Shajapur is a town in

Malwa Malwa is a historical region of west-central India occupying a plateau of volcanic origin. Geologically, the Malwa Plateau generally refers to the volcanic upland north of the Vindhya Range. Politically and administratively, it is also sy ...

region of

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in west-central

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. It is the headquarters of Shajapur district.

Geography

Shajapur is located at . It has an average elevation of . The highest peak is known as Bhairo Dungri. From Dhaka Bogra Highway - panoramio

Climate

Demographics

India census, Shajapur district had a population of 1,290,685, with 669,852 males and 620,833 females.

In popular media

In the opening scenes of the popular yesteryears Hindi film, Shree 420, the protagonist (

Raj Kapoor Raj Kapoor (pronunciation: �aːd͡ʒ kəpuːɾ born Shrishti Nath Kapoor; also known as Ranbir Raj Kapoor; 14 December 1924 2 June 1988) was an Indian actor, film director and producer, who worked in Hindi cinema. He is considered one of th ...

) finds a road crossing showing the direction to three places, of which one is Shajapur. The other two are

Dewas Dewas is a city in the Malwa region of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The municipality was formerly the seat of two 15-Gun Salute state princely states during the British Raj, Dewas Junior state and Dewas Senior state, ruled by the Pu ...

and Bombay.

References

* *{{cite web, url=http://shajapur.nic.in/index.htm, title=Shajapur: District Details, publisher=District Administration Shajapur, access-date=2016-03-03