Obedullaganj

Obedullaganj
city
File:Madhya Pradesh districts location map big.svg Obedullaganj Location in Madhya Pradesh, India
Coordinates:
Country	India
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Raisen
Population (2001)
• Total	19,955
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)

Obedullaganj is a town and a nagar panchayat in Raisen district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.It is situated 70 km far away from its district headquarter raisen and 36 km from its state capital city bhopal.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, Obedullaganj had a population of 19,955. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Obedullaganj has an average literacy rate of 67%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 74%, and female literacy is 59%. In Obedullaganj, 15% of the population is under 6 years of age..

Administration

Obedullaganj is an administrative block with 72 gram panchayats and 231 villages under it. Barkheda is one of the major villages in the Obedullaganj block. A large Galla Mandi is located in Obaidullaganj. Tamot, biggest village of Raisen district is also located near Obaidullaganj.

Other Information

There is very ancient Khedapati Mata Mandir at Hiraniya, which is ward no 09 and ward no 08 of Obaidullaganj. In obaidullaganj there are 2 jain temples and a famous parasnath digambar jain temple is situated on railway station road of obaidullaganj.Obaidullaganj has 3 mosque including Masjid-e-munawwari & have a famous ram mandir with several temples and a Gurudwara.

Historical Places near Obaidullaganj

Obaidullaganj is in the center of several historical places such as the Bhojeshwar Temple temple of lord Shiva built by king Bhoja of Paramara dynasty, Salkanpur -sacred siddhpeeth of Vindhyavasni Beejasan devi (one of the incarnation of the Hindu goddess Durga), Delawadi and Bhimbetka rock shelters.