Sheopur district


Sheopur District is a district of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. The district is located in the north of the state and forms part of Chambal Division. It is situated on the periphery of Rajsthan which shows an impact of Rajsthani culture in this district.
The town of Sheopur is the district headquarters. Other towns include Bijeypur, Karahal and Badoda. The district has a population of 687,861 and covers an area of 6,606 km². It is the third least populous district of Madhya Pradesh, after Harda and Umaria. It is one out of 21 tribal districts of Madhya Pradesh.

History

Sheopur district was carved out of Morena District in 1998.

Economy

In 2006 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Sheopur one of the country's 250 most backward districts. It is one of the 24 districts in Madhya Pradesh currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme.

Divisions

The district comprises three sub-divisions: Sheopur, Vijaypur and Karahal. Sheopur sub-division consists two tehsils: Sheopur and Baroda. Vijaypur sub-division also comprises two tehsils: Vijaypur and Veerpur. Karahal sub-division comprises the lone tehsil of Karahal. There are two nagar palikas in this district: Sheopur and Baroda and a nagar panchayat, Vijaypur.
There are two Vidhan Sabha constituencies in this district, namely, Sheopur and Vijaypur. Both of these are part of Morena Lok Sabha constituency.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Sheopur District has a population of 687,861, roughly equal to the nation of Equatorial Guinea or the US state of North Dakota. This gives it a ranking of 505th in India. The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 22.96%. Sheopur has a sex ratio of 902 females for every 1,000 males, and a literacy rate of 58.02%.
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 96.74% of the population in the district spoke Hindi, 2.02% Urdu and 0.91% Punjabi as their first language.