Nasrullaganj, also known as Bherunda or Bhairunda, is a
nagar panchayat in
Sehore district in the
Indian
state of
Madhya Pradesh.
The nearest airport is in
Bhopal.
Renaming
On 24 April 2022,
Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Shivraj Singh Chouhan (born 5 March 1959), is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is the 17th and current Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, having been elected to the same position 3 times in the past, and a Member ...
(the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh), told a meeting in
:Bhopal that "a proposal to change the name of Nasrullaganj as Bherunda has been sent to the Centre".
"State BJP secretary Rajnish Agrawal had claimed that changing the name of Nasrullaganj was an old demand of local citizens."
After the
Indian Ministry of Home Affairs approved the change, the state published a notice in the gazette on 2 April 2023, announcing the renaming of Nasrullaganj in Sehore district: the new name is spelled either Bhairunda
or Bherunda.
Demographics
As of
2011 Indian Census
The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...
, Nasrullaganj nagar panchayat had a total population of 23,788, of which 12,599 were males and 11,189 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 3,215. The total number of literates in Nasrullaganj was 17,073, which constituted 71.8% of the population with male literacy of 77.3% and female literacy of 65.6%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Nasrullaganj was 83.0%, of which male literacy rate was 89.1% and female literacy rate was 76.1%. The
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population was 2,961 and 1,743 respectively. Nasrullaganj had 4671 households in 2011.
According to the 2001 census, the Nasrullaganj nagar panchayat had a population of 17,240 of which 9,271 are males while 7,969 are females as per report released by Census India 2001. Population of children with age of 0-6 is 2,542. In Nasrullaganj Nagar Panchayat, Female Sex Ratio is of 860. Moreover, Child Sex Ratio in Nasrullaganj is around 796. Literacy rate of Nasrullaganj is 66.10% of which male literacy is around 73.8% while female literacy rate is 57.13%.
Transportation
By road
Nasrullaganj is around 80–90 km from
Bhopal and around 169km from
Indore by road.
By train
Nasrullaganj within 100 km of the five major railway stations namely,
Budhni
Budhni, also spelled Budni or Budhani, is a town and a Nagar Palika in Sehore district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. It is situated on Bhopal to Narmadapuram road at a distance of 7 km from Narmadapuram in north direction on the ba ...
(50 km),
Hoshangabad (60 km),
Itarsi (75 km) and
Sehore
Sehore is a city and a municipality in Sehore district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is the district headquarters of Sehore District and is located on the Bhopal-Indore highway, 38 km from Bhopal.
History
Sehore stands at the f ...
(78 km).
By air
Raja Bhoj Airport
Raja Bhoj Airport is the primary airport serving Bhopal, capital of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Named after the 10th century Paramara king Raja Bhoj, it is the second busiest airport in Madhya Pradesh after Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Airpo ...
in Bhopal and
Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Airport in Indore are nearest to the city.
Education
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Rai Sahab Bhanwar Singh College
References
Villages in Sehore district
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