Bada Malhera, is a town in the Chhatarpur district of the state of Madhya Pradesh, India.

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Bada Malhera
Nickname:  BM City
Bada Malhera Location in Madhya Pradesh, India Show map of Madhya Pradesh Bada Malhera Bada Malhera (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 24°34′9″N 79°19′46″E
Country	India
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Chhatarpur
Population  (2013)
• Total	45,000
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	471311
Telephone code	Badamalhera 07689
Vehicle registration	MP 16

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The total area of Bada Malhera is 623 km², consisting of 596.07 km² of rural area and 27.16 km² of urban area. According to a nationwide census held in 2001,^[1] Bada Malhera's population is 53% male and 47% female, with a total population of 15,042. The population of children under 6 years of age is 18%, higher than the national average of 13.2%.^[2] Bada Malhera's average literacy rate is estimated at 56%, just below the 59.5% national average with 61% of males and 39% females considered functionally illiterate.

Bada Malhera comes under the Malhara Vidhan Sabha constituency. As of December 2020, its representative in Madhya Pradesh's Legislative Assembly is Pradyuman Singh Lodhi. ^{[needs update]}

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Bada Malhera has a college affiliated with the University of Sagar (Dr. Hari Singh Gour University), which offers graduate and post-graduate courses in arts, commerce, and education.^{[citation needed]}

There are few opportunities for employment in Bada Malhera, with the local economy mostly dependent on farming (some of the locals are well-known grain merchants). However, the town does have a growing private commercial sector, mainly in retail. As such, the town needs help from the State to keep businesses running.^{[citation needed]}

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Constituency of Vindhya Pradesh:

• 1951: Basant Lal, Indian National Congress

Constituency of Madhya Pradesh:

• 1962: Hans Raj, Indian National Congress
• 1967: Govind Singh Ju Deo, Independent
• 1972: Dashrath, Indian National Congress
• 1977: Jang Bahadur Singh, Janata Party
• 1980: Kapur Chand Ghuwara, Communist Party of India
• 1985: Shivraj Singh, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 1990: Ashok Kumar, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 1993: Uma Yadav, Indian National Congress
• 1998: Swami Prasad, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 2003: Uma Bharti, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 2006 (by-election): Kapur Chand Ghuwara, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 2008: Rekha Yadav, Bharatiya Janshakti Party
• 2013: Rekha Yadav, Bharatiya Janta Party
• 2018: Pradumanya Singh Lodhi, Indian National Congress