Alirajpur

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state_name = Madhya Pradesh
district = Jhabua
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Alirajpur (also known as Ali Rajpur) is a city and a municipality in Jhabua district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India.

Alirajpur was formerly a princely state of India, under the Bhopawar agency in Central India. It lies in the Malwa region of Madhya Pradesh, near the border with Gujarat and Maharashtra. It has an area of 836 m². The country is hilly, and many of the inhabitants are aboriginal Bhils. It has from time to time been under British administration. The chiefs of the tribes, whose title was Rana, were generally Rathore Rajputs. The Victoria bridge at Alirajpur was built to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of 1897.

Area-wise, Alirajpur taluka is bigger than the Jhabua taluka of Jhabua district. The Rajwara fort is situated in the centre of the town attached with a beautiful playground known as Fateh Club. Alirajpur is also the hub for Bhils for different kinds of trade and business.

History

It was formerly a princely state of India, administratively under the Bhopawar Agency subdivision of the Central India Agency. The state covered an area of 2165 square kilometers, with a population of 50,185 in 1901. Its Hindu rulers were styled "Raja", and were entitled to an 11-gun salute. The flag consisting of 12 red and white horizontal stripes.

The principality was founded in the 1437 by the Rajput Rathore dynasty.　The last ruler of Ali Rajpur was Surendra Singh, who subsequently served as the Ambassador of India to Spain in the 1980s.　After Indian independence in 1947, Ali Rajpur acceded to the Union of India, and the principality was incorporated into the new state of Madhya Bharat, which subsequently became Madhya Pradesh state on November 1, 1956.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, [GR|India] Alirajpur had a population of 25,161. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Alirajpur has an average literacy rate of 67%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 58% of the males and 42% of females literate. 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.

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