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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Isagarh
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| settlement_type = town
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Madhya Pradesh, India
| coordinates = {{coord|24.83|N|77.88|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Madhya Pradesh]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Ashoknagar District|Ashoknagar]]
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| elevation_m = 489
| population_total = 10347
| population_as_of = 2001
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
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| postal_code =473335
| iso_code = [[ISO 3166-2:IN|IN-MP]]
| registration_plate = [[Vehicle registration plates of India|MP-67]]
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'''Isagarh''', also known as Issagarh, is a town in [[Ashoknagar District]] of [[Madhya Pradesh]] state in central [[India]]. It is the administrative headquarters of Isagarh [[tehsil]].

==Name==
The original name of Isagarh was "Ondila" or "Unda" until 1808, when [[Durjan Lal Khichi]] conquered it from the [[Ahir]]s and renamed it "Bahadurgarh". Three years later, in 1811, [[Jean Baptiste Filose]] captured it and renamed it Isagarh, meaning "the fort of [[Jesus]]".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Luard |first1=C.E. |last2=Sheopuri |first2=Rai Sahib Pandit Dwarka Nath |title=Gwalior State Gazetteer Volume I |date=1908 |publisher=Superintendent Government Printing |location=Calcutta |pages=243–44 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35648 |access-date=17 August 2020}}</ref>

==History==
Before Indian independence in 1947, Isagarh was part of the [[princely state]] of [[Gwalior state|Gwalior]], where it was the administrative headquarters of [[Isagarh District]].{{citation needed|date=September 2018}} After Indian independence, Gwalior state became part of the new Indian state of [[Madhya Bharat]], and Isagarh District was renamed [[Guna District]] . GUNA - Gwalior United National Army. Madhya Bharat was merged into Madhya Pradesh on 1 November 1956. Guna District was split into the districts of Guna and Ashoknagar on 15 August 2003.{{citation needed|date=September 2018}}

==Geography==
Isagarh is located at {{Coord|24.83|N|77.88|E|}}.<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/35/Isagarh.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Isagarh]</ref> It has an average elevation of 489 metres (1604 feet).

==Demographics==
{{As of|2001}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Isagarh had a population of 35,347. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Isagarh has an average literacy rate of 62%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 72%, and female literacy is 50%. In Isagarh, 18% of the population is under 6 years of age.
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†Includes [[Sikh]]s (0.2%), [[Buddhism|Buddhists]] (<0.2%).
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{{bar percent|[[Muslims]]|green|0.001}}
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{{bar percent|[[Jainism|Jains]]|pink|0.002}}
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†Includes [[Sikh]]s (0%), [[Buddhism|Buddhists]] (<0%).
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==References==
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{{Gwalior Division}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Ashoknagar district]]

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