Dhamnod is a town and a nagar panchayat

Nagar Panchayat

A nagar palika or nagar panchayat is a form of an urban political unit in India comparable to a municipality.An urban centre with more than 30,000 and less than 100,000 inhabitants is classified as a nagar panchayat....

 in Dhar district

Dhar District

Dhar district is a district of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. The historic town of Dhar is administrative headquarters of the district....

  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

Dhamnod is located at 22.22°N 75.47°E. It has an average elevation of 163 metres (534 feet).

Demographics

India census

Census

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...

, Dhamnod had a population of 26,270. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Dhamnod has an average literacy rate of 60%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 68% and, female literacy is 51%. In Dhamnod, 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.