Description

Ashoknagar (also Ashok Nagar) is a city andaMunicipality Council[7] in Ashoknagar District in MadhyaPradeshstate of central India. It is the administrativeheadquarters ofAshoknagar District. Earlier it was part of Gunadistrict.Ashoknagar is well known for its Grain Mandi and "SharbatiGaihu",a type of wheat.[8] The nearest city Guna 45 km from thecity.Ashoknagar was formerly known as Prachar. The railway linepassesfrom the middle of the city. Ashoknagar has a railway stationandTwo Bus stations. Ashoknagar is connected to the main citiesofMadhya Pradesh by road and railway.

Ashoknagar is located in the northern part of MadhyaPradesh,between the rivers Sindh and the Betwa. It comes under thenorthernpart of Malwa plateau, though main part of its districtlies in theBundelkhand Plateau. The eastern and western boundariesof thedistrict are well defined by the rivers. The Betwa flowsalong theeastern boundary separating it from Sagar District andLalitpurDistrict, India of Uttar Pradesh. The Sindh is the mainriverflowing along the western boundary. Chanderi, a part ofAshoknagar,is famous for its brocades and muslins, especially foritshandwoven Chanderi sarees. Ashoknagar is situated on theKota-Binarailway section of Western Central Railway. Ashoknagardistrict hasboundary to the border of UP in the east, about 87 kmfrom Lalitpurin Uttar Pradesh. Ashoknagar is approximately 190 kmaway from thecapital of the state Bhopal, 360 km from Indore, andabout 250 kmfrom Gwalior.