JANMAI JAI NAGARI i.e.Nagda is a city in Ujjain district

Ujjain District

Ujjain District is a district of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. The historic city of Ujjain is the district headquarters.The district has an area of 6,091 km², and a population of 1,709,885 , a 24% increase from its 1991 population of 1,386,465...

 in the India

India

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States and territories of India

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 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....

. It is an industrial town in the Malwa region of western Madhya Pradesh and is situated on the bank of Chambal River

Chambal River

The Chambal River is a tributary of the Yamuna River in central India, and forms part of the greater Gangetic drainage system. The river flows north-northeast through Madhya Pradesh, running for a time through Rajasthan, then forming the boundary between Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh before turning...

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The name of the town was actually nag-dah which means cremation/burning (dah) of snakes (nag). The ancient city was developed by king Janmejay

Janmejay

Janmejay was a Hindu King of the Pandava Dynasty, Great Grandson of Arjun, Abhimanyu's grandson, Son of King Parikshit of the Mahābhārata fame. Known as the historical figure who did a nag yagya and killed all snakes to seek revenge of his father's death due to a snake bite...

. Janmejay was a Hindu King of Pandava Dynasty. Nagda was mentioned in the literature of Kalidasa

Kalidasa

Kālidāsa was a renowned Classical Sanskrit writer, widely regarded as the greatest poet and dramatist in the Sanskrit language...

. Presently, Nagda is 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 Delhi-Mumbai railway line.It is exactly 694km from both delhi as well as 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

Ghanshyam Das Birla

Ghanshyam Das "G.D." Birla was an Indian businessman and member of the influential Birla Family.Birla's grandfather Shiv Narayana Birla wanted to diversify from the traditional marwari business of lending money against pawned items. He left Pilani, his hometown in Rajasthan with a modest capital...

 to set up a major facility.
Today Nagda is one of the largest viscose staple fiber manufacturers in Asia.

Geography

(1735 ft) above sea level.
Name of Famous Colonies:
1.Prakash Nagar Colony
2.Indu Colony
3.Jiwaji Nagar
4.Vidhya Nagar
5.Indrapuri
6.Birlagram Labour Colony Naming as A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H, Blocks
7.Police line
8.Durga Vihar Colony
9.Durgapura
10.Durgapura Labour Chemical Colony
11.Chemical Colony, Durgapura rd
12.Mehatwas
13.Peer Nagar, Durgapura
14.Ram Nagar, Durgapura
15.Grasim Staff Colony
16.Grasim Chemical Staff Colony
17.Honey Moon Blocks, Durgapura
18.Managers Block, Janseva Rd
19.Grasim ABC Line
20.Grasim XYZ Colony
21.56-Block
22.Beema Colony,Petrol Pump Birlagram
23.Baadi Pura
24.Government Colony
25.Jabaran Colony
26.Khachrod Naka
27.Tower Square
28.ID-Gah
29.Mirchi Bazar
30.Station Choraha
31.Badri Vishal Mandir Square
32.Oza Colony
33.Mony Jeen
34.Gujjar Mohalla
35.Nai Delhi
36.Paaliya Road
37.Tanki Square
38.Housin board
39.Shri Ram Colony
40.Sindi Colony
41.Patel Gali
42.Aadhi nath nagar
43.Kasai Mohalla
44.Anjani Nagar
45.Mehidpur Road.
46.Jawahar Marg
47.MG Road
48.Kirt Nagar
49.AMLAVDIYA ROAD
50.BCI STAFF COLONY
51.chambal marg
52.juna nagda
53.chetan pura
54.kota fatak
55.Shivpura colony
56.gandhi gram colony

Demographics

As of 2001 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...

, Nagda had a population of 96,525. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Nagda has an average literacy rate of 69%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 77%, and female literacy is 60%. In Nagda, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Educational institutions

• Agoshdeep International Public School
• Aditya Birla Public School
• Aditya Birla Higher Secondary School
• Aditya Birla Senior Secondary School
• Fatima Convent School(ICSE AFFILIATED)
• Mother Mary English School
• Vardhmaan Convent H.S. School
• Bharat Commerce H.S. School
• Grasim Vidyalaya
• AISECT-IGNOU LEARNING CENTER, NAGDA.
• shree sheshshyai college of prof. studies

Industries

• Grasim Industries Limited
• Lanxess Industries
• Grasim Chemical Division
• Autofina Industries
• pooja industries,guradiya road
• Chawla mobile centre

Nagda is headquarter of world's largest producer of rayon, GRASIM Industries Ltd. Grasim Industries Limited was incorporated in 1948; Grasim is the largest exporter of Viscose Rayon Fiber in the country, with exports to over 50 countries. This, along with Aditya Birla Nuvo can be considered as companies of the AV Birla Group. Grasim is headquartered in Nagda kharach (kosamba).
Nagda is the highest tax paying town of Ujjain division. Nagda is fastest developing town of Malwa region and also having its geopolitical importance in the map of world. The railway and police stations are ISO granted. There is a big Taalaab in the North end of the city. The near by famous cities are Ujjain,Ratlam,Unhel,Mehidpur city, Khachrod,
Hotels;

• celebrity hotel
• sun shine,hospital square
• shivmayam

Religious places

• shitla mata mandir jawahar marg
• Madina Masjid Jawahar marg
• Shri Sheshshai Birla Temple
• Khade Hanuman Mandir
• Delanpur
• Mukteshwar Mahadev Mandir
• Badrivishal Mandir [Mandi]
• Jain Mandir in Mandi Area
• Jain Dadawadi Methwas Birlagram
• Nakoda Jain Mandir,(live Mandir)
• Chamunda Mata Mandir chambal
• Ganesh Temple(birlagram)
• Badi Masjid (mirchi bazar)
• Holy Church near Nagar Palika
• Shrinath ji temple
• Kalka Mata mandir mehatwas
• Shri Sidh Hanuman Mandir MPEB road Mehatwas Nagda
• Gayatri Mandir(mandi)
• Sai mandir ( Mandi
• Ram Nagar(On Ajimabad Pardi Road)
• Shri Sai Mandir (Shri Ram Colony)
• shri gurudwara gurusingh sabha
• saranam ayyappa temple birlagram
• Peer Baba Dargah Durgapura road
• Catholic church,kota phatak
• hanuman mandir (nayan gaon)
• hanuman mandir (birlagram)
• hanuman mandir juna nagda
• hanuman mandir m.g.road

Transportation

Nagda is situated on the basin of river Chambal.It is an important junction between Delhi,Mumbai and Bhopal.Road and rail connections are good and also having Birla aerodrome for personal use.Ujjain Udaipur highway byepass is passing via nagda.