Datia district

This article is about the district. For its eponymous headquarters, see Datia.
Datia district
दतिया जिला
District of Madhya Pradesh

Location of Datia district in Madhya Pradesh
Country India
State Madhya Pradesh
Administrative division Gwalior division
Headquarters Datia
Tehsils Datia Seondha and Bhander
Government
 • Lok Sabha constituencies Bhind lok sabha constituency
 • Assembly seats Datia Seondha and Bhander
Area
 • Total 2,902 km2 (1,120 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 786,754
 • Density 270/km2 (700/sq mi)
 • Urban 181,976
Demographics
 • Literacy 72.63 per cent
 • Sex ratio 873
Major highways N75
Website Official website

Datia District (Hindi: दतिया जिला) is in Gwalior Division in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The town of Datia is the district headquarters.

History

It is an ancient town, mentioned in the Mahabharata as Daityavakra.Datia had formerly been a state in the bundelkhand region.The ruling family were Rajputs of the Bundela clan; they descended from a younger son of a former raja of Orchha. The state was administered as part of the Bundelkhand agency of Central India. It lay in the extreme north-west of Bundelkhand, near Gwalior, and was surrounded on all sides by other princely states of Central India, except on the east where it bordered upon the United Provinces.[1] It was second highest in the rank of all the Bundela states after Orchha, with a 15-gun salute, and its Maharajas bore the hereditary title of Second of the Princes of Bundelkhand. The land area of the state was 2130 mi² its population in 1901 was 173,759.[1]

Datia, together with the rest of the Bundelkhand agency, became part of the new state of Vindhya Pradesh in 1950. In 1956, Vindhya Pradesh state was merged with certain other areas to form the state of Madhya Pradesh within the Union of India.

Geography

In 2011, Datia had population of 786,754 of which male and female were 420,157 and 366,597 respectively The district has an area of 2,902 km², and a population 627,818 (2001 census). The population of Datia District increased by 26% from 1981 to 1991, and by 22% from 1991 to 2001. The district has 445 villages and 3 towns, Datia, Seondha, and Bhander. Each town is the headquarters of its tehsil.[2]

Datia is bounded by the Madhya Pradesh districts of Bhind to the north, Gwalior to the west, and Shivpuri to the south, and by Jhansi District of Uttar Pradesh state to the east. The district is part of Gwalior Division.[2]

Veer Singh Palace

Tourist Places

Datia also has some famous temples. 'Peetambra Peeth' is one such temple which attracts a lot of pilgrims, apart from Hanuman garhi. 'Purana Mahal or Datia Mahal' is one good piece of architecture, visible from the railway line passing from Gwalior to Jhansi and was built to welcome King Jahangir after his coronation but the Emperor never came, fearing he would have to give good reward to king of Datia for his help in getting the Moghul throne.some of other torist spot are ratangath mata,Sonagiri-Temples, Shri Sidh Baba Mandir Kurthata, Beer Singh Deo Mahal,Unao-Balaji Sun Temple,Rajgarh Palace & Museum and Gujarra etc.

Drainage

The Datia district comes under the Gangetic drainage system and is drained by the Sindh, the Pahuj, the Mahuar and the Betwa. The former two, however form the drainage system of the main body of the district. The rivers are almost seasonal and have heavy run off only during the peak period of July and August in the rainy season. During the dry season most of the streams become dry and water is available only in some channels of the main stream.

Demographics

Population

District Court at RamNagar

According to the 2011 census Datia District has a population of 786,754[3] roughly equal to the nation of Comoros[4] or the US state of South Dakota.[5] This gives it a ranking of 487th in India (out of a total of 640).[3] The district has a population density of 271 inhabitants per square kilometre (700/sq mi) .[3] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 18.4%.[3] Datia has a sex ratio of 873 females for every 1000 males,[3] and a literacy rate of 72.63%.[3] Out of the total Datia population for 2011 census, 23.13 percent lives in urban and 76.87 percent lives in rural (village)regions of district.[3]

Languages

Main language is khadiboli bundeli bt some other local language also Vernaculars include Bharia, a Dravidian language spoken by at least 200 000 members of the Bharia tribe and written in the Devanagari script.[6]

Religion

According to census of 2011, 96% of the datia residents followed Hinduism, while others are 4%

Culture

There are lot of way of entertainment in Datia

Music

There are Bundelkhandi lookgeet,faag,alha kabbali the main music.you can hear all these in any village of datia district and famous singer are Mr. Rajendera singh Gurjar and Mr. Deshraj pateriya Jee.

Dance

RAI is the famous dance here and some of the famous female dancer are Mrs.HINA RANI & Team and Mrs. Guiya Rani & Team

kushti(wrestle)

Kusti is famous amusement and also a passion between citizen in datia.Wrestlers are called as PAHALWAN. Gama was a famous pahalwan of Datia. He won in india and also in abroad.

Economy

Agriculture is main way of economy in datia 70% population depend upon the agriculture and other 30% depend in service Agro solvent is main factory running here which gives employment the poor peoples.

Transport

The district is traversed by the West Central Railway line between delhi and bhopal.This is also connected by the top cities of india by national highway N75

Education

According to census 2011 datia has 750 primary 500 middle and 250 high school.some of the famous are

Sport

Traditional games like Kho kho, Gulli Danda, Pittu Garam/Sitoliya, Kabbadi, Wrestling, Cricket and Langdi are popular in the datia.

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Datia". Encyclopædia Britannica 7 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Datia district". District Administration. Retrieved 2010-04-14.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 "District Census 2011". Census2011.co.in. 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
  4. ↑ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Retrieved 2011-10-01. Comoros 794,683 July 2011 est.
  5. ↑ "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2011-09-30. South Dakota 814,180
  6. ↑ M. Paul Lewis, ed. (2009). "Bharia: A language of India". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (16th edition ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
  7. ↑ Shri Rawatpura Group of Colleges
  8. ↑ Nagaji institutes of technology Datia

External links

 Gwalior district Bhind district
  Datia district  
Shivpuri district Jhansi district, Uttar Pradesh

Coordinates: 25°40′12″N 78°27′36″E / 25.67000°N 78.46000°E