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Badnawar (or Badnavar) is a Town, former pargana and a Nagar Parishad of the Dhar district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. This is a tehsil place having 170 villages. Badnawar is around 95 km from Indore - the business capital of Madhya Pradesh.

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Place details

Locality
Badnawar
Region
Madhya Pradesh
Country
India
Population
20,917
Timezone
Asia/Kolkata

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PM2.5
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Key facts

Settlement.name
Badnawar
Settlement.other_name
Budnavar
Settlement.native_name_lang
Hindi
Settlement.settlement_type
Town
Settlement.pushpin_map
India Madhya Pradesh#India3
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
right
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Madhya Pradesh, India
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
State
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Madhya Pradesh
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Dhar
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric
Settlement.elevation_m
506
Settlement.population_total
20928
Settlement.population_as_of
2011
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto
Settlement.demographics_type1
Languages

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human settlement
Country
India
Located in
Dhar district
Elevation
506
Time zone
UTC+05:30
Dialing code
07295
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postal code
454660
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Encyclopedic overview

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Badnawar (or Badnavar) is a Town, former pargana and a Nagar Parishad of the Dhar district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. This is a tehsil place having 170 villages. Badnawar is around 95 km from Indore - the business capital of Madhya Pradesh.

in AD 783. It remained a major Jain center until mid 13th century.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Badnawar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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