Shujalpur

Shujalpur is a city and a municipality in Shajapur district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Ranoji Rao Shinde, father of Mahadji Shinde, died in 1745 at Shujalpur, where his cenotaph stands which houses a Shiv temple. It is known as Ranoganj.GeographyShujalpur is located at It has an average elevation of 448 metres . The city falls in the Malwa region. Two rivers, the Nevaj and the Jamdad, flow through the city.RailwaysShujalpur lies on the Ujjain-Bhopal Branch Line. There are regular trains plying to Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Kanpur, Patna, Trivendrum, Coimbatore, Cochin, Nagpur, Jammu, Puri and other major cities.Roadwaysthumb From Bhopal- 84 kmFrom Indore- 134 kmDemographicsIndia census, Shujalpur had a population of 42,465. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Shujalpur has an average literacy rate of 69%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 76%, and female literacy is 61%. In Shujalpur, 16% of the population is under 6 years of age. People speak Malvi (a local dialect of Hindi) and Hindi. Shujalpur is legislative assembly constituency. Shujalpur is a tehsil.