Shahdol district
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Key facts
- Country
- India
- State
- Madhya Pradesh
- Division
- Shahdol
- Headquarters
- Shahdol
- Deputy commissioner
- Satendra Singh, IAS
- Total
- 6,205 km (2,396 sq mi)
- Density
- 171.8/km (445.0/sq mi)
- Literacy
- 66.7 per cent
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30 ( IST )
- Website
- shahdol .nic .in
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of India
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Shahdol division
- Capital
- Shahdol
- Population
- 1066063
- Area
- 6205
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Shares border with
- Satna district
- Official website
- shahdol.nic.in
- Households
- 251452
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- Commons category
- Shahdol district
- topic's main category
- Category:Shahdol district
- male population
- 540021
- female population
- 526042
- urban population
- 219600
- rural population
- 846463
- literate population
- 604194
- illiterate population
- 461869
- short name
- SHD
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Encyclopedic overview
Shahdol district ( Hindi pronunciation: [ʃɛʱ.ɖoːl]) is a district of Madhya Pradesh state in east central India. Its old name was Matsya raj or Virat kingdom in the name of great king Maharaja Virata. With a total area of 6,205 km (2,396 sq mi) and a population of 10,66,063. Shahdol is an important district of Madhya Pradesh. The town of Shahdol is the district headquarters. The district formerly comprised Shahdol division.
The Virateshwara Temple in Sohagpur Vangana is the most important tourist destination of Shahdol and a structural masterpiece. The district extends 110 km (68 mi) from east to west and 170 km (110 mi) from north to south.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shahdol district” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.