Nasrullaganj
human settlement in Sehore district, Bhopal division, Madhya Pradesh, India
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 (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, 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.
“Nasrullaganj” enters the record as human settlement in Sehore district, Bhopal division, Madhya Pradesh, India. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Nasrullaganj, human and settlement can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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