevation of 519 metres (1702 feet and 4 hands).Ashta is a small town which includes all facilities including hospital, school, cinema hall and road transport. Ashta anaj mandi (grain market)is ranked second largest mandi (market) in Madhya pradesh for the financial transaction taking place there. Apart from this Ashta is known for jain temple located at the small hill top called as "Kila" in local language. The jain temple have a statue of Jian tithankar "Neminath", which is believed to be more than 2000 years old. The jain temple belongs to shwetabar jain, which is one of the two division of jainism.
Ashta has a river named "Parvati" which is the main source of water to the inhabitants there. Parvati is named as because it has a Shiv temple nearby which is also believed to be more than 1000 yr ago. Shiv is the name of Hindi God and Parvati is the name of his wife, and hence the river is named so.
One interesting belief is there in ashta that in the month of sawandekar (Rainy season), the river parvati gets flooded with water and the water level rises until up to that level when it reaches foot of Shiv linga in the Shiv temple on its bankruptcy.
Demographics
, India's censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
, Ashta's population was 39,773. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Ashta has an average literacy rate of 63%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 58% of the males and 42% of females literate. Seventeen percent (17%) of the population is under 6 years of age.
During British India, this area was ruled by Mirza Amjad Baig, regarded as founder of present day Ashta. He not only brought transportation to the city, but also established an education system for both men and women.
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The Mirza family continues to live in this small town, which are but ruins of that era.