| Hoshangabad district होशंगाबाद जिला |
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Location of Hoshangabad district in Madhya Pradesh |
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| State | Madhya Pradesh, India |
| Administrative division | Narmadapuram |
| Headquarters | Hoshangabad |
| Area | 5,408 km2 (2,088 sq mi) |
| Population | 1,085,011 (2001) |
| Population density | 162 /km2 (420 /sq mi) |
| Literacy | 54.11 per cent |
| Sex ratio | 898 |
| Lok Sabha Constituencies | Hoshangabad |
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Hoshangabad District is one of the districts of Madhya Pradesh state of India, and Hoshangabad town is the district headquarters.
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The district has an area 5408.23 km². Hoshangabad district is bounded by the districts of Raisen to the north, Narsinghpur to the east, Chhindwara to the southeast, Betul to the south, Harda to the west, and Sehore to the northwest. In 1998, the western portion of Hoshangabad District was split off to become Harda District.[1]
The district lies in the Narmada River valley, and the Narmada forms the northern boundary of the district, Hoshangabad District is part of Bhopal division. The Tawa River is a tributary of the Narmada, rising in the Satpura Range to the south and flowing north to meet the Narmada at the village of Bandra Bhan. The Tawa Reservoir lies in the south-central region of the district.[1]
Hoshangabad District is also home to Pachmarhi, a hill station and popular tourist spot in the Satpura Range in the southern part of the district. Pachmarhi was the summer capital of the British Raj Central Provinces and Berar.
The Pachmarhi Sanctuary (461.37 km²) is part of the larger Pachmarhi Biosphere Preserve, which extends into Betul and Chhindwara districts.
The Rajat Prapat is located at Pachmarhi in Hoshangabad district.[2]
According to the 2011 census Hoshangabad District has a population of 1,240,975,[3] roughly equal to the nation of Trinidad and Tobago[4] or the US state of New Hampshire.[5] This gives it a ranking of 387th in India (out of a total of 640).[3] The district has a population density of 185 inhabitants per square kilometre (480 /sq mi) .[3] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 14.45 %.[3] Hoshangabad has a sex ratio of 912 females for every 1000 males,[3] and a literacy rate of 76.52 %.[3]
Languages include Bhunjia, spoken by approximately 7000 Bhunjia Adivasis.[6]
Out of 11 colleges, seven are Post Graduate Colleges. Post Graduate courses in Science/Arts/Commerce are available at the following Colleges:
1. Narmada Maha Vidyalaya, Hoshangabad 2. Home Science College, Hoshangabad 3. Mahatma Gandhi Smiriti Maha Vidyalaya, Itarsi 4. Kusum Mahavidyalaya, Seonimalwa 5. Makhanlal Chaturvedi Mahavidyalaya, Babai 6. Shaskiya Kanya Mahavidyalaya, Pipariya 7. Shaskiya Snatkottar Mahavidyalaya, Pipariya
Total Literacy of the District : 54.11%
Male Literacy of the District : 67.19%
Female Literacy of the District : 39.29%
| Sehore district | Raisen district | |||
| Narsimhapur district | ||||
| Hoshangabad district | ||||
| Harda district | Betul district | Chhindwara district |
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