Ujjain district explained

Ujjain district
Settlement Type:District of Madhya Pradesh
Total Type:Total
Coor Pinpoint:Ujjain
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Madhya Pradesh
Subdivision Type2:Division
Subdivision Name2:Ujjain
Established Title:Established
Seat Type:Headquarters
Seat:Ujjain
Parts Type:Tehsils
Parts Style:para
Area Total Km2:6,091
Population As Of:2011
Population Total:1,986,864
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Demographics
Demographics1 Title1:Literacy
Demographics1 Info1:73.55 per cent
Demographics1 Title2:Sex ratio
Demographics1 Info2:954
Leader Title1:Lok Sabha constituencies
Leader Name1:Ujjain
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+05:30

Ujjain district is a district of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. The historic city of Ujjain is the district headquarters. The district has an area of 6,091 km2, and a population of 19,86,864 (2011 census), a 16.12% increase from its 2001 population of 17,10,982.

Geography

The district is bounded by the districts of Agar malwa to the north, Shajapur to the east, Dewas to the southeast, Indore to the south, Dhar to the southwest, and Ratlam to the west and northwest. The district is part of Ujjain Division.

Rivers and lakes

The main river is the Shipra river, a tributary of the Chambal river in the east. Other small rivers include the Gambhir river and Kahn river, two tributaries of the Shipra.

Cities and towns

Villages

Divisions

  1. Ujjain Urban
  2. Ujjain Rural
  3. Ujjain Kothi Mahal
  4. Ghatiya
  5. Tarana
  6. Makdone
  7. Mehidpur
  8. Jharda
  9. Badnagar
  10. Khachrod
  11. Nagda
  1. Badnagar
  2. Ghatiya
  3. Nagda-Khachrod
  4. Mahidpur
  5. Tarana
  6. Ujjain

Government

At present, after the delimitation of parliamentary and legislative assembly constituencies in 2008, there are eight Vidhan Sabha constituencies in this district: Nagada-Khachrod, Mahidpur, Tarana, Ghatiya, Ujjain Dakshin, Ujjain Uttar, Badnagar including a lot from Ratlam District.[2] It is reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled castes since 1966. The current member of the Lok Sabha from Ujjain constituency is Anil firoziya of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Ujjain District has a population of 1,986,864,[3] roughly equal to the nation of Slovenia[4] or the US state of New Mexico.[5] This gives it a ranking of 233rd in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of 326PD/sqkm. Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 16.11%. Ujjain has a sex ratio of 954 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 73.55%. 39.22% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 26.36% and 2.45% of the population respectively.

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 47.58% of the population in the district spoke Malvi, 47.30% Hindi, 2.83% Urdu, 0.58% Gujarati, 0.56% Marathi and 0.40% Sindhi as their first language.[6]

Educational Institutes in Ujjain

Ujjain District is home to Vikram University located on Dewas Road and Maharshi Panini Sanskrit University.

Vikram Uddhyog Puri

The Government of Madhya Pradesh has allotted 1,200 acres for the development of Knowledge City near Ujjain which will be known as Vikram Uddhyog Puri. The city will be mainly used for the education sector and is a part of the ambitious Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor project. The city will come up near Narwar village on Dewas-Ujjain Road.[7] [8]

Tourist places

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tehsil (11) | District Ujjain, Government of Madhya Pradesh | India.
  2. Web site: Parliamentary & Assembly Constituency-Wise Report of Electors in the Final Roll-2009.
  3. Web site: 2011 . District Census Handbook: Ujjain . . Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
  4. Web site: US Directorate of Intelligence. Country Comparison:Population. https://web.archive.org/web/20070613004507/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html. dead. 13 June 2007. 2011-10-01. Slovenia 2,000,092 July 2011 est..
  5. Web site: 2010 Resident Population Data. 2011-09-30. U. S. Census Bureau. New Mexico - 2,059,179.
  6. Web site: Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Madhya Pradesh . censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
  7. Web site: Ujjain's 'Knowledge City' renamed 'Vikram Udyog Puri.
  8. Web site: Madhya Pradesh seeks DMIC approval for two infra projects.

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