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4. Exploring Bijaipur village

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Bijaipur The castle is the focal part of the village. We had enough time to really explore - either wandering around on our own or on guided walking, riding or cycling trips with K.P The village of Bijaipur reclines at the foot of the Vindhyanchal hills. There are just over 300 houses and a population of approximately 2,200 people. The surrounding agricultural lands harvests peanuts, mustard, corn and poppies. This is an agricultural economy.                  Sunrise over the village  In the centre of town is the market selling lots of fresh fruit and vegetables, including long thin red carrots, small aubergines, all sorts of beans, bananas, cabbage, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, herbs, garlic, ginger and fresh turmeric.  Fresh Tumeric                                     There was a...