Bhind

Bhind

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Bhind is a city in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is the headquarters of the Bhind district.

Demographics

As of 2011 Indian Census, Bhind had a total population of 197,585, of which 105,352 were males and 92,233 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 25,358. The total number of literates in Bhind was 142,923, which constituted 72.3% of the population with male literacy of 77.9% and female literacy of 65.9%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Bhind was 83.0%, of which male literacy rate was 89.6% and female literacy rate was 75.4%. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population was 39,267 and 1,832 respectively. Bhind had 33592 households in 2011. India census, Bhind had a population of 153,768. Males constitute 54% of the population.

Place of interest

Ater Fort, it was built by Bhadauria kings Badan Singh, Maha Singh and Bakhat Singh between 1664 and 1668. Vankhandeshwar Temple: It is located in Bhind town. It is a Shiv Mandir built by the king, Prathwiraj Chauhan in 1175 AD. It is told that "Jyoti" is continuously flamed since then.

Transportation

Bhind railway station is main station of city, major trains halt here. Nearest Airport is Gwalior Airport

References

Text derived from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1377569571 under CC BY-SA 4.0; modifications have been made.