Shahdol (District)

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Shahdol District
( Hindi शहडोल ज़िला )
District map
State Madhya Pradesh
Division : Shahdol
Administrative headquarters : Shahdol
Area : 6205 km²
Residents : 1,066,063 (2011)
Website : Shahdol District

The Shahdol District ( Hindi शहडोल ज़िला ) is a district in the historic Baghelkhand region in the east of the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh . The administrative center is the city of Shahdol , which has around 100,000 inhabitants .

geography

The Shahdol district is bounded in the north and northeast by the Son and Banas rivers . Neighboring districts are Katni District in the west, Satna District in the northwest , Sidhi District in the northeast , Chhattisgarh State in the east and Anuppur District in the southeast and south .

The height of the district is between 350 (on the Son River) and 500  m . The average annual rainfall is around 1100 mm, of which about 90% falls during the summer monsoon season .

Administrative division

Shahdol District is divided into only four administrative districts ( Tehsils or Subdivisions ): Sohagpur, Beohari, Jaisinghnagar and Jaitpur. It consists of the city of Shahdol, three smaller cities - Dhanpuri (approx. 50,000 inhabitants), Beohari (approx. 30,000 inhabitants) and Burhar (approx. 25,000 inhabitants) and approx. 800 villages.

population

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

year 1991 2001 2011
Residents 733.980 908.148 1,066,063

Hindu and tribal population ( scheduled tribes ) dominate in the villages in rural areas (about 95%); A not inconsiderable number of Muslims also live in the cities (around 20%). In the decade between 2001 and 2011, the population grew by almost 20% to around 1.06 million, with the male population only exceeding that of the female by around 3%. About 80% of the population lives in rural villages; an average of around 35% of people (significantly more in rural regions) are illiterate. They speak Hindi and the local dialect Bagheli .

economy

The Shahdol district is still largely agricultural; only on the outskirts of the city of Shahdol there are several small industries. Eight locations on two routes have a rail connection.

history

Virateshvara Temple

The region around Shahdol belonged in the 4th / 5th centuries. Century to the Gupta Empire , which was later replaced by the kings of the Kalachuri dynasty. In the High Middle Ages, the Gond rulers took power; However, from 1577 they came under the political and cultural influence of the Mughal Empire under Akbar I. After that, the region came under the influence of the Marathas in the 17th and 18th centuries ; since the middle of the 19th century the area belonging to the princely state of Rewa was under British control. After India's independence (1947), the region belonged to the princely states of the Central Provinces , from which the state of Madhya Pradesh emerged in 1950. Shahdol District was established in 1947; With effect from August 15, 2003, the new district of Anuppur was separated.

Attractions

The oldest and of its kind the only building in the touristically poorly developed Shahdol district is the Virateshvara temple in the south of the city of Shahdol, built by the Kalachuris in the second half of the 10th century, but partially destroyed. Statues from the environment of the gods Shiva and Vishnu can be found here , from which some researchers have concluded that the temple was consecrated to both deities. The well-preserved Shikhara tower is - in the style of the Lakshmana temple built around the same time in the temple city of Khajuraho , which is located approx. 300 km to the northwest - over and over with figures; it closes with a ribbed washer ( amalaka ) with a vase ( kalasha ) .

Web links

Commons : Shahdol district  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Shahdol District - Map
  2. ↑ District Shahdol - Climate table
  3. ↑ Shadol District - Counties and Villages
  4. ↑ Shahdol District - Census 1991 to 2011
  5. ↑ Shahdol District - Census 2011
  6. ↑ Madhya Pradesh - Languages
  7. ^ Shahdol District - Railway Stations
  8. ↑ Shahdol District History. (PDF) p. 8 f.
  9. ↑ Shahdol District - Virateshwara Temple

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