City in Madhya Pradesh, India
Gairatganj is a City and Nagar Panchayat in Raisen district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India.it's also a tehsil headquarter.
Geography
Gairatganj is located on 23°24′44″N 78°13′18″E. It's 53 km away from district headquarter. It's situated on bank of bina river. 464884 is pin code of gairatganj. [1]
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Demographics
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As of the 2011 Census of India,[3] Gairatganj had a population of 18,090. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Gairatganj has an average literacy rate of 71%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 76%, and female literacy is 65%. In Gairatganj, 25% of the population is under 5 years of age.
Administration
Gairatganj city is divided into 15 wards for which elections are held every 5 years.
Gairatganj Nagar Panchayat has total administration over 3,830 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is also authorize to build roads within Nagar Panchayat limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.
Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 14.93 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 2.21 % of total population in Gairatganj (NP).
Out of total population, 5,963 were engaged in work or business activity. Of this 4,795 were males while 1,168 were females. In census survey, worker is defined as person who does business, job, service, and cultivator and labour activity. Of total 5963 working population, 70.84 % were engaged in Main Work while 29.16 % of total workers were engaged in Marginal Work.[4]
Transportation
Gairatganj is well connected with roads. Daily bus service runs from here to Raisen, Bhopal, Sagar . Gairatganj located 97 km from Bhopal, 53 km from Raisen, 84 km from Sagar. NH 86A pass from gairatganj.[5]
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