Porsa
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Porsa is a city and a municipality
in Morena district
in the India
n state
of Madhya Pradesh
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s (505 feet).
This beautiful small town is situated at the center of Morena, Gorami and Ater. There are two main places in Porsa, "Bargad Chauraha" and "Ater Rorad Tiraha", these points are the main business centers there. There are two bus stands in Porsa, first at Ambah Road, where one can find buses for Ambah, Morena, and gwalior, while other bus stand is located opposite to the first one and provides frequent bus services to Gorami, Menhgaon, Bhind, Gwalior,Ater and Itawa (U.P.).
Porsa is famous for "Nagaji Maharaj Temple". A big pond is also there just besides to Temple. There are many stories in fashion about the Nagaji Maharaj, who was the follower of "Naga Lineage". these stories tells about his kindness, courage, and supreme divinity. On each Poornima (Fully Grown Moon) many people visit this holy shrine and put themselves in the blissful feet of Nagaji Maharaj. This temple joins every person of Porsa irrespective of their castes, religions, and economic conditions.
This fair or Mela is the way of remembering and paying respect to Nagaji Maharaj, who lived there during the period of Mughal Emperor Akbar, nearly 400 years ago. Local residents from nearby villages gathers there in every winter (November-December) and arrange marriages for as long as a month. Earlier monkeys were sold at this fair, but now domestic animals top the charts. Usually on Monday people assemble on Ater Road at the out skirt area of Porsa, to sell and buy their domestic animals like cow, buffaloes, sheep, goats and sometimes camels.
, Porsa had the population of more than 50,000. 56% of them are male and 44% are females.In Porsa, 17% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Literacy rate of Porsa is 68% which is higher than the national average of 59.5%. Male literacy rate is 75% while 56% of females are literate, which clearly reflects the national trend of lower educational level in females.
Municipality
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in Morena district
Morena District
Morena district is one of the 50 districts of the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The name, Morena is derived from the mor + raina means the place where peacock is enormously found. Morena, which has an identity of being home to perhaps the largest number of peacocks in the India. The...
in the India
India
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n state
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....
.
Geography
Porsa is located at 26.67°N 78.37°E. It has an average elevation of 154 metreMetre
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s (505 feet).
This beautiful small town is situated at the center of Morena, Gorami and Ater. There are two main places in Porsa, "Bargad Chauraha" and "Ater Rorad Tiraha", these points are the main business centers there. There are two bus stands in Porsa, first at Ambah Road, where one can find buses for Ambah, Morena, and gwalior, while other bus stand is located opposite to the first one and provides frequent bus services to Gorami, Menhgaon, Bhind, Gwalior,Ater and Itawa (U.P.).
Porsa is famous for "Nagaji Maharaj Temple". A big pond is also there just besides to Temple. There are many stories in fashion about the Nagaji Maharaj, who was the follower of "Naga Lineage". these stories tells about his kindness, courage, and supreme divinity. On each Poornima (Fully Grown Moon) many people visit this holy shrine and put themselves in the blissful feet of Nagaji Maharaj. This temple joins every person of Porsa irrespective of their castes, religions, and economic conditions.
This fair or Mela is the way of remembering and paying respect to Nagaji Maharaj, who lived there during the period of Mughal Emperor Akbar, nearly 400 years ago. Local residents from nearby villages gathers there in every winter (November-December) and arrange marriages for as long as a month. Earlier monkeys were sold at this fair, but now domestic animals top the charts. Usually on Monday people assemble on Ater Road at the out skirt area of Porsa, to sell and buy their domestic animals like cow, buffaloes, sheep, goats and sometimes camels.
Khanda Road (road made by big and hard stones)
This is the main business street in Porsa. It starts from Bargad Chauraha and ends up at newly constructed municipal office (Nagar Palika). Every types of shops are available there from general groceries to clothes, jeweleries, electronics, printing presses and sweets. "Mayaram Halwai (Sweet makers)" and Pachauri chaat Bhandar (Indian spicy snacks)" are the most visited sweet corners in Porsa. Khanda Road shares the designation of the most happening places in Porsa with the Bargad Chauraha. Variety of people from different backgrounds are always present there.Imali Chuak (Tamarind Quadrangle)
This market is located at the heart of Porsa and very near to Nagaji Temple and Jain Temple. Majority of goldsmiths have their traditional shops all around the Imali Chuak. Garments, Cosmetics, Snacks corners and Pan Corners are the other common type of businesses can be observed at this place. There is beautiful Lord Shiva Temple at the heart of Imali Chuak which has been showering its divine bliss over all the local residents. During the traditional Indian marriage periods this place become the busiest place in the town. One can easily spotted many local villagers here with their traditional dresses like Dhoti Kurta and multicolored and floral Sarees. Nowadays it is not rare to see many girls with modern outfits which clearly indicates, progressive attitude of this town and influence of widely available television channels.Sabji Mandi (vegetable and fruit market)
Sabji Mandi is the open place market where farmers bring their fresh vegetables and fruits and sell them directly to the Customers or make deals with their brokers, commonly known as "Aadatiya". Vegetables and fruits also bring from other places and send to other places as per the stock, demand and supply. Porsa Sabji Mandi has been changed its places many times for variety of reasons, currently it is behind the Government Hospital of porsa. Recently Municipality constructed shops (Made by bricks) to the buyers, which is the one step forward to organized this market very well.it is situated in the centre of porsa,,the main market for the villagers.Demographics
India censusCensus
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, Porsa had the population of more than 50,000. 56% of them are male and 44% are females.In Porsa, 17% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Literacy rate of Porsa is 68% which is higher than the national average of 59.5%. Male literacy rate is 75% while 56% of females are literate, which clearly reflects the national trend of lower educational level in females.