| Chhatarpur district छतरपुर जिला |
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Location of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh |
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| State | Madhya Pradesh, India |
| Administrative division | Sagar division |
| Headquarters | Chhatarpur |
| Area | 8,687 km2 (3,354 sq mi) |
| Population | 1,474,633 (2001) |
| Population density | 170 /km2 (440 /sq mi) |
| Literacy | 53.4 |
| Sex ratio | 869 |
| Lok Sabha Constituencies | Khajuraho |
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Chhatarpur District (Hindi: छतरपुर जिला) is a district of Madhya Pradesh state of central India. The town of Chhatarpur is the district headquarters.
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Chattarpur district located at 24.06° & 25.20°N 78.59° & 80.26° E respectively. The district has an area of 8,687 km².Chhatarpur District is bounded by Uttar Pradesh state to the north, and the Madhya Pradesh districts of Panna to the east, Damoh to the south, Sagar to the southwest, and Tikamgarh to the west. Chhatarpur District is part of Sagar Division.[1]
Before Indian Independence, present-day Chhatarpur district consisted of a number of princely states, including Bijawar, Chhatarpur, Gaurihar, Alipura, and Lugasi, along with most of Charkhari and portions of Panna and Ajaigarh. After independence, the rulers of the states acceded to the Government of India, and the district became part of the new state of Vindhya Pradesh. Vindhya Pradesh was merged into Madhya Pradesh on November 1, 1956. Nowgaon was declared capital of Madhya Pradesh, after six month Bhopal became the capital of Madhya Pradesh.
In 2006 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Chhatarpur one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640).[2] It is one of the 24 districts in Madhya Pradesh currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).[2]
According to the 2011 census Chhatarpur District has a population of 1,762,857,[3] roughly equal to the nation of The Gambia[4] or the US state of Nebraska.[5] This gives it a ranking of 271st in India (out of a total of 640).[3] The district has a population density of 203 inhabitants per square kilometre (530 /sq mi) .[3] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 19.54 %.[3] Chhattarpur has a sex ratio of 884 females for every 1000 males,[3] and a literacy rate of 64.9 %.[3]
Chhatarpur district has a population of 1,474,633 (2001 census), a 27% increase from its 1991 population of 1,158,853.[1]
Vernaculars include Bharia, a Dravidian language spoken by at least 200 000 members of the Bharia tribe and written in the Devanagari script.[6]
The district is home to Khajuraho, the famous temple city created by the Chandela clan of Rajputs in the tenth century. Other notable locations are Jatashankar, Panna National Park, Bambar Baini Tample in Laundi, Arjunkund, Naogaon Nowgong, Maharajpur, Raneh Falls and Ken Gharial Sanctuary, Bijawar, Mata Temple at Harpalpur, and Hanuman Tauria.
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