Bhogaon or Bhongaon 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
Mainpuri district
Mainpuri district () is one of the Districts of Uttar Pradesh, districts in the Agra division of Uttar Pradesh, India. Mainpuri town is the district headquarters. It consists of six tehsils, namely Mainpuri, Bhongaon, Karhal, Kishni, Kuraoli, K ...
in the state of
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh ( ; UP) is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. With over 241 million inhabitants, it is the List of states and union territories of India by population, most populated state in In ...
,
India
India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...
. The
Grand Trunk Road
Grand Trunk Road (formerly known as Uttarapath, Sadak-e-Azam, Shah Rah-e-Azam, Badshahi Sadak, and Long Walk) is one of Asia's oldest and longest major roads. For at least 2,500 years it has linked Central Asia to the Indian subcontinent. It r ...
passes through Bhogaon and
National Highway 92 originates from here.
Demographics
India
census
A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...
, Bhogaon had a population of 26,799. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Bhogaon has an average literacy rate of 55%, lower than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 61% and female literacy of 47%. 17% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Geography
It is located at at an elevation of 152 m from MSL.
[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/36/Bhongaon.html Map and weather of Bhongaon]
Villages in Bhogaon tehsil
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Aryapur Khera
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Chhachha
References
External links
About Bhongaon
Cities and towns in Mainpuri district
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