Sagar (district)

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Sagar district
District map
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

Commons : Sagar 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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