Alot is a town and
nagar panchayat
A nagar panchayat (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 12,000 ...
in the
Ratlam district of
Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, and Rewa being the other major cities. Madhya Pradesh is the seco ...
,
India
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.
Demographics
Alot has a population of 40,948.
Culture
Alot is a
tehsil
A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administ ...
of Ratlam district and the hometown of the Jangalwa Dynasty.
Alot is a main station for
Jain
Jainism ( ), also known as Jain Dharma, is an Indian religion. Jainism traces its spiritual ideas and history through the succession of twenty-four tirthankaras (supreme preachers of ''Dharma''), with the first in the current time cycle being ...
; Jain people go there daily for the
darshan of
Lord Jain Swetamber. A small village,
Vikramgarh, is also part of Alot. This is because some of the land of Alot lies within the boundary of Vikramgarh so the full name of Alot is Vikramgarh Alot. Major attractions of Alot are Anadikalpeshwar Mahadev temple, Ramsingh Darbar and Nageshwar temple. Annually around May–June a fair is organized by Alot municipal corporation Nagarpalika Alot. Main festivals celebrated by the people of Alot are Diwali, Holi, Rakshabandhan, Eid, Navratri, Dashahra, and Ganesh Chaturthi.
See also
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Kharwa Kala
Kharwa Kala is a village in Ratlam District of Madhya Pradesh, India. It is about 85 kilometers from Ujjain and about 80 kilometers from Ratlam. It is located on the road connecting Ujjain to Neemach.
History
Kharwa was a vibrant place durin ...
, a villa under Alot taluka
References
{{Ujjain Division
Cities and towns in Ratlam district