Anuppur district

Anuppur District (अनूपपुर) is an administrative district in Shahdol Division of Madhya Pradesh state in central India.

This article is about the district. For its eponymous headquarters, see Anuppur.
Anuppur district
District of Madhya Pradesh
Amarkantak, source of the Narmada
Location of Anuppur district in Madhya Pradesh
Country India
StateMadhya Pradesh
DivisionShahdol
HeadquartersAnuppur
Government
 • Lok Sabha constituenciesShahdol
Area
 • Total3,746 km2 (1,446 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total749,237
 • Density200/km2 (520/sq mi)
Demographics
 • Literacy69.08 per cent
 • Sex ratio975
Time zoneUTC+05:30 (IST)
Websiteanuppur.nic.in/en/

The district has an area of 3701 km², and a population of 749,237 (2011 Census). 309,624 people are from scheduled tribes and 48,376 are scheduled castes. The district is bordered by Koriya District of Chhattisgarh state on the east, Bilaspur District of Chhattisgarh on the southeast, Dindori District of Madhya Pradesh on the southwest, Umaria District of Madhya Pradesh on the west, and Shahdol District on the northwest and north. The administrative headquarters of the district is Anuppur.

The district has one Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, and Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, a central university at Amarkantak.

The district was created on 15 August 2003 out of Shahdol District. It is part of Shahdol Division.

Anuppur district is mostly hilly and forested. The Narmada River originates from the hill of Amarkantak in the Maikal Hills, and the Son River originates nearby. Almost the entirety of the district is in the Ganga basin, while a small portion in the south in the Narmada basin.

History

Early history of Anuppur district is, however, not clearly chronicled. Anuppur is a newly created district out of earstwhile Shahdol district. By local belief the area of the district was the capital of king Virat. Likewise Amarkantak is associated with thepical hermites Bhirgu Markandeya etc. as well as Pandava brothers. The north of Son river is believed to be ruled by Magadh empire. The rulers of Mekala who seem to have come under the overlordship of the Vakataks were known as the Panvanshis of Mekala. The old country of Mekala lay about the present Amarkantak Hills and its name can be traced in the hills of the Maikal range. Some historians think that Mekala was a small tribe living in the tract of country, comprising the modern Amarkantaka hill and the surrounding territory.

The Sohagpur and Amarkantak districts were given to the Rewa ruler after the 1857 upsurge, in lieu of the help given by the Rewa Chief in quelling the mutineers in Ramgarh (Mandla district) and other places. The district thereafter continued as a part of Shahdol district to be under the Baghel rule till 1947, when the Rewa State merged with Indian Union.

The Bhonsles of Nagpur built the Narmada temple. Maharaja Gulab Singh belonging to the Baghel dynasty of Rewa constructed the outer boundary wall of the temple complex. The Kalchuris constructed the Machendranath and the Patleshwar temple at Amarkantak. These references establish that the district was ruled by Bhonsles of Nagpur and also Kalchuris earlier.

Demographics
Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901128,297—    
1911146,726+1.35%
1921136,290−0.74%
1931164,224+1.88%
1941187,591+1.34%
1951205,240+0.90%
1961249,115+1.96%
1971310,763+2.24%
1981418,833+3.03%
1991556,074+2.87%
2001667,155+1.84%
2011749,237+1.17%
source:[1]

According to the 2011 census, Anuppur district has a population of 749,237,[2] roughly equal to the nation of Guyana[3] or the US state of Alaska.[4] This gives it a ranking of 492nd in India (out of a total of 640).[2] The district has a population density of 200 inhabitants per square kilometre (520/sq mi) .[2] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 12.35%.[2] Anuppur has a sex ratio of 975 females for every 1000 males,[2] and a literacy rate of 69.08%.[2]

Barbaspur (Chondi) near Bhaloo mada coal mines is the biggest village of the Anuppur district.

Languages

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 91.89% of the population in the district spoke Hindi, 2.97% Bagheli and 2.23% Gondi as their first language.[5]

Education

References
  1. Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901
  2. "District Census 2011". Census2011.co.in. 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
  3. US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Retrieved 2011-10-01. Guyana 744,768
  4. "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 2013-10-19. Retrieved 2011-09-30. Alaska 710,231
  5. 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue

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