Sheopur District | |
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  Top: Sheopur Fort Bottom: River inKuno National Park | |
 Location of Sheopur district in Madhya Pradesh | |
| Coordinates (Sheopur):25°42′N76°42′E / 25.7°N 76.7°E /25.7; 76.7 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Madhya Pradesh |
| Division | Chambal |
| Headquarters | Sheopur |
| Tehsils | 1.Sheopur 2.Vijaypur, 3.Karahal, 4. Birpur, 5.Badoda |
| Government | |
| • Collector & District Magistrate | Shri Shivam VermaIAS |
| • Lok Sabha constituencies | Morena (shared with Morena district) |
| • Vidhan Sabha constituencies | 1.Sheopur, 2.Vijaypur |
| Area | |
• Total | 6,606 km2 (2,551 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 687,861 |
| • Density | 100/km2 (270/sq mi) |
| Demographics | |
| • Literacy | 58.0 |
| • Sex ratio | 902 |
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | MP 31 |
| Website | sheopur |
Sheopur District (Hindi pronunciation:[ʃjoːpʊɾ]) is adistrict ofMadhya Pradeshstate incentral India. The district is located in the north of the state and forms part ofChambal division. It is situated on the periphery of Rajasthan, which shows in the influence of Rajasthani culture in this district.
The town ofSheopur is the district headquarters. Other towns includeBijeypur,Karahal andBadoda. The district has a population of 687,861 (2011 census) and covers an area of 6,606 km².[1] It is the third least populous district of Madhya Pradesh (out of50), afterHarda andUmaria.[2] It is one out of 21 tribal districts of Madhya Pradesh.[3]
Sheopur district is located in the north of Madhya Pradesh in the Chambal division. It is bordered byMorena district to the north,Gwalior district to the east,Shivpuri district to the southeast, and Rajasthan to the south and northwest.
The region is chiefly marked by the presence of the Chambal ravines - theChambal river marks the border with Rajasthan. Southeast of the Chambal is a plateau region which leads to a range of forested hills in the east of the district where liesKuno Wildlife Sanctuary.
The town of Sheopur and its fort was said to have been founded by Indra Singh of theGaur Rajputs, feudatories ofJaipur, in 1537. The first historical mention of the region occurs thanks to Nimat Ullah, who recorded an expedition of SIkander Lodhi in support of Raj Dungar who later converted to Islam. Sheopur surrendered to Akbar when he was advancing towards Chittor. Later it was made headquarters of a mahal in Ranthambore Sarkar. In 1808, it was conquered by Daulat Rao Scindia of Gwalior who gave it to his generalJean Baptiste Filose as a jagir. Filose managed to starve out the Gaurs remaining in the fort, who left in 1809. Under Daulat Rao, the town was a mint. While Filose was raiding adjoining territory of Jai Singh ofRaghogarh, Singh captured the fort and his family. After 1818, Filose retired to Sheopur as hisjagir. Sheopur continued as a part of Gwalior state until 1947 when it became part of independent India. In 1956, it was merged with the remainder of Madhya Pradesh. Sheopur district was carved out ofMorena District in 1998.[4]
In 2006 theMinistry of Panchayati Raj named Sheopur one of the country's 250most backward districts (out of a total of640).[5] It is one of the 24 districts in Madhya Pradesh currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).[5]
The district comprises three sub-divisions:Sheopur,Vijaypur andKarahal. Sheopur sub-division consists twotehsils: Sheopur and Baroda. Vijaypur sub-division also comprises two tehsils: Vijaypur and Veerpur. Karahal sub-division comprises the lone tehsil of Karahal. There are twonagar palikas in this district: Sheopur andBaroda and anagar panchayat, Vijaypur.
There are twoVidhan Sabha constituencies in this district, namely,Sheopur andVijaypur. Both of these are part ofMorena Lok Sabha constituency.[6]
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1901 | 122,149 | — |
| 1911 | 120,427 | −0.14% |
| 1921 | 110,042 | −0.90% |
| 1931 | 120,805 | +0.94% |
| 1941 | 137,014 | +1.27% |
| 1951 | 151,107 | +0.98% |
| 1961 | 192,944 | +2.47% |
| 1971 | 242,988 | +2.33% |
| 1981 | 323,649 | +2.91% |
| 1991 | 431,480 | +2.92% |
| 2001 | 559,495 | +2.63% |
| 2011 | 687,861 | +2.09% |
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According to the2011 census Sheopur District has a population of 687,861,[2] roughly equal to the nation ofEquatorial Guinea[9] or the US state ofNorth Dakota.[10] This gives it a ranking of 505th in India (out of a total of640).[2] The district has a population density of 104 inhabitants per square kilometre (270/sq mi) .[2] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 22.96%.[2] Sheopur has a sex ratio of 902 females for every 1,000 males,[2] and a literacy rate of 58.02%. 15.61% of the population live in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 15.76% and 23.47% of the population respectively. TheSaharia are the main tribe in the area.[2]
At the time of the2011 Census of India, 94.27% of the population in the district spokeHindi, 2.02%Urdu, 1.73% Handuri and 0.91%Punjabi as their first language.[11]
Equatorial Guinea 668,225 July 2011 est.
North Dakota 672,591
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