Rajpur 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 Barwani district

Barwani District

Barwani district is one of the districts of Madhya Pradesh state of India. The administrative head quarter of the district is at Barwani. Barwani district has an area of 3665 km² and a population 1,081,039 . The district lies in the southwestern corner of Madhya Pradesh; the Narmada River...

 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....

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Geography

Rajpur is located at 21.93°N 75.13°E. It has an average elevation of 225 metres (738 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...

, Rajpur had a population of 17,913. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Rajpur has an average literacy rate of 59%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 68%, and female literacy is 49%. In Rajpur, 17% of the population is under 6 years of age.