Kasrawad is a tehsil and nagar panchayat in Khargone district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.

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Kasrawad Kasrawad Kusrawud
Nickname:  kasrawad
Kasrawad Location in Madhya Pradesh, India Show map of Madhya Pradesh Kasrawad Kasrawad (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 22.13°N 75.6°E / 22.13; 75.6
Country	India
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Khargone
Government
• Type	Nagar Parishad
• Body	Sachin Yadav (MLA)
Elevation	169 m (554 ft)
Population
• Total	22,750
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Pincode	451228
STD Code	07285

Geography

Kasrawad is located at 22.13°N 75.6°E / 22.13; 75.6.[1] It has an average elevation of 169 metres (554 feet) and is 17 km in east from National Highway 3 (Agra to Mumbai) and about 100 km from Indore.The town is 5 km from the northern banks of the holy Narmada River.

Economy

Cotton, soya beans, sugar cane and wheat are the main crops in this area. Kasrawad and the surrounding areas are developing very rapidly.^{[citation needed]} People from surrounding villages come here for their shopping and medical needs.

Culture

Places to visit include the pandhari nath mandir in yadav mohalla, laxmi narayan Temple in kushwaha mohalla, Bhavani Mata Temple, ancient Kailask kund, sai baba mandir, museum, satyadham and Baba ki Mazar on Gangleshwar parvat, Mahalakshmi Mandir, Gayatsri Mata Mandir in Shrinagar colony, Gangore place ( Mata ki Vadi).

Demographics

At the 2001 India census,[2] Kasrawad had a population of 19,035. Males were 51% of the population and females 49%. The average literacy rate was 57%, lower than the national average of 59.5%. Male literacy was 66% and female literacy 48%. 16% of the population were under the age of 6 years.

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