Shajapur


Shajapur is a town in Malwa region of Madhya Pradesh state in west-central India. It is the headquarters of Shajapur district.

History

Shajapur named after honor of Shahjahan the Mughal Emperor who halted here in 1640. It is said that the original name was Shahjahanpur, which subsequently reduces to Shajapur. When Gwalior acceded to the Government of India after Indian Independence in 1947, Shajapur District, along with the rest of Gwalior State, became part of Madhya Bharat. Madhya Bharat was merged into Madhya Pradesh on 1 November 1956

Geography

Shajapur is located at. It has an average elevation of 443 metres.The highest peak is known as Bhairo Dungri.

Demographics

India census, Shajapur district had a population of 1,290,685, with 669,852 males and 620,833 females.
The most common language spoken is Hindi, but people still speak Malvi, a local language similar to Hindi in dialect and script.

Tourism

The town contains numerous places of interest including:

In popular media

In the opening scenes of the popular yesteryears Hindi film Shree 420, the protagonist finds a road crossing showing the direction to three places, of which one is Shajapur. The other two are Dewas and Bombay.