Prithvipur

Prithvipur is a town and a nagar parishad in Niwari district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters of Prithvipur tehsil in the Niwari sub-division of the district.

Prithvipur
Town
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Coordinates: 25°11′7″N 78°39′54″E
Country	India
State	Madhya Pradesh
Region	Bundelkhand
District	Niwari
Government
• Type	Public
• Body	City Council
• MLA	Late Brijendra Singh Rathore
Population  (11)[1]
• Total	42,883
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	472338
Telephone code	07680
ISO 3166 code	IN-MP
Vehicle registration	MP-71
Website	https://niwari.nic.in

Demographics

As of 2001^[update] India census,^[2] Prithvipur had a population of 32,542. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Prithvipur has an average literacy rate of 50%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 60%, and female literacy is 39%. In Prithvipur, 18% of the population is under 6 years of age.Prithvipur is bigger than Orchha Tehsil of Niwari District.

Government

Prithvipur Assembly constituency is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. Nitendra Singh Rathore is current MLA from Prithvipur. ^[3]