Narsinghpur District

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Narsingpur District is a district of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. The town of Narsinghpur is administrative headquarters of the district.

The district has an area 5,133 km², and a population 957,399 (2001 census), a 22% increase from 1991. The district is part of the Jabalpur Division of Madhya Pradesh. It is bounded on the north by Sagar and Damoh districts, on the east by Jabalpur District, on the southeast by Seoni District, on the south by Chhindwara District, on the west by Hoshangabad District, and on the northwest by Raisen District. The administrative seat and chief town is Narsinghpur; other towns include Barman, Chaugan, Jharna, and Soteshwar. The district sits in the basin of the Narmada River, which forms the northern boundary of the district. The Satpura Range forms the district's southern boundary. The main rail line from Mumbai to Calcutta (Kolkata), which follows the Narmada River valley, runs through the district from west to east.

At the beginning of the 19th century, Narsinghpur District in the domain of the Maratha Bhonsle Maharajas of Nagpur, but was ceded to the British Raj in 1818. Narsinghpur District was part of the Nerbudda (Narmada) Division of the Central Provinces and Berar, which became the state of Madhya Pradesh after India's independence in 1947.

[edit] External links

Narsinghpur District web site

Divisions and Districts of Madhya Pradesh
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