मक्सी के बारे में
Maksi is a Nagar Panchayat city in district of Shajapur, Madhya Pradesh. The Maksi city is divided into 15 wards for which elections are held every 5 years.
Maksi Nagar Panchayat has total administration over 3,730 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is also authorize to build roads within Nagar Panchayat limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.
जैन तीर्थ
Shri Digamber and Shwetambar Jain tirth (holy place) at Maksi is an ancient place of pilgrimage.There are two ancient temples here. First is the big temple called Bada Mandir is of Shwetambar sect, where the principal deity is Lord Parsvanath. This idol is supposed to be more than 2500 years old. According to archaeologists the temple itself is approximately 1000 years old. 42 idols installed by Jivaraj Papriwal in year 1491 (1548 V.S.) can also be found here. Second temple is of digambar sect shri suprshwanath bhagwan. In bada mandir or Shwetambar mandir the principle deity is also worshipped by digambar sect from 6:00 to 9:00 daily. After then, Shwetambar can worship by their own method. Temples such as Kesariyaji are also worshipped as per both Digambara tradition and Śvētāmbara tradition.
Maksi Prashvnath is considered to be a holy place for Jains. It's one amongst the 108 Parshvnaths of Jains. Behind the bada mandir, there is a beautiful garden where there are 4 shrines. This garden also has a big stepwell. People believe that idol of lord parshwanath was found from this stepwell.
Maksi is also famous for its singing group Maksi Mandal. It is owned by Mr. Shantilal Kothari, who is a famous singer of Malwa Region of Madhya Pradesh for old Jain Stavans. He started the group 30 years ago and dedicates all his Stavans to Lord Parsvanath.
यातायात
Maksi is located on Agra-Bombay Road. It has direct train connections to Ujjain, Dewas, Bhopal, and Ruthiyai.
जनसंख्या
The Maksi Nagar Panchayat has population of 20,088 of which 10,385 are males while 9,703 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.
Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 3069 which is 15.28 % of total population of Maksi (NP). In Maksi Nagar Panchayat, Female Sex Ratio is of 934 against state average of 931. Moreover Child Sex Ratio in Maksi is around 878 compared to Madhya Pradesh state average of 918. Literacy rate of Maksi city is 76.99 % higher than state average of 69.32 %. In Maksi, Male literacy is around 87.97 % while female literacy rate is 65.37 %.