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Sanwer

human settlement in Indore district, Indore division, Madhya Pradesh, India

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 14, 2026
Entity authorityQ2571707
Source-derived summary

Sanwer is a Nagar panchayat in Indore district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is situated between two major cities of Madhya Pradesh- Indore and Ujjain.They have a spiritual place because of one and only ultehanuman and the chamunda mata temple oldest templs in sanwer

Nearest railway station is Ujjain Junction which is 25.6 km from here.

Demographics

As of the 2011 Census of India, Sanwer had a population of 197,835. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Sanwer has an average literacy rate of 64.42%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 74%, and female literacy is 54%. In Sanwer, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age. The elevation of Sanwer is lies between 488.92m to 579.99 meter.

Sanwer has 146 villages and 78 Gram Panchayat.

Education

Sanwer has a Government Degree College which is established in 1987 and affiliated with Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya. It offers graduation and post graduation course in Art, Science and Commerce Stream.

Editorial summary

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

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2011, 1987—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Sanwer, human and settlement.
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Why this record matters

“Sanwer” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Sanwer, human and settlement provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2571707. Authority coordinates are 22.974, 75.831. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2011 and 1987.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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This entry incorporates text from Sanwer” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.