Bhind

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title: "Bhind" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["bhind", "cities-and-towns-in-bhind-district", "cities-in-madhya-pradesh"] topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhind" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	Bhind
settlement_type	City
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coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	India
subdivision_type1	State
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subdivision_type2	District
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established_title
founder	Bhindi Rishi
government_type	MP
governing_body	Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
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area_total_km2	82
population_total	197,585
population_as_of	2011
population_density_km2	auto
population_footnotes
demographics_type1	Language
demographics1_title1	Official
demographics1_info1	Hindi, Bundeli
timezone1	IST
utc_offset1	+5:30
postal_code_type	PIN
postal_code	477001, 477105
area_code_type	Telephone code
area_code	07534
registration_plate	MP-30
website
official_name	Bhind City
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::callout[type=note] the municipality in Madhya Pradesh, India ::

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Bhind is a city in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is the headquarters of the Bhind district.

Geography

Bhind is located at . It has an average elevation of 474 metres (1555 ft).

Demographics

As of 2011 Indian Census, Bhind had a total population of 197,585, of which 105,352 were males and 92,233 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 25,358. The total number of literates in Bhind was 142,923, which constituted 72.3% of the population with male literacy of 77.9% and female literacy of 65.9%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Bhind was 83.0%, of which male literacy rate was 89.6% and female literacy rate was 75.4%. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population was 39,267 and 1,832 respectively. Bhind had 33592 households in 2011.

India census, Bhind had a population of 153,768. Males constitute 54% of the population.

Place of interest

Vankhandeshwar Temple: It is located in Bhind town. It is a Shiv Mandir built by the king, Prathwiraj Chauhan in 1175 AD. It is told that "Jyoti" is continuously flamed since then.

Notable personalities

Satendra Singh Lohiya, Indian swimmer
Arvind Singh Bhadoria, Indian Politician
Bhagirath Prasad, Retd. Indian Administrative Service Officer, Ex. Lok Sabha MP. & Ex. Vice Chancellor DAVV Indore
Chaudhary Rakesh Singh Chaturvedi, Indian Politician
Lal Singh Arya, Former Minister MP Govt., National President BJP SC Morcha.

Transportation

Bhind railway station is main station of city. Major trains Halts here.

Nearest Airport is Gwalior Airport

References

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