Morena district
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Morena district Morena जिला |
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| District of Madhya Pradesh | |
 Location of Morena district in Madhya Pradesh |
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| Country | India |
| State | Madhya Pradesh |
| Administrative division | Chambal |
| Headquarters | Morena |
| Tehsils | 1. Morena, 2. Ambah, 3. Porsa, 4. Joura, 5. Sabalgarh and 6. Kailaras |
| Government | |
| • Lok Sabha constituencies | Morena (shared with Sheopur district) |
| • Assembly seats | 1. Sabalgarh, 2. Joura, 3. Sumawali, 4. Morena, 5. Dimani and 6. Ambah |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4,998 km2 (1,930 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 1,965,137 |
| • Density | 390/km2 (1,000/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 22.56 |
| Demographics | |
| • Literacy | 72.1 |
| • Sex ratio | 839 |
| Major highways | NH3 |
| Website | Official website |
Morena district (Hindi: मुरैना जिला) is one of the 50 districts of the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The name, Morena is derived from the mor + raina means the place where peacock is enormously found. Morena, which has an identity of being home to perhaps the largest number of peacocks in the India. The district is part of Chambal Division. The town of Morena is the district and divisional headquarters. The district has a widely dispersed population of 1,965,137 as of 2011. Morena is fifth district in state in density of population after Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur, Gwalior. The district is mostly farmland, and trains are a popular form of transportation, although they connect only about 15% of the villages within Morena. At present buses are most useful and popular means of transportation. Morena is famous for its mustard production and one of the most famous KS oils HQ is situated here. Morena is also famous for Honey production. This region is dominated by Tyagi(Brahmins), Brahmins, Baghel,Gurjar, Kirar , Dhakad(Mr. Maniram Dhakad, Ex-MLA), Sikarwar and Tomar Rajputs Clans Paan Singh Tomar and other famous dacoits who operated in and around Morena have etched a Robin Hood-esque romanticism on Indian psyche about this remote region.
It consists of princely states of Gurjar's (Ghuraiya basai & Sabalgarh) Tomar rajput (Aisha) Most of the territory of the present-day Morena district formed part of the erstwhile princely state of Gwalior. After India's independence in 1947, the princely states acceded to the Government of India, and Morena District acquired its present boundaries with the addition of the princely state of Pahargarh in the south of the district. Morena District became part of the newly formed state of Madhya Bharat, which was merged into Madhya Pradesh on 1 November 1956.
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