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Saugor District

Sagar district
सागर जिला
District of Madhya Pradesh
Location of Sagar district in Madhya Pradesh
Location of Sagar district in Madhya Pradesh
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.nic.in Official website]

Coordinates: 23°48′N 78°40′E / 23.800°N 78.667°E / 23.800; 78.667 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.


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