Neemuch District

This article is about the district. For its eponymous headquarters, see Neemuch.

Neemuch district नीमच जिला
Location of Neemuch district in Madhya Pradesh
State	Madhya Pradesh,  India
Administrative division	Ujjain
Headquarters	Neemuch
Area	3,875 km2 (1,496 sq mi)
Population	725,457 (2001)
Population density	170 /km2 (440 /sq mi)
Sex ratio	950
Tehsils	1. Neemuch, 2. Manasa and 3. Jawad
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Mandsaur (shared with Mandsaur district)
Assembly Seats	1. Manasa, 2. Neemuch and 3. Jawad
Major highways	NH 79
Official website

Neemuch district (Hindi: नीमच जिला) is one of the 50 districts of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. The town of Neemuch is the administrative headquarters of the district.

Neemuch district is part of Ujjain Division and had approximately 700,000 inhabitants as of 2001.^[1] Neemuch district is bordered by Rajasthan state on the west and north, and by Mandsaur district to the east and south.

History

This district was created on 30 June 1998 by separating Neemuch, Manasa and Jawad tehsils of the erstwhile Mandsaur district. During the British rule, the district headquarters Neemuch was a cantonment town, known as the North India Mounted Artillery and Cavalry Headquarters (NIMACH). It was later converted into the headquarters of the Crown's Representative Police Force in 1939.

Economy

It is one of the largest producers of opium in the world. It is also very large producer of oilseeds.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Neemuch District has a population of 825,958,^[2] roughly equal to the nation of Qatar^[3] or the US state of South Dakota.^[4] This gives it a ranking of 477th in India (out of a total of 640).^[2] The district has a population density of 194 inhabitants per square kilometre (500 /sq mi) .^[2] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 13.76 %.^[2] Neemuch has a sex ratio of 959 females for every 1000 males,^[2] and a literacy rate of 71.81 %.^[2]

References

1. ^ http://neemuch.nic.in/profile.htm
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f} "District Census 2011". Census2011.co.in. 2011. http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php. Retrieved 2011-09-30. 
3. ^ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html. Retrieved 2011-10-01. "Qatar 848,016 July 2011 est." 
4. ^ "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php. Retrieved 2011-09-30. "South Dakota 814,180" 

External links

• Neemuch District web site