Sonkatch

Sonkatch Sonekutch
Town
Pushhpagiri Jain Mandir Sonkatch
Sonkatch Location in Madhya Pradesh, India Show map of Madhya Pradesh Sonkatch Sonkatch (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 22°58′24″N76°21′13″E / 22.97333°N 76.35361°E / 22.97333; 76.35361
Country	India
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Dewas
Population  (2011)
• Total	26,135
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 code	IN-MP
Vehicle registration	MP

Sonkatch is a town and a Nagar panchayat in Dewas district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It's also a Tehsil headquarter of District.

Geography

Sonkatch location in Dewas District

Sonkatch loceted on 22°58′24″N76°21′13″E / 22.97333°N 76.35361°E / 22.97333; 76.35361 . Sonkatch loceted in Northestern part of dewas district, it's located on bank of Kali Sindh River. ^[1]

Demographics

At the 2001 India census, ^[2] Sonkatch had a population of 15,543. Males constituted 51% of the population and females 49%. Sonkatch had an average literacy rate of 69%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy was 77%, and female literacy was 61%. In Sonkatch, 15% of the population were under 6 years of age.

Temple

Pushpagiri Jain Teerth

The temple here is dedicated to Lord Mahavir. This Jain kshetra is a 250 acre complex housing Jain Sthanaks, school, hospital, museum, cottages, shopping centers and above all, a 108 fool tall idol of Bhagwan Paraswanath in a yogic (padmasan) posture. This would be one of tallest Jain idols surpassing even 57' height Bhagwan Bahubali idol at Shravanabelgola in Karnataka. ^[3]

Government

Sonkatch is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Madhya Pradesh. ^[4] Rajesh Sonkar is elected mla of Sonkatch from Bhartiya Janta Party in 2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election. entire assembly is part of Dewas Lok Sabha constituency.

Transportation

Sonkatch is located on the bank of the Kali Sindh river on the NH-86 Indore - Bhopal road. It is 70 km from Indore, 33 km from Dewas, 70 km from Ujjain and 118 km from Bhopal. Dewas is the nearest Railway station.

References

1. "Maps, Weather, and Airports for Sonkach, India".
2. "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.
3. "Jinaagam Saar".
4. "District/Assembly List". Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Archived from the original on 1 December 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2015.