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Sitamau
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Sitamau
Location in Madhya Pradesh, India
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Sitamau
Sitamau (India)
Coordinates: 24°01′N75°21′E / 24.02°N 75.35°E / 24.02; 75.35
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Madhya Pradesh
District Mandsaur
Elevation
457 m (1,499 ft)
Population
 (2011)
  Total15,000
Languages
  Official Hindi
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 code IN-MP
Vehicle registration MP

Sitamau is a town and a nagar panchayat in Mandsaur district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is in the Mandsaur district of Malwa region of Madhya Pradesh.

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It was the seat of the princely Sitamau State.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, [1] Sitamau had a population of 12,889. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Sitamau has an average literacy rate of 71%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 79%, and female literacy is 26%.


Notable people

King Sattaji Bhil was a founder of Sitamau in 1700. [2]

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References

  1. "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
  2. Gahlot, Jagadish Singh (1991). "Māravāṛa Rājya kā itihāsa".