Sagar, Madhya Pradesh

Coordinates: 23.83°N 78.71°E

Sagar (Saugor) is a city, municipal corporation and administrative headquarter in

Sagar district of the state of Madhya Pradesh in central India. Situated on a spur Sagar
of the Vindhya Range, 1,758 feet (536 m) above sea-level. The city is around 172 Saugor, Sagar Smart City
kilometres (107 mi) northeast of state capital, Bhopal.
City
Sagar has been selected as one of the hundred Indian cities to be developed as a
smart city under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's flagship Smart Cities Mission.

History
The ancient Indian kingdom of Chedi had its capital at Suktimati, which was
located at Sagar during contemporary times. The history of Sagar District before
1022 A.D. is generally unknown; after that, records are available. Sagar was
under the rule of Ahir Rajas and their capital was at Garhpehra. In 1660,
Udenshah, founded the present town of Sagar.[4] Chakra Ghat at the bank of Lakha
Banjara Lake in Sagar (MP)
After 1735, the city came under the rule of the Peshwas. When Chhatrasal gave a
region (subha) to Bajirao, he appointed Govindpant Kher (later Bundele) as an
administrator. Govindpant founded the city of Sagar next to the Sagar Lake and
made the city as his capital. In 1818, a large part of the Sagar district was ceded
by Peshwa Baji Rao II to the British East India Company. Administratively, the Sagar
position of Sagar and the neighboring territories underwent frequent changes.

The Saugor territory was first placed under the superintendent of Political Affairs
of Bundelkhand. Later, in 1820, this area, called the 'Saugor and Nerbudda
Territories,' was placed under the administration of an agent to the governor-
general. The region fell under the North-Western Province, following its
constitution in 1835. In 1842 occurred the Bundela rising, the quelling of which
demanded more direct attention by the Governor-General. But the order was
restored in the following year, and the Saugor and Nerbudda Territories were
again placed under the political control of an Agent named to the Governor- Sagar
General. The arrangement, however, was not found to be satisfactory, and these
territories were once again restored to the North-Western Provinces in 1853. After
that in 1861, the Saugor and Nerbudda territories and the Nagpur state formed a
Commissioner's Province called Central Provinces.[5]

Geography

Coordinates: 23.83°N 78.71°E

Climate
Country  India
Sagar has humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cwa) with State Madhya Pradesh
hot summers, a somewhat cooler monsoon season and cool winters. Very heavy District Sagar
rainfalls in the monsoon season from June to September.
Government
 • Type Mayor–Council
 • Body Sagar Municipal
Corporation
 • Mayor Sangeeta Sushil
Tiwari[1][2]
Area
  • Metro 49.763 km2
(19.214 sq mi)
Elevation 427 m (1,401 ft)
Population (2011)
 • City 274,556
 • Density 232/km2 (600/sq mi)
Language
 • Official Hindi[3]
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN 470001,2,3,4
Telephone 07582
code
Vehicle MP-15
registration
Website sagar.nic.in (https://s
agar.nic.in)

Climate data for Sagar (1981–2010, extremes 1901–2012)

Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year

Record 33.3 37.3 42.5 44.4 46.4 46.4 41.4 37.6 39.7 39.9 37.7 33.6 46.4
high °C (°F) (91.9) (99.1) (108.5) (111.9) (115.5) (115.5) (106.5) (99.7) (103.5) (103.8) (99.9) (92.5) (115.5)

Average 24.7 27.6 33.3 38.3 41.0 37.6 30.9 29.0 30.7 32.2 29.3 26.0 31.7
high °C (°F) (76.5) (81.7) (91.9) (100.9) (105.8) (99.7) (87.6) (84.2) (87.3) (90.0) (84.7) (78.8) (89.1)

Average 11.4 13.8 18.9 23.5 26.3 25.6 23.5 22.8 22.2 20.0 16.3 12.8 19.8
low °C (°F) (52.5) (56.8) (66.0) (74.3) (79.3) (78.1) (74.3) (73.0) (72.0) (68.0) (61.3) (55.0) (67.6)

Record low 1.7 1.1 7.2 10.6 16.3 13.1 14.5 14.8 16.7 11.3 6.1 2.1 1.1
°C (°F) (35.1) (34.0) (45.0) (51.1) (61.3) (55.6) (58.1) (58.6) (62.1) (52.3) (43.0) (35.8) (34.0)

Average
12.3 14.1 11.3 4.1 16.9 141.5 343.6 373.7 184.5 22.8 13.5 9.7 1,148
rainfall mm
(0.48) (0.56) (0.44) (0.16) (0.67) (5.57) (13.53) (14.71) (7.26) (0.90) (0.53) (0.38) (45.20)
(inches)

Average
1.3 1.3 0.9 0.5 1.8 7.3 14.4 14.9 8.8 1.7 0.9 0.9 54.7
rainy days

Average
relative
humidity 42 32 24 18 22 46 75 81 69 45 40 43 45
(%)
(at 17:30 IST)

Source: India Meteorological Department [6][7]

Demographics
As per 2011 Indian Census, Sagar municipal corporation limit had a total population of 274,556, of which 143,425 were males
and 131,131 were females. The population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 32,610. The total number of literates in
Sagar was 216,422, which constituted 78.8% of the population with male literacy of 82.6% and female literacy of 74.6%. The
effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Sagar was 89.5%, of which male literacy rate
was 93.7% and the female literacy rate was 84.8%. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled
Tribes population was 54,432 and 3,052 respectively. Sagar had 52833 households in
2011.[9]

Education
Dr. Hari Singh Gour University, formerly known as Sagar University, was
founded on 18 July 1946 by Hari Singh Gour. It was renamed to Dr. Hari
Singh Gour University in February 1983.

Tehsils of Sagar Religion in city of Sagar

(2011)[8]
Khurai
Shahgarh    Hinduism (81.53%)
Rahatgarh    Islam (10.16%)
Deori    Jainism (7.28%)
   Christianity (0.63%)
   Other or Not stated (0.21%)
Notable people    Sikhism (0.15%)

Hari Singh Gour, pleader, jurist, parliamentarian, social reformer, First Vice    Buddhism (0.04%)
Chancellor of Delhi University
Sudha Jain, Indian politician
Gopal Bhargava, Indian politician
Govind Namdev, Television and film actor
Mahendra Mewati, Theatre and film actor
Mukesh Tiwari, Theatre and film actor
Virendra Kumar Khatik, Indian politician

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External links
Sagar Municipal Corporation (http://www.sagarmunicipalcorporation.com/)

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