Katni (district)

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Katni
Hindi District कटनी ज़िला
District map
State Madhya Pradesh
Division : Jabalpur
Administrative headquarters : Katni
Area : 4950 km²
Residents : 1,292,042 (2011)
Website : Katni district

The Katni ( Hindi कटनी ज़िला ) district is a district of the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh in the historic Bundelkhand region near the border with Baghelkhand . The administrative and economic center is the city of Katni / Murwara , which has around 250,000 inhabitants .

geography

The Katni District is bordered by the Damoh District to the west, the Panna District to the northwest and the Satna District to the northeast . The district is bounded to the east by the Umaria district and to the south by the Jabalpur district .

The climate is warm; Rain (approx. 1120 mm / year) falls almost exclusively in the monsoon months from June to September. In the south of the district rises the Vindhya Mountains between 350 and 550  m high . There are only a few small rivers and streams in the entire district, but they can swell enormously during the monsoon season.

Administrative division

The Katni district is divided into seven administrative districts ( Tehsils or Subdivisions ): Murwara / Katni, Vijayraghavgarh, Bahoriband, Dhimarkheda, Rithi, Badwara and Barhi with a total of 900 villages and - besides the city of Katni / Murwara - only two medium-sized or smaller towns : Kymore (around 20,000) and Barhi (around 16,000).

population

As a result of the continuing population growth in large parts of northern India, the population of the district has increased enormously in the last decades of the 20th century and thereafter:

year 1991 2001 2011
Residents 881.925 1,064,167 1,292,042

Hindus dominate the rural villages (about 98%); about 5 to 10% of the urban population are Muslims . In the decade between 2001 and 2011, the population grew by a good 21% to around 1.3 million, with the male population exceeding the female population by around 5%. About 85% of the population lives in rural villages; more than a third of people (mostly women) are illiterate. One speaks Hindi and Bundeli .

economy

According to official statistics, the Katni district is one of the 250 most backward of the total of 640 districts in India. It is largely agricultural, but the extraction of stones and minerals also plays a certain role. Only in the few cities are there a few larger shops and craft businesses as well as banks, hospitals and secondary schools. The district has a total of 21 train stations or stops on the Sagar - Rewa and Shahdol routes .

history

Vijayraghav Fort

In the early Middle Ages (approx. 400–600) the region belonged to the Gupta empire ; In the High Middle Ages (approx. 900–1200) it was ruled by the Kalachuris of Tripuri , but the Chandella dynasty was also present at times. In the 15th century, the Malwa Sultanate of Mandu temporarily ruled the region. The area had been under British control since 1818 . After the independence of India (1947) and after the territorial reform of 1956, the area that had belonged to the Jabalpur district since 1932 came to the newly created state of Madhya Pradesh as an independent district . In 1998 it was separated from the Jabalpur district as an independent district.

Attractions

The most important sight in the area of ​​the touristically poorly developed district is the Vijayraghav Fort about 37 km northeast of the city of Katni. It was built in 1826 by a local prince in flat terrain by the Mahanadi River as a hunting seat and is surrounded by a moat. Approx. The small town of Bahuriband with its Jain sanctuary and the villages of Kunda and Tigawa with their historic Gupta temples are 45 km to the southwest .

literature

Web links

Commons : Katni district  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Katni District - Map
  2. ↑ Katni District - Climate tables
  3. ↑ Katni District - Districts, Cities and Villages
  4. ↑ Katni District - Population 1991–2011
  5. ↑ Katni District - Population
  6. ↑ Katni District - Railway Stations

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