Ratlam

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City in Madhya Pradesh, India

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::summary City in Madhya Pradesh, India ::

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::callout[type=note] the municipality in Madhya Pradesh, India ::

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Ratlam is a city in the northwestern part of the Malwa region in Madhya Pradesh state of India. The city of Ratlam lies 480 m above sea level. It is the administrative headquarters of Ratlam district, which was created in 1947 after the independence of India. It is located 294 kilometres west of the state capital Bhopal.

In 2024 Indian general election, Anita Nagar Singh Chouhan of Bharatiya Janata Party was elected as the Member of Parliament from Ratlam.

Ratlam railway division is one of the six railway divisions under Western Railway zone of Indian Railways. Whose headquarters is in Ratlam city. This is an important railway junction of the state.

History

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5b/Ratan_Singh_of_Ratlam.jpg" caption="Maharaja Ratan Singh of Ratlam"] ::

Ratlam State was founded in 1648 when Ratan Singh Rathore at the age of 23, armed with nothing but a dagger controlled a mad elephant that belonged to Shah Jahan.

The new town of Ratlam was founded in 1829 by Captain Borthwick.

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/Phatasingh.jpg" caption="Padam Singh of Ratlam"] ::

The state was closely interlaced with the territories of the princely state of Sailana. In 1901, Ratlam State had a population of 83,773,

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/Map_of_Sailana_and_Ratlam_States.jpg" caption="Map of Sailana and Ratlam States"] ::

Geography

Ratlam is located at coordinates: (23.316667, 75.066667). The city has an area of 39 sqkm. It is very close to the borders of Rajasthan and Gujarat.

Climate

Ratlam, like most of Madhya Pradesh, has tropical savanna climate (Köppen climate classification Aw) bordering humid subtropical climate (Cwa) zone. Three distinct seasons are observed: summer, monsoon and winter. Summers start in mid-March and can be extremely hot from April through June. Highs can reach 112 F, although the humidity is extremely low. The monsoon season starts in late June, with temperatures averaging around 100 F, with sustained, torrential rainfall and high humidity. The average rain fall is 37 inch. Winters start in mid-November and are dry, cool and sunny. Temperatures average about 39 -, but can fall close to freezing on some nights. Ratlam gets moderate rainfall of 35 to from July through September, due to the southwest monsoon.

| location = Ratlam (1991–2020, extremes 1948–2009) | metric first = yes | single line = yes | Jan record high C = 34.0 | Feb record high C = 37.8 | Mar record high C = 41.9 | Apr record high C = 45.2 | May record high C = 45.5 | Jun record high C = 45.0 | Jul record high C = 40.6 | Aug record high C = 38.7 | Sep record high C = 39.3 | Oct record high C = 39.0 | Nov record high C = 36.9 | Dec record high C = 33.8 | year record high C = 45.5 | Jan high C = 25.8 | Feb high C = 28.5 | Mar high C = 34.1 | Apr high C = 38.4 | May high C = 39.8 | Jun high C = 36.3 | Jul high C = 30.1 | Aug high C = 28.2 | Sep high C = 30.3 | Oct high C = 33.0 | Nov high C = 30.6 | Dec high C = 27.6 | year high C = 31.9 | Jan low C = 10.4 | Feb low C = 12.7 | Mar low C = 17.6 | Apr low C = 22.9 | May low C = 25.8 | Jun low C = 25.1 | Jul low C = 23.3 | Aug low C = 22.8 | Sep low C = 21.9 | Oct low C = 19.0 | Nov low C = 15.5 | Dec low C = 11.8 | year low C = 19.1 | Jan record low C = 2.5 | Feb record low C = 2.6 | Mar record low C = 9.0 | Apr record low C = 11.6 | May record low C = 18.4 | Jun record low C = 17.3 | Jul record low C = 18.1 | Aug record low C = 16.9 | Sep record low C = 14.0 | Oct record low C = 12.5 | Nov record low C = 7.9 | Dec record low C = 3.9 | year record low C = 2.5 | rain colour = green | Jan rain mm = 3.1 | Feb rain mm = 1.2 | Mar rain mm = 1.7 | Apr rain mm = 0.3 | May rain mm = 8.9 | Jun rain mm = 104.4 | Jul rain mm = 363.9 | Aug rain mm = 282.1 | Sep rain mm = 119.1 | Oct rain mm = 36.5 | Nov rain mm = 2.4 | Dec rain mm = 1.6 | year rain mm = 925.2 | Jan rain days = 0.3 | Feb rain days = 0.3 | Mar rain days = 0.3 | Apr rain days = 0.1 | May rain days = 0.7 | Jun rain days = 5.8 | Jul rain days = 13.8 | Aug rain days = 12.4 | Sep rain days = 6.0 | Oct rain days = 1.4 | Nov rain days = 0.1 | Dec rain days = 0.2 | year rain days = 41.5 | time day = 17:30 IST | Jan humidity = 35 | Feb humidity = 29 | Mar humidity = 20 | Apr humidity = 19 | May humidity = 24 | Jun humidity = 46 | Jul humidity = 71 | Aug humidity = 77 | Sep humidity = 63 | Oct humidity = 37 | Nov humidity = 35 | Dec humidity = 35 | year humidity = 41 |source 1 = India Meteorological Department{{cite web | url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/Climatological%20Tables%201991-2020.pdf | title = Climatological Tables of Observatories in India 1991-2020 | publisher = India Meteorological Department | access-date = April 8, 2024 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205040301/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf | archive-date = 5 February 2020 | url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf | title = Station: Ratlam Climatological Table 1981–2010 | work = Climatological Normals 1981–2010 | publisher = India Meteorological Department | date = January 2015 | pages = 661–662 | access-date = 28 December 2020}} | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205042509/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf | archive-date = 5 February 2020 | url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf | title = Extremes of Temperature & Rainfall for Indian Stations (Up to 2012) | publisher = India Meteorological Department | date = December 2016 | page = M128 | access-date = 28 December 2020}}

Demographics

|title=Religions in Ratlam city (2011) |titlebar=#Fcd116 |left1=Religion |right1=Percent |float=left |bars= |caption=Distribution of religions According to the 2011 Census, the city of Ratlam has a population of 264,914 of which 134,915 are male and 129,999 are female. The sex ratio is 964 females to 1000 males. Children between the 0 to 6 years of age constitute 29,763 individuals. The total number of literates in Ratlam was 204,101, which constituted 77.0% of the population with male literacy of 81.2% and female literacy of 72.8%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Ratlam was 86.8%, of which male literacy rate was 91.7% and female literacy rate was 81.8%. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population was 27,124 and 12,567 respectively. The total number of households in Ratlam is 53133. 28.17% Scheduled Tribe (Adivasi) of total population in Ratlam district. Adivasi group of Ratlam

Railways

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/Ratlam_Junction_(2).jpg" caption="Ratlam Junction"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8f/MAHI_RAILWAY_BRIDGE_RATLAM.jpg" caption="Mahi Railway Bridge Ratlam"] ::

Ratlam Junction is a major junction on Delhi-Mumbai and Ajmer-Khandwa Rail routes and rail division of Indian Railways on broad gauge lines on Western Railways Zone. Ratlam junction is Divisional headquarters of Western Railway Zone.

Ratlam is the first clean train station of Indian Railways network. Under this scheme, Indian Railways has introduced cleaning of coaches of a train en route while it halts at a particular station for 15 to 20 minutes. The entire train is cleaned with vacuum cleaners and toilets are washed with handheld portable HP cleaners.

Ratlam station is believed to be one of the busiest railway stations in India.

Ratlam Junction is referred to in the 2007 Hindi romantic comedy film Jab We Met.

References

References

  1. "Welcome to Ratlam City".
  2. "52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India". [[Ministry of Minority Affairs]].
  3. [http://ratlam.nic.in/ Ratlam District Information], ratlam.nic.in. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
  4. (23 May 2019). "Ratlam Election Results 2019 Live Updates (Jhabua ): Guman Singh Domar of BJP Wins".
  5. "Indian railway’s zone’s & their divisions wi".
  6. Ramusack, Barbara N.. (8 January 2004). "The Indian Princes and their States". [[Cambridge University Press]].
  7. "History".
  8. "Census of India - Census Reports 1931".
  9. [http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?refer=&s=45724&cityname=Indore--United-States-of-America&refer=&cityname=Indore- Indore, India Weather (closest to Ratlam)], weatherbase.com, 15 March 2012.
  10. (2011). "Table C-01 Population by Religion: Uttar Pradesh". [[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]].
  11. "Ratlam - Census 2011".
  12. "Ratlam District Population, Madhya Pradesh, List of Tehsils in Ratlam".
  13. "Profile District Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh, India".
  14. "CTS Service Location Ratlam | CTS Services".
  15. [http://www.wr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1,261,440 Western Railway - Ratlam], indianrailways.gov. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
  16. [[Jab We Met]]

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