Betma
Betma is a town and a nagar panchayat in Indore district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. History. A 1020 CE copper-plate inscription of the Paramara king Bhoja was found in Betma. Kanungo's of Betma - Jagir pargana. In the Ain-i-Akbari Betma is one of the mahal and old town of Malwa region and pargana of Kayastha zamidari granted from the Malwa Sultanate in (Hijri AD 1101) (Vikram Samvat 1747) 1689 CE. In 1733 CE Maratha's captured Malwa and Changed the revenue system. In 1756 Malharrao transferred some villages from Betma pargana 12 villages  remained with Kanungo Rai Bakhat Singh and other Villages transferred to Sagour paragna or Depalpur. Bagh(Wagh) Maratha. Malhar Rao Holker granted Betma to his feudal Sardar Madhorao Bhag(Wagh) for local revenue collection in 1757. Chouhan's of Betma. After some years, a Chouhan Rajput appointed Mandloi of some villages in Betma(ugai thekedar) from Holkers of Indore princely estate. This family traced their ancestry from Raja Hariraj Singh Chouhan brother of Samrat prithviraj singh chouhan. It is believed that Sikh Guru Nanak Dev, during his second Udasi, stayed in Betma for six months. In The age of mughal era Betma was  a paragna of Qanungoh(kanungo) hakh Dastoor 26 village under this paragna.Thakur Dungar singh nigam who was the appointed Betma paragna jagirdar and received the sanad & title of kanungo by the akbar's court Mandu sarkar.by caste he was a kastariya kayastha .The family traced their ancestry from Thakur Ganrajdas he was the diwan of rana udaipur prithviraj singh in between 1600 and 1700 century .in holkars time holkars change the revenue policy and holkars appointed to madhorao Wagh for Betma local revenue collection. After some years a chouhan rajputs appointed revenue agent (ugai thekedar) by the agent of holkars  Wagh mansabdar and pargna kanungo of Betma they were decentliy enjoyed their work in campany raj and British India also... Origin of name is possibly from an event where a significant woman sat which got called ‘baith-ma’ (sit mother). Education. Primary and secondary education in Betma is offered by various schools which are affiliated to either Madhya Pradesh Board of Secondary Education or CBSE... Geography. Betma is located at . It has an average elevation of 541 metres (1774 feet). Demographics. India census, Betma had a population of 12,529. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. 17% of  the population is under 6 years of age. Transport. The nearest airport is indore.