Ratlam
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Ratlam | |
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City | |
Ratlam Junction Railway Station Administrative Offices Ratlam Ratlam Medical College Ma Kalika Temple Selfie Point In Ratlam | |
  Ratlam  Ratlam | |
| Coordinates: 23°20′02″N 75°02′13″E / 23.334°N 75.037°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Madhya Pradesh |
| Region | Malwa |
| District | Ratlam |
| Founded by | King Ratna Bhil |
| Named after | Ratan Singh Rathore |
| Government | |
| • Body | Ratlam Municipal Corporation |
| • MP | Anita Nagar Singh Chouhan (BJP) |
| Area | |
• Total | 39.19 km2 (15.13 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 480 m (1,570 ft) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 264,914 |
| • Rank | 9th in Madhya Pradesh |
| • Density | 6,760/km2 (17,510/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Ratlami |
| Language | |
| • Official | Hindi[3] |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 457001 |
| Telephone code | 07412 |
| Vehicle registration | MP-43 |
| Climate | Humid subtropical climate (Köppen) |
| Precipitation | 937 millimetres (36.9 in) |
| Avg. annual temperature | 24 °C (75 °F) |
| Avg. summer temperature | 28 °C (82 °F) |
| Avg. winter temperature | 16 °C (61 °F) |
| Website | ratlam |
Ratlam is a city in the northwestern part of the Malwa region in Madhya Pradesh state of India. The city of Ratlam lies 480 metres (1,570 ft) above sea level. It is the administrative headquarters of Ratlam district, which was created in 1947 after the independence of India.[4] 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.[5]
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.[6]
History
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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.[7]
The new town of Ratlam was founded in 1829 by Captain Borthwick.[8]
The state was closely interlaced with the territories of the princely state of Sailana. In 1901, Ratlam State had a population of 83,773,[9]
Geography
[edit]Ratlam is located at coordinates: 23°19′0″N 75°04′0″E / 23.31667°N 75.06667°E (23.316667, 75.066667). The city has an area of 39 km2 (15 sq mi).[1] It is very close to the borders of Rajasthan and Gujarat.
Climate
[edit]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 (44 °C), although the humidity is extremely low. The monsoon season starts in late June, with temperatures averaging around 100 °F (38 °C), with sustained, torrential rainfall and high humidity. The average rain fall is 37 in (940 mm). Winters start in mid-November and are dry, cool and sunny. Temperatures average about 39–46 °F (4–8 °C), but can fall close to freezing on some nights.[10] Ratlam gets moderate rainfall of 35 to 38 inches (890 to 970 mm) from July through September, due to the southwest monsoon.
| Climate data for Ratlam (1991–2020, extremes 1948–2009) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 34.0 (93.2) |
37.8 (100.0) |
41.9 (107.4) |
45.2 (113.4) |
45.5 (113.9) |
45.0 (113.0) |
40.6 (105.1) |
38.7 (101.7) |
39.3 (102.7) |
39.0 (102.2) |
36.9 (98.4) |
33.8 (92.8) |
45.5 (113.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 25.8 (78.4) |
28.5 (83.3) |
34.1 (93.4) |
38.4 (101.1) |
39.8 (103.6) |
36.3 (97.3) |
30.1 (86.2) |
28.2 (82.8) |
30.3 (86.5) |
33.0 (91.4) |
30.6 (87.1) |
27.6 (81.7) |
31.9 (89.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 10.4 (50.7) |
12.7 (54.9) |
17.6 (63.7) |
22.9 (73.2) |
25.8 (78.4) |
25.1 (77.2) |
23.3 (73.9) |
22.8 (73.0) |
21.9 (71.4) |
19.0 (66.2) |
15.5 (59.9) |
11.8 (53.2) |
19.1 (66.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 2.5 (36.5) |
2.6 (36.7) |
9.0 (48.2) |
11.6 (52.9) |
18.4 (65.1) |
17.3 (63.1) |
18.1 (64.6) |
16.9 (62.4) |
14.0 (57.2) |
12.5 (54.5) |
7.9 (46.2) |
3.9 (39.0) |
2.5 (36.5) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 3.1 (0.12) |
1.2 (0.05) |
1.7 (0.07) |
0.3 (0.01) |
8.9 (0.35) |
104.4 (4.11) |
363.9 (14.33) |
282.1 (11.11) |
119.1 (4.69) |
36.5 (1.44) |
2.4 (0.09) |
1.6 (0.06) |
925.2 (36.43) |
| Average rainy days | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 5.8 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 6.0 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 41.5 |
| Average relative humidity (%) (at 17:30 IST) | 35 | 29 | 20 | 19 | 24 | 46 | 71 | 77 | 63 | 37 | 35 | 35 | 41 |
| Source: India Meteorological Department[11][12][13] | |||||||||||||
Demographics
[edit]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.[2] 28.17% Scheduled Tribe (Adivasi) of total population in Ratlam district. Adivasi group of Ratlam [15]
Railways
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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.[16]
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.[17]
Ratlam station is believed to be one of the busiest railway stations in India.[18]
Ratlam Junction is referred to in the 2007 Hindi romantic comedy film Jab We Met.[19]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Welcome to Ratlam City". rmcratlam.in. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
- ^ a b "Ratlam - Census 2011". censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
- ^ "52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
- ^ Ratlam District Information, ratlam.nic.in. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
- ^ "Ratlam Election Results 2019 Live Updates (Jhabua ): Guman Singh Domar of BJP Wins". News18. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
- ^ "Indian railway's zone's & their divisions wi" (PDF). www.indianrail.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 March 2015.
- ^ Ramusack, Barbara N. (8 January 2004). The Indian Princes and their States. Cambridge University Press. p. 16. ISBN 9781139449083. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ^ "History". District Ratlam, Government of Madhya Pradesh. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ "Census of India - Census Reports 1931". Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
- ^ Indore, India Weather (closest to Ratlam), weatherbase.com, 15 March 2012.
- ^ "Climatological Tables of Observatories in India 1991-2020" (PDF). India Meteorological Department. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ "Station: Ratlam Climatological Table 1981–2010" (PDF). Climatological Normals 1981–2010. India Meteorological Department. January 2015. pp. 661–662. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- ^ "Extremes of Temperature & Rainfall for Indian Stations (Up to 2012)" (PDF). India Meteorological Department. December 2016. p. M128. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- ^ "Table C-01 Population by Religion: Uttar Pradesh". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
- ^ "Ratlam District Population, Madhya Pradesh, List of Tehsils in Ratlam". Censusindia2011.com. Archived from the original on 10 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ "Profile District Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh, India". ratlam.nic.in.
- ^ "CTS Service Location Ratlam | CTS Services". relyoncts.com.
- ^ Western Railway - Ratlam, indianrailways.gov. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
- ^ Jab We Met
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