Ranapur is a town and a
nagar panchayat
A nagar panchayat () or town panchayat or Notified Area Council (NAC) in India is a settlement in transition from rural to urban and therefore a form of an urban political unit comparable to a municipality. An urban centre with more than 12,00 ...
in
Jhabua district in the
India
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state
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* State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory
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of
Madhya Pradesh
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Geography
Ranapur is located at . It has an average elevation of 370 metres (1,213 feet).
Demographics
India
census
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,
Ranapur had a population of 11,617. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 6,245 and at present is 48%. Ranapur has an average literacy rate of 62%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 71%, and female literacy is 53%. In Ranapur, 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.
References
Cities and towns in Jhabua district
Jhabua
Cities in Malwa
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