Indore District is a district of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. The district derived its name from the city of Indore,which serves as its administrative headquarters. This district is part of Indore Division.[1]
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Demography
The district has an area of 3,898 km². Population of the district is 3,574,768 (2009 census). Total literacy rate is 78.82% (male 84.71% and female 65.96%) (2001 census).
Geography
The Indore District is bounded by the districts of Ujjain to the north, Dewas to the east, Khargone (West Nimar) to the south, and Dhar to the west.
Rivers and Lakes
Two main rivers are Chambal at the west (which originates from Vindhya range south of Mhow) and Kshipra, a tributary of Chambal at the east. Other small rivers include Gambhir and Khan, two tributaries of Kshipra.
Cities and Towns
Indore is the administrative centre and chief city of the district. Mhow is an important cantonment town in Indore District, it has three of the Indian Army's premier training institutes. The Border Security Force (BSF) has its Central School of Weapons and Tactics (CSWT) at Indore. Other towns are Depalpur and Sanwer.
Divisions
Indore district consists of 4 Tehsils: Depalpur, Sanwer, Indore and Mhow. Number of Blocks in the district is also 4 (consisting of 36 Police Stations). There are total 335 Panchayats and 649 villages in these 4 blocks. Rojadi is one of them which is the first village in which every house has power cabel direct to the transformer.
There is one Lok Sabha constituency in this district. The member of Lok Sabha in Parliament from Indore is Smt. Sumitra Mahajan of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). She is member of Parliament since 1989 CE. There are nine Vidhan Sabha constituencies in this District. They are Indore I to V, Rau, Depalpur, Mhow and Sawer. Rau was newly added before November 2008 state election. Also Mhow tehsil will be now part of Dhar Lok Sabha seat.
References
External links
- Indore District
- Mhow Ki Khabrein A weblog dedicated to Mhow the cantonment town in Indore district.
- Raizada, Ajit Indore, Department of Archaeology and Museum, Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal, 1992 (in Hindi). In Indore District Betma is an ancient town related with samrat Ashok, Raja Bhoj & Sikh Guru Guru Nanak Devji.
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