Indore District
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- Indore District is a district of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. The district derived it's name from the city of Indore,which serves as its administrative headquarters. This district is part of Indore Division.
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[edit] Demography
The district has an area of 3,898 sq km. Population of the district is 2,585,321, out of which, male population is 1,352,849 and female population is 1,232,472 (2001 census). A 41% increase has taken place from its 1991 population of 1,830,870. Total literacy rate is 74.82% (male 84.71% and female 63.96%) (2001 census).
[edit] Geography
The Indore District is bounded by the districts of Ujjain to the north, Dewas to the east, Khargone (West Nimar) to the south, and Dhar to the west.
[edit] Rivers and Lakes
Two main rivers are Chambal at the west (which originates from Vindhya range south of Mhow) and Kshipra, a tributary of Chambal at the east. Other small rivers include Gambhir and Khan, two tributaries of Kshipra.
[edit] Cities and Towns
Indore is the administrative centre and chief city of the district. Mhow is an important cantonment town in Indore District, it has three of the Indian Army's premier training institutes. The Border Security Force (BSF) has its Central School of Weapons and Tactics (CSWT) at Indore. Other towns are Depalpur and Sanwer.
- The Indore Collector is Mr.Vivek Agarwal.
[edit] Divisions
Indore district consists of 4 Tehsils: Depalpur, Sanwer, Indore and Mhow. Number of Blocks in the district is also 4 (consisting of 36 Police Stations). There are total 335 Panchayats and 649 villages in these 4 blocks.Rojadi is one of them which is the first village in which every house has power cabel direct to the transformer so no bijali chori there
There is one Lok Sabha constituency in this district. The member of Lok Sabha in Parliament from Indore is Smt. Sumitra Mahajan of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). She is member of Parliament since 1989 CE. There are eight Vidhan sabha constituencies in this District. They are Indore I to V, Depalpur, Mhow and Sawer.
[edit] References
- Raizada, Ajit Indore, Department of Archaeology and Museum,Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal, 1992 (in Hindi).
[edit] External links
- Indore District
- Mhow Ki Khabrein A weblog dedicated to Mhow the cantonment town in Indore district.
| Divisions and Districts of Madhya Pradesh |
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| Bhopal Division: Betul | Bhopal | Harda | Hoshangabad | Raisen | Rajgarh | Sehore | Vidisha |
| Chambal Division: | Bhind | Morena | Sheopur |
| Gwalior Division: Ashoknagar | Datia | Guna | Gwalior | Shivpuri |
| Indore Division: Barwani | Burhanpur | Dhar | Indore | Jhabua | Khandwa | Khargone |
| Jabalpur Division: Balaghat | Chindwara | Dindori | Jabalpur | Katni | Mandla | Narsinghpur | Seoni |
| Rewa Division: Anuppur | Rewa | Satna | Shadol | Sidhi | Umaria |
| Sagar Division: Chhatarpur | Damoh | Panna | Sagar | Tikamgarh |
| Ujjain Division: Dewas | Mandsaur | Neemuch | Ratlam | Shajapur | Ujjain |
