The infant was spotted on June 29 in such a position that her head was above the ground and the lower body underneath, near a cremation ground on the banks of Narmada river in Mandleshwar area, police said.
She was rescued after two passersby heard her crying and alerted police who rushed her to a nearby primary health centre (PHC) before shifting her to the state-run M Y Hospital in Indore, Rajesh Dandotia additional SP told PTI.
The girl died as efforts to revive her turned futile, he said.
A case has been registered in this regard and investigations are on, they said.