Bhavra

Town in Madhya Pradesh, India

Bhavra Bhabhra Chandra Shekhar Azad Nagar
Town
22°31′48″N 74°19′28″E / 22.53000°N 74.32444°E / 22.53000; 74.32444
Country	India
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Alirajpur district
Population (2011)
• Total	10,968
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 code	IN-MP
Vehicle registration	MP69

Bhavra also known as Bhabhra or Chandra Shekhar Azad Nagar is a town and a nagar panchayat in Alirajpur district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. It is the birthplace of the noted revolutionary Chandra Shekhar Azad.^[1]^[2]

Demographics

^{[needs update]} As of the 2011 Census of India, Bhabhra had a population of 10,968. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Bhabhra has an average literacy rate of 54%, lower than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 62% and female literacy of 45%. 19% of the population is under 6 years of age.^[3]

Notable people

Kanhaiya Lal Chauhan.
Chandra Shekhar Azad.

References

^ The Calcutta review. University of Calcutta. Dept. of English. 1958. p. 44. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
^ Catherine B. Asher, ed. (June 1994). India 2001: reference encyclopedia. South Asia Publications. p. 131. ISBN 978-0-945921-42-4. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
^ "Census of India 2011". Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 23 August 2018.