Burhanpur district
Sign in to savedistrict of Madhya Pradesh, India
Key facts
- Country
- India
- State
- Madhya Pradesh
- Division
- Indore
- Established
- 15 August 2003 ( 2003-08-15 )
- Headquarters
- Burhanpur
- District collector
- Bhavya Mittal ( IAS )
- Lok sabha constituencies
- Khandwa
- Vidhan sabha constituencies
- Nepanagar (179) , Burhanpur (180)
- Total
- 3,427 km (1,323 sq mi)
- Density
- 221.1/km (572.8/sq mi)
- Literacy
- 65.28 per cent
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30 ( IST )
- Website
- burhanpur .nic .in
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of India
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Indore division
- Capital
- Burhanpur
- Population
- 757847
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Shares border with
- Buldhana district
- Official website
- www.burhanpur.nic.in
- Households
- 146341
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- Commons category
- Burhanpur district
- topic's main category
- Category:Burhanpur district
- male population
- 388504
- female population
- 369343
- urban population
- 260287
- rural population
- 497560
- literate population
- 408679
- illiterate population
- 349168
- native label
- Burhanpur
- short name
- BRH
- inception
- 2003-08-15
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Encyclopedic overview
Burhanpur district ( Hindi pronunciation: [bʊɾɦaːnpʊɾ]) is a district of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. The city of Burhanpur is the district headquarters.
Burhanpur District was created on 15 August 2003, from the southern portion of Khandwa District. The Tapti River flows through the district from east to west. The district is divided from Khandwa District on the north by the Satpura Range, which is also the divide between the Narmada River valley and the valley of the Tapti. The pass through the Satpuras that connects Burhanpur and Khandwa is one of the main routes connecting northern and southern India, and the Asirgarh fortress, which commands the pass, is known as the "Key to the Deccan".
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