Jaora
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Place details
- Locality
- Jaora
- Region
- Madhya Pradesh
- Country
- India
- Population
- 74,907
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Jaora
- Settlement.other_name
- Gulshanabag
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Jaora.jpg
- 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
- Ratlam
- Settlement.government_type
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Ratlam district
- Area
- +30
- Elevation
- +459
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Official website
- ratlam.nic.in/Census/tehsiljaora.html
- Image
- Jaora.jpg
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Article
10 sectionsContents
- Demographics
- Jaora princely state
- Places of interest
- Educational institutes
- Transport
- Nawabs of Jaora
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
Jaora is a city and a municipality in Ratlam district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Jaora is located in the Malwa region, between Ratlam and Mandsaur. It was the capital of the Jaora princely state of Jaora before Independence. During the Mourning of Muharram, thousands of people from all over the world visit the shrine of Hussain Tekri. Jains visit Jaora as a place that the Jain ascetic Rajendrasuri practiced tapasya.
==Demographics== As of the 2011 India census, Jaora tehsil had a population of 243070. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Jaora has an average literacy rate of 62%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 70%, and female literacy is 54%. In Jaora, 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.