Sheopur district
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Key facts
- Country
- India
- State
- Madhya Pradesh
- Division
- Chambal
- Headquarters
- Sheopur
- Tehsils
- 1. Sheopur 2. Vijaypur , 3. Karahal , 4. Birpur, 5. Badoda
- Collector district magistrate
- Shri Shivam Verma IAS
- Lok sabha constituencies
- Morena (shared with Morena district)
- Vidhan sabha constituencies
- 1. Sheopur , 2. Vijaypur
- Total
- 6,606 km (2,551 sq mi)
- Density
- 104.1/km (269.7/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30 ( IST )
- Vehicle registration
- MP 31
- Website
- sheopur .nic .in
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of India
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Chambal division
- Capital
- Sheopur
- Population
- 687861
- Area
- 6606
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Shares border with
- Karauli district
- Official website
- sheopur.nic.in
- Households
- 146043
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- topic's main category
- Category:Sheopur district
- male population
- 361784
- female population
- 326077
- urban population
- 107352
- rural population
- 580509
- literate population
- 328025
- illiterate population
- 359836
- short name
- SHP
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Encyclopedic overview
Sheopur district ( Hindi pronunciation: [ʃjoːpʊɾ]) is a district of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. The district is located in the north of the state and forms part of the Chambal division. It is situated on the periphery of Rajasthan, which shows in the influence of Rajasthani culture in this district.Sheopur District is in northern Madhya Pradesh, India.
The town of Sheopur is the district headquarters. Other towns include Bijeypur, Karahal and Badoda. The district has a population of 687,861 (2011 census) and covers an area of 6,606 km². It is the third least populous district of Madhya Pradesh (out of 50), after Harda and Umaria. It is one of 21 tribal districts of Madhya Pradesh.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sheopur district” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.