Vidisha district
Vidisha district | |
|---|---|
| Area | |
| • Total | 7,371 km2 (2,846 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,458,875 |
| • Density | 200/km2 (510/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
| Website | vidisha |
Vidisha District (विदिशा) is in Madhya Pradesh state, in central India. The city of Vidisha is the administrative headquarters of the district.
Geography
The district is bounded by the districts of
Guna to the northwest.[1]
Vidisha district lies on the Vindhyachal Plateau off the main Vindhyachal Range. The plateau slopes from south to north and is drained by a number of rivers – the Betwa, the Bina and the Sindh. These rivers flow between spur flanges of the Vindhyachal Range, that spread out on the Malwa Plateau.[2]
The district lies between 230 20’ and 240 22' north latitudes, and 77016’ and 78018’ east longitudes. It covers an area of 7,371 km2.[2]
The district is home to the historic city of
History
Vidisha was the second capital of the
Bhopal state were merged into Vidisha District.[2]
Tehsil
- List of Tehsil of District Vidisha;[3]
- Vidisha Urban
- Vidisha Rural
- Ganj Basoda
- Gyaraspur
- Kurwai
- Lateri
- Nateran
- Sironj
- Gulabganj
- Pathari
- Shamshabad
- Tyonda
Demographics
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 227,998 | — |
| 1911 | 296,966 | +2.68% |
| 1921 | 348,047 | +1.60% |
| 1931 | 345,818 | −0.06% |
| 1941 | 383,347 | +1.04% |
| 1951 | 386,075 | +0.07% |
| 1961 | 489,213 | +2.40% |
| 1971 | 658,427 | +3.02% |
| 1981 | 783,098 | +1.75% |
| 1991 | 970,388 | +2.17% |
| 2001 | 1,214,857 | +2.27% |
| 2011 | 1,458,875 | +1.85% |
| source:[4] | ||
According to the
Eswatini[7] or the US state of Hawaii.[8] This gives it a ranking of 341st in India (out of a total of 640).[6] The district has a population density of 198 inhabitants per square kilometre (510/sq mi) .[6] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 20.03%.[6] Vidisha has a sex ratio of 897 females for every 1,000 males,[6] and a literacy rate of 72.08%. 23.28% of the population live in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 20.03% and 4.63% of the population respectively.[6]
At the time of the
2011 Census of India, 94.96% of the population in the district spoke Hindi and 4.57% Urdu as their first language.[9]
Tourist places
- Neelkantheswar Temple Udaipur
- Helliodorus Piller
- Udaigiri Cave
- Udayeshwara Temple
- Vidisha District Museum
- Muradpur
- Lohangi Pir
- Hindola Torana
- Maladevi Temple
References
- ^ a b "Vidisha". mponline. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
- ^ a b c "Vidisha". District administration. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
- ^ https://vidisha.nic.in/en/tehsil/
- ^ "Table A-02 Decadal Variation in Population Since 1901: Madhya Pradesh" (PDF). census.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
- ^ "Table C-01 Population By Religion: Madhya Pradesh". census.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
- ^ a b c d e f "District Census Handbook: Vidisha" (PDF). Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
- ^ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Archived from the original on 13 June 2007. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
Swaziland 1,370,424
- ^ "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
Hawaii 1,360,301
- ^ a b "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Madhya Pradesh". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
External links
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