Shajapur district
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Shajapur district शाजापुर जिला |
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| District of Madhya Pradesh | |
 Location of Shajapur district in Madhya Pradesh |
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| Country | India |
| State | Madhya Pradesh |
| Administrative division | Ujjain |
| Headquarters | Shajapur |
| Government | |
| • Lok Sabha constituencies | Dewas |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6,196 km2 (2,392 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 1,512,353 |
| • Density | 240/km2 (630/sq mi) |
| Demographics | |
| • Literacy | 70.17 per cent |
| • Sex ratio | 939 |
| Website | Official website |
Shajapur District is a district of Madhya Pradesh state of central India. The town of Shajapur is the district headquarters.
Shajapur District is part of the Malwa Plateau. The district is situated in the northwestern part of the state and lies between latitudes 32"06' and 24" 19' North and longitudes 75" 41' and 77" 02' East. The district is bounded by Ujjain District to the west, Dewas and Sehore to the south, Rajgarh to the east, and Jhalawar District of Rajasthan to the north. Shajapur district is part of Ujjain Division.Shajapur district in Ujjain division was brought during 1981 census. The district is identified from the Headquarters town Shajapur named after honor of Shahjahan the Mughal Emperor who halted here in 1640. It is said that the original name was Shahjahanpur, which subsequently reduces to Shajapur. Since the formation of the Gwalior state, it has remained a district.
The district was formerly a district of Gwalior State. When Gwalior acceded to the Government of India after Indian Independence in 1947, Shajapur District, along with the rest of Gwalior State, became part of Madhya Bharat. Madhya Bharat was merged into Madhya Pradesh on November 1, 1956.
The entire district is a part of the Deccan Traps flood basalts of the Cretaceous-Paleocene. Alluvium of the recent period is, however, found along the river Parbati in a narrow strip. The district has deep black and shallow black brown and alluvial soils of the northern region. Shajapur is a part of central Madhya Pradesh plateau and Ratlam plateau. The physical geography of the district can be sub-divided into the following:
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