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Raoti
Rawati, Rawti
town
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Raoti
Location in Madhya Pradesh, India
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Raoti
Raoti (India)
Coordinates: 23°13′41″N74°50′34″E / 23.22806°N 74.84278°E / 23.22806; 74.84278
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Madhya Pradesh
District Ratlam
Government
  Typepanchayat
Population
 (2015)
  Total8,000
Languages
  Official Hindi
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
457769
Telephone code07413
ISO 3166 code IN-MP
Vehicle registration MP
Nearest city Ratlam Sailana Bajna
Sex ratio 51%/49% /
Vidhan Sabha constituency217

Raoti or Rawati is a town and tehsil of Ratlam district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It was once a part of the Sailana State [1] It falls in the Malwa region of Madhya Pradesh.

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History

Raoti was founded in the year 1635–1636, when the new Maharaja Ratan singh came to the throne of Ratlam State. It passed on to a descendant called Pratap Singh. Raja Pratap singh killed his elder brother Raja Keshri Singh of Ratlam and conquered Ratlam and Dhamnod. Pratap Singh was then killed by Keshri Singhs younger son Jai Singh at the battle of Sagode. Who then became Raoti's ruler in 1716. Raoti was the capital of Sailana State until Raja Jai Singh decided to build a new capital. He constructed Sailana as his new capital in 1736 and divided Sailana state into the paraganas of Sailana, Raoti, Bilpank and Bangrod. During the rule of Raja Lakshman Singh, Sailana was attacked by Hayat Khan Pindari. Lakshman Singh was fighting another war and thus sent a young soldier called Sher Singh Prithvirajot with 500 men and ordered him to bring Hayats head. Sher Singh defeated Hayat but was only able to bring one finger of Hayat, but Lakshman Singh was impressed by his bravery and made Sher Singh the Thakur of Raoti. Sher Singhs family ruled for many generations, one of the thakuranis also built a temple outside the garhi at the cost of Rs.5,000. The Prithvirajot line of Raoti later went extinct due to no successors. After which Raja Jaswant Singh of Sailana gave Raoti to one of his younger sons. Raoti was a 1st class thikana of Sailana State. A small fortified palace still exists in Raoti. [2]

Geography

Raoti is located at 23°14′00″N74°50′00″E / 23.2333°N 74.8333°E / 23.2333; 74.8333 . [3] It has an average elevation of 377 m (1,237 ft). It is 25 km (16 mi) west from Ratlam by road and 307 km (191 mi) from the state capital Bhopal

There is a dam and large pond near Raoti named Saroj Sarowar bandh (also known as Dholawad dam). [4] which is 6 km (3.7 mi) by road.

Demographics

Raoti's total population as per the provisional population data for census 2011 is reported to be 4,948. Males constitute approximately 51% of the population and females 49% [5]

Transport

Railways

Raoti Rail Station (RTI) is situated 27 km (17 mi) from Ratlam Junction on Ratlam-Godhra section of Western Railways. [6] Not many trains stop at Raoti stations except for few long distance and local trains. Station is 6 km (3.7 mi) away from the town, however transportation is generally available for commuters.

Roads

Raoti is 34 km (21 mi) from Ratlam via Shivgarh and 25 km (16 mi) via Morwani by road. Raoti is now well connected to nearby towns and villages, due to the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana and NREGA.

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