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Nemawar is a small town in
Dewas District Dewas District () is a Districts of Madhya Pradesh, district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The town of Dewas is the district headquarters. It belongs to Ujjain Division. The Dewas District roughly corresponds to the territories of the ...
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. Nemawar is located on the left bank of the
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river opposite to Handia. However, it belongs to
Khategaon Khategaon is a town and a nagar palika in Dewas district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It's a tehsil-Subdivision headquarter and a assembly constituency in Madhya Pradesh.In Khategaon has Also additional district and sessions court rule ...
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of the
Dewas district Dewas District () is a Districts of Madhya Pradesh, district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The town of Dewas is the district headquarters. It belongs to Ujjain Division. The Dewas District roughly corresponds to the territories of the ...
Nemawar is a holy place for both
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and
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sect of
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. Pilgrims on Narmada Parikrama often visit this place.


Location

Nemawar is 128 km from
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, on National Highway 59A (Nemawar Road). Nearest Railway station
Harda Harda is a city and a municipality in Harda district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Harda is the administrative headquarters of Harda. History Mughal period During the Mughal period, Harda was a mahal in the Handia sarkar. In 1742, ...
which is 24 km from Nemawar.


Demographics

Nemawar is a village with a total 1,241 families residing. The Nemawar has population of 5,978 of which 3,131 are males while 2,847 are females as per Population Census 2011. In Nemawar village population of children with age 0-6 is 848 which makes up 14.19% of total population of village. Average
Sex Ratio A sex ratio is the ratio of males to females in a population. As explained by Fisher's principle, for evolutionary reasons this is typically about 1:1 in species which reproduce sexually. However, many species deviate from an even sex ratio, ei ...
of Nemawar village is 909 which is lower than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931.
Child sex ratio The human sex ratio is the ratio of males to females in a population in the context of anthropology and demography. In humans, the natural sex ratio at birth is slightly biased towards the male sex. It is estimated to be about 1.05 worldwide or ...
for Nemawar as per census is 884, lower than Madhya Pradesh average of 918. Nemawar village has higher literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Nemawar village was 74.15% compared to 69.32% of Madhya Pradesh. In Nemawar, male literacy stands at 82.51% while female literacy rate was 65.01%. As per constitution of India and
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, Nemawar village is administrated by
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(Head of Village) who is elected representative of village.


History

Nemawar was ruled by Rege (Sarmandal) from 1765 to 1947, as they were Jahagirdars of Holkars of
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. Prabhakarrao Sarmandal was the last ruler till 1947 and Ramchanchandrarao was first from around 1765.


Places of interest

Important places to see in Nemawar: * Siddheshwar temple or Siddhanath Temple, Nemawar: This highly ornate ancient temple of Lord Shiva, called Siddhnath is the most impressive of all. This is the loftiest temple of
Parmar Parmar may refer to: * Parmar (clan) * Parmar (surname), an Indian surname See also * Panwar (disambiguation) * Parihar (disambiguation) * Pawar (disambiguation) *Paramara dynasty The Paramara Dynasty (IAST: Paramāra) was an Indian dynasty ...
dynasty. The temple is an example of Bhumija architecture style, similar to Udayeshwara temple at Udayapur. It is a west facing rather than usual east facing temples elsewhere. Temple has star shaped base with beautiful shikaras. This temple is under archeological survey of India protection. Narmada mata temple and Ganesh temple are also present in the temple vicinity. * Sun temple: It is a roofless unfinished temple located little north of Siddheshwar temple, which is the only Vaishnava temple hitherto known of the stellate class of the bhumija style. * Nabhi Kund: Nemawar is the Nabhi sthan (Navel) of Narmada river. It is present in the center of Narmada river. * Surya kund or Suraj kund: It is also present in the middle of Narmada river. Lord Vishnu statue present here. * Renuka mata temple: Temple of Renuka . * Balmukund Seva Aashram 1 km from Nemawar ghat where people are served with food and place to stay who move for panchkoshi yatra (Narmada parikrama). * Riddhanath temple: This temple present on the opposite bank of Narmada river, in Handiya. There are several ancient small temples nearby. * Digambar Jain Teerth Kshetra or Siddhoday Jain temple and Trikal Choubisi Jain Temple - massive temple complex which is an architectural marvel nearing completion that is being built around the ancient Jain temples under the guidance of Acharya Shri Vidhya Sagarji Maharaj


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External links


Satellite map of Nemawar


{{Ujjain Division Cities and towns in Dewas district