Chhoti Sadri

Chhoti Sadri is a city and a municipality in Pratapgarh district in the state of Rajasthan, India. It is situated near Neemuch on the Ajmer-Khandwa railway line.This place was famous for a temple of Devi built in the 5th century AD. This temple is now known as Bhavar Mata Ji just 3 km away from the center of the city. Initially known as the City of Gold (Swarna Nagari), Chhotisadri has been gradually developed in an urban area with a Panchayat Samiti and a Nagar Palika, though the city doesn't figure in the Indian Railways Map yet.Inscription at Chhoti SadriThe rule of Gora clan Kshatriyas has been mentioned in an inscription found in Bhavar Mata temple on a hillock near village 'Chhoti Sadri' in Pratapgarh. It is in Brahmi script and Sanskrit language. Pandit Gauri Shankar Hirachand Ojha has written about the inscription of 'Chhoti Sadri' in an article published in Nagari pracharini-patrika, part 13, issue-1 under the title Gaur namak agyat kshatriya vansh - गौर नामक अज्ञात क्षत्रिय वंश.GeographyChhoti Sadri is located at. It has an average elevation of 485m.the first live meena by meena choraya & second live puskarna in chhoti sadri.DemographicsIndia census, Chhoti Sadri had total population 134077 where urban population is 18360 and Rural population is 115717.Total Males and females are (68030,66047). Chhoti Sadri has an average literacy rate of 71%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 80% and female literacy of 60%. 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.