and 42.93% Bundeli as their first language. Culture Places of interest Dayasagar Ji Mararaj Nemingar Jain Tirth Neminagar Jain Tirth is in Banda tehsil located 30 km from Sagar on National Highway NH-86. It was built in the name of Aacharya Shri 108 Nemisagar ji maharaj by the blessings of his disciple aacharya 108 shri dayasagar ji maharaj. This temple has one choubisi (24 tirthankars god on 24 different altars), one levitated trikal choubisi (Lords of time passes, the time now and time to be), and a navagraha mandir (Lords of nine planets). Shri Parsvanath Digamber Jain Atishaya Kshetra, Pateria Shri Parsvanath Digamber Jain Atishaya Kshetra, Pateriaji is a 232-year-old temple dedicated to Parshvantha. This idol is 7 feet in height in Padmasana posture built in Black Stone with three serpent hoods. This temple was built by Seth Radha Kishanjun Shah with the earnings of one day in the business of Cotton in 1782 (V.S. 1839). Makronia, Sagar A former Dr H. S. Gour University started from Makronia's SAF Campus so many historic events are connected through Makronia. This region is developing as the suburban region near Sagar City. It is just 5 km away from the city. It has its separate railway station, the biggest hotel in Sagar, the Paradise Hotel, many CBSE and MP board schools, as well as a government engineering college. Many army bases are located in Makronia. Also Makronia Nagar Palika, there are many Engineering Colleges in Makronia, as there is a shortage of space in the City, development is moving towards the Makronia Region. Notable people Sir Hari Singh Gour – founder of Dr. Hari Singh Gour University, a lawyer, jurist, educationalist, social reformer, writer and member of the Constitutional Assembly Govind Namdev - director. Vitthalbhai Patel – poet, lyricist, former government minister, and social worker. Nathuram Premi (1881–1960) - writer, publisher, poet, editor, linguist and, intellectual in the field of Jainism and Hindi literature; born in the city of Deori Govind Singh Rajput, Indian politician Ravishankar Shukla (2 August 1877 – 31 December 1956) – born in Sagar, first Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh state. Mukesh Tiwari - actor. Harsh Yadav - Indian politician Laxmi Narayan Yadav, Indian politician See also Karrapur Lajpatpura References External links Official site of Sagar district Official website of the Zila Panchayat of Sagar Districts of Madhya Pradesh