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 23% increase from its 1991 population of 1,646,198. Sagar is bounded by Lalitpur District of Uttar Pradesh state to the north, and the Madhya Pradesh districts of Chhatarpur to the northeast, Damoh to the east, Narsinghpur to the south, Raisen to the southwest, Vidisha to the west, and Ashoknagar to the northwest. Sagar district is dominated by Sonis, Jains and Yadavs.kushwahas
As of 2011 it is the third most populous district of Madhya Pradesh (out of 50), after Indore and Jabalpur.