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

District of Madhya Pradesh in India




























Raisen district


रायसेन जिला

District of Madhya Pradesh

Location of Raisen district in Madhya Pradesh
Location of Raisen district in Madhya Pradesh

CountryIndia
StateMadhya Pradesh
Administrative divisionBhopal
HeadquartersRaisen
Tehsils
10
Government

 • Lok Sabha constituencies
(Vidisha)
(Lok Sabha constituency)
Area

 • Total8,399 km2 (3,243 sq mi)
Population
(2011)

 • Total1,331,699
 • Density160/km2 (410/sq mi)
 • Urban

Subehdar Jagdish Puti
Demographics

 • Literacy
74.26 per cent
 • Sex ratio899
WebsiteOfficial website

Raisen District is a district of Madhya Pradesh state of India. The town of Raisen is the district headquarters. The district is part of Bhopal Division. Sanchi University of Buddhist-Indic Studies is the first international university located at Sanchi Town.






Contents





  • 1 Etymology


  • 2 Geography


  • 3 History


  • 4 Demographics


  • 5 Tourism


  • 6 Transportation


  • 7 References


  • 8 External links




Etymology


Raisen District takes its name from Raisen town, which is named after a fort. This fort is built on a sandstone hill, at the foot of which settles the town. The name is probably a corruption of Rajavasini or Rajasayan, the royal residence.[citation needed]



Geography


Raisen district is situated between the latitude 22 47' and 23 33' north and the longitude 7721' and 78 49' east. Sehore district lies in west, Vidisha district in the north, Sagar district in the east and south-east, Narsimhapur district in the south-east, Hoshangabad and Sehore districts in the south. It covers an area of 8,395 square kilometres (3,241 sq mi).[1]


Raisen district has eight tehsils – Raisen, Goharganj, Begamganj, Gairatganj, Silwani, Bareli, Udaipura and Badi.[1]



History


The territory of the present-day Raisen district was once part of the Nizamat-A-Mashrif district of the Bhopal princely state. After the Bhopal State of independent India came into being, Raisen was declared a separate district on 5 May 1950.[2]


The Buddhist monuments at Sanchi, a UNESCO world heritage site, are located in Raisen district.[3]Bhimbetka rock shelters, another UNESCO world heritage site, are also located in Raisen district.
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Demographics




Young girls in the Raisen district


According to the 2011 census Raisen District has a population of 1,331,699,[5] roughly equal to the nation of Mauritius[6] or the US state of Maine.[7] This gives it a ranking of 365th in India (out of a total of 640).[5] The district has a population density of 157 inhabitants per square kilometre (410/sq mi) .[5] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 18.36%.[5] Raisen has a sex ratio of 899 females for every 1000 males,[5] and a literacy rate of 74.26%.[5]



Tourism


Raisen District has many tourism places like
Sanchi:- World heritage, 46 km from Bhopal and 32 km from Vidisha,
Bhojpur:- The Bhojpur temple houses the largest Shiva lingam in India, which is 5.5 m (18 ft) tall and 2.3 m (7.5 ft) in circumference and is crafted out a single rock.



Transportation


Raisen is 45 km from Bhopal, Its connected to Bhopal via NH-86. NH-12 also passes through the District.



References




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  2. ^ "District Census Handbook - Raisen" (PDF). 2011 Census of India. Directorate of Census Operations, Madhya Pradesh. Retrieved 2015-07-21.


  3. ^ "An Historical and Artistic Description of Sanchi (1918)". Archived from the original on 10 February 2009. Retrieved 14 August 2010.


  4. ^ "Rock Shelters of bhimbhetka". UNESCO. Retrieved 2010-08-14.


  5. ^ abcdef "District Census 2011". Census2011.co.in. 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-30.


  6. ^ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Retrieved 2011-10-01. Mauritius 1,303,717 July 2011 est.


  7. ^ "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2011-09-30. Maine 1,328,361




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