Mandsaur (district)

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Mandsaur District
मंदसौर जिला
District map
State Madhya Pradesh
Division : Ujjain
Administrative headquarters : Mandsaur
Area : 5,521 km²
Residents : 1,340,411 (2011)
Website : Mandsaur District

The district of Mandsaur ( Hindi : मंदसौर जिला) is a district of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh with approx. 1.5 million inhabitants. The administrative and economic center is the city of Mandsaur , which has around 150,000 inhabitants .

geography

The district of Mandsaur is located in the west of the state of Madhya Pradesh at an altitude of 400  m . It borders in the northwest on the Neemuch district , in the northeast on the Jhalawar district belonging to Rajasthan , in the south on the Ratlam district and in the west on the Pratapgarh district belonging to Rajasthan . The most important rivers are the Chambal and the Shivna . Most important cities are Mandsaur and Bhanpura .

population

Official population statistics have only been kept and published since 1991.

year 1991 2001 2011
Residents 956.869 1,183,724 1,340,411

Hindus dominate the rural villages (approx. 90%); there is also a not inconsiderable number of Muslims in the cities (approx. 10%). In the decade between 2001 and 2011, the population grew by about 13% to about 1.34 million, with the male population exceeding the female by about 5%. About 79% of the population lives in rural villages; a third of the people (mostly women) are considered illiterate. Most people speak Hindi or Malvi, a hybrid of Hindi and Rajasthani .

economy

Gandhi Sagar Reservoir

Agriculture has traditionally played the dominant role in the district's economic life; Particularly noteworthy is the cultivation of opium poppies , which has been practiced for centuries , the seeds of which are processed into opium . In addition, wheat and millet ( jowar ) are grown. In the 20th century a pencil and ballpoint pen production that was important for all of India was established . In the north of the district is the dam of the Gandhi reservoir , which was completed in 1960 and used for energy generation . In the last decades of the 20th century some wind turbines were installed.

history

In the Middle Ages, the city of Mandsaur was on the border of the principalities of Malwa and Mewar . Later it came under the rule of the Sultanate of Delhi , whose governor Dilawar Khan rose to be Sultan of Malwa in 1401. His son Hoshang Shah ruled from Mandu; He had a fort built in the strategically important city of Mandsaur.

Attractions

Of national importance is Pashupatinath Temple with a eight-member Shiva - lingam -Kultbild in Mandsaur. In Sondani , about 4 km away, there is a column with an inscription by King Yasodharman from the year 528. Also worth seeing are the cave and rock temples of Dhamnar (also Dharmrajeshwar ) ( 24 ° 11 ′ 35 ″  N , 75 ° 29 ′ 53 ″  E ). The ruins of the Hinglajgarh Fort are located in a wooded landscape in the far northeast of the district.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Mandsaur District - residents 1991-2011
  2. ^ Mandsaur district - map and brief information
  3. ^ Mandsaur District - Population 1991-2011

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