Ashoknagar (District)

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Ashoknagar District
State Madhya Pradesh
Administrative headquarters : Ashoknagar
Area : 4674 km²
Residents : 845,071 (2011)
Population density : 181 people / km²
Website : www.ashoknagar.in

Ashoknagar is a district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh .

The area is 4674 km². The administrative seat is the city of Ashoknagar .

population

The population was 845,071 (2011). The population growth rate in the period from 2001 to 2011 was 22.66% and was therefore very high. Ashoknagar has a gender ratio of 904 women per 1000 men and thus a male surplus typical for India. In 2011 the district had a literacy rate of 66.42%, an increase of almost 4.2 percentage points compared to 2001. The literacy rate is thus below the national average. Almost 92.1% of the population are Hindus , approx. 4.8% are Muslims , approx. 1.8% are Jainas , 1.0% are Sikhs , 0.2% are Buddhists , 0.1% are Christians and 0 , 1% did not indicate any religious affiliation. 16.4% of the population are children under 6 years of age.

Almost 18.2% of the population live in cities.

Web links

Commons : Ashoknagar District  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census (PDF; 398 kB)
  2. ^ Indian Districts by Population, Sex Ratio, Literacy 2011 Census. Retrieved April 16, 2019 .

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