Sagar (district)
Sagar district | |
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State | Madhya Pradesh |
Administrative headquarters : | Sagar |
Area : | 10,252 km² |
Residents : | 2,378,458 (2011) |
Population density : | 232 inhabitants / km² |
Website : | www.sagar.in |
Sagar is a district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh .
The area is 10,252 km². The administrative seat is the city of Sagar .
population
The population in 2011 was 2,378,458 (2011). The population growth rate in the period from 2001 to 2011 was 17.63%. Chhindwara has a gender ratio of 893 women per 1000 men and thus a male surplus that is usual for India. The district had a literacy rate of 76.46% in 2011 , an increase of almost 9 percentage points compared to 2001. This means that literacy is above the Madhya Pradesh average and also slightly above the national average. Almost 92% of the population are Hindus and around 2% are Muslims . Jainas make up 2.7% of the population. 15% of the population are children under 6 years of age.
Almost 29.8% of the population live in cities. The largest city is Sagar with 273,296 inhabitants.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2011 census (PDF; 398 kB)
- ^ Indian Districts by Population, Sex Ratio, Literacy 2011 Census. Retrieved April 16, 2019 .
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