7-738: Sardarpur is a town and a nagar panchayat in Dhar district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh . It is a town on Mahi river on the Malwa plateau . There is an ancient Shivalinga situated at the bank of Mahi river at a place called Shree Jhineshwar Dham ; Shri Mohankheda Jain Thirth and Bhopawar Jain Tirth are located nearby. It is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India . Sardarpur
14-511: A minimum of ten elected ward members and three nominated members. The Chairperson or President is the head of Nagar Panchayat. The NAC members of the Nagar are elected the several wards of the nagar panchayat on the basis of adult franchise for a term of five years. One third of the seats are reserved for scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, backward classes and women. The Councillors or Ward Members are chosen by direct election from electoral wards in
21-409: Is a settlement in transition from rural to urban and therefore a form of an urban political unit comparable to a municipality . An urban centre with more than 12,000 and less than 40,000 inhabitants is classified as a nagar panchayat. The population requirement for a Town Panchayat can vary from state to state. Such councils are formed under the panchayati raj administrative system. In census data,
28-423: The abbreviation T.P. is used to indicate a "town panchayat". Tamil Nadu was the first state to introduce the panchayat town as an intermediate step between rural villages and urban local bodies (ULB). The structure and the functions of the nagar panchayat are decided by the state government. Each Nagar Panchayat has a committee consisting of a chairperson or president with ward members. Membership consists of
35-430: The nagar panchayat. Alongside the elected officials, the state government appoints officers to facilitate the administration and functioning of Nagar Panchayats. Such as chief executive officer or Secretary, Superintendents, Engineers, Health Inspectors, etc. These officers are appointed based on specific rules and regulations set by the state government. The structure and the functions of the nagar panchayat are decided by
42-614: The national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 79%, and female literacy is 60%. In Sardarpur, 15% of the population is under six years of age. The nearest airport is in Indore. This article related to a location in Madhya Pradesh is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Nagar panchayat A nagar panchayat ( transl. 'town council' ) or town panchayat or Notified Area Council (NAC) in India
49-713: Was a British station in Central India during the British Raj , and was within the state of Gwalior . It was the headquarters of the political agent for the Bhopawar agency , and of the Malwa Bhil corps, originally raised in 1837 and converted into a military police battalion by around 1900. As of 2001 India census , Sardarpur had a population of 6,119. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Sardarpur has an average literacy rate of 70%, higher than
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