Sagar district
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Sagar district सागर जिला |
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| District of Madhya Pradesh | |
 Location of Sagar district in Madhya Pradesh |
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| Country | India |
| State | Madhya Pradesh |
| Administrative division | Sagar |
| Headquarters | Sagar, Madhya Pradesh |
| Government | |
| • Lok Sabha constituencies | Sagar |
| Area | |
| • Total | 10,252 km2 (3,958 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 2,378,295 |
| • Density | 230/km2 (600/sq mi) |
| Demographics | |
| • Literacy | 77.52 per cent |
| • Sex ratio | 896 |
| Website | [sagar |
Coordinates: 23°48′N 78°40′E / 23.800°N 78.667°E Sagar District is a district of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. The town of Sagar serves as its administrative center.
The district has an area of 10,252 km², and a population of 2,021,783 (2001 census), a twenty-three percent increase from its 1991 population of 1,646,198. Sagar district is dominated by Sonis, Jains and Yadavs.
As of 2011 it is the third most populous district of Madhya Pradesh, after Indore and Jabalpur.
Sagar District is an extensive and elevated plain, broken in places by the low hills of the Vindhyan sandstone. It is traversed by numerous rivers and streams, chief of which are the Sunar, Beas, Dhasan and Bina, all of which flow in a northerly direction towards the valley of the Ganges. In the southern and central areas the soil is black. This is due to decaying vegetation. To the north and the east there is a reddish-brown alluvium. Iron ore of excellent quality is found and worked at Hirapur, a small village in the extreme north-east. The district contains several densely wooded tracts, the largest of which is the Ramna teak forest preserve in the north.
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