Ujjain district is a

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Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, and Rewa being the other major cities. Madhya Pradesh is the second ...

state in

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. The historic city of

Ujjain Ujjain (, Hindustani pronunciation: �d͡ːʒɛːn is a city in Ujjain district of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is the fifth-largest city in Madhya Pradesh by population and is the administrative centre of Ujjain district and Uj ...

is the district headquarters. The district has an area of 6,091 km², and a population of 19,86,864 (2011 census), a 16.12% increase from its 2001 population of 17,10,982.

Geography

The district is bounded by the districts of

Agar malwa Agar Malwa District is a district in the state of Madhya Pradesh in India. It was carved out of Shajapur district. Its administrative headquarters are situated in the town of Agar. History It was a division during the Sindhia state (some of t ...

to the north, Shajapur to the east,

Dewas Dewas is a city in the Malwa region of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The municipality was formerly the seat of two 15-Gun Salute state princely states during the British Raj, Dewas Junior state and Dewas Senior state, ruled by the Pu ...

to the southeast,

Indore Indore () is the largest and most populous city in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It serves as the headquarters of both Indore District and Indore Division. It is also considered as an education hub of the state and is the only city to ...

to the south,

Dhar Dhar is a city located in Dhar district of the Malwa region in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. The city is the administrative headquarters of the Dhar district. Before Indian independence from Great Britain, it was the capital of the Dh ...

to the southwest, and

Ratlam Ratlam, known historically as Ratnapuri (lit. ''gem city''), is a city in the northwestern part of the Malwa region in Madhya Pradesh state of India. The city of Ratlam lies above sea level. It is the administrative headquarters of Ratlam di ...

to the west and northwest. The district is part of Ujjain Division.

Rivers and lakes

The main river is the Shipra river, a tributary of the

Chambal river The Chambal River is a tributary of the Yamuna River in Central and Northern India, and thus forms part of the greater Gangetic drainage system. The river flows north-northeast through Madhya Pradesh, running for a time through Rajasthan t ...

in the east. Other small rivers include the Gambhir river and Kahn river, two tributaries of the Shipra.

Cities and towns

– The city is the administrative centre and chief city of the district and an ancient city situated on the eastern bank of the Kshipra River, Ujjain was the most prominent city on the

Malwa Malwa is a historical region of west-central India occupying a plateau of volcanic origin. Geologically, the Malwa Plateau generally refers to the volcanic upland north of the Vindhya Range. Politically and administratively, it is also sy ...

plateau of central India for much of its history. * Nagda – Prior to being an industrial town, Nagda was a small village. The location near river Chambal and availability of acres of land attracted

Ghanshyam Das Birla Ghanshyam Das Birla (10 April 1894 – 11 June 1983) was an Indian businessman and member of the Birla Family. Birla family history Ghanshyam Das Birla was born on 10 April 1894 at Pilani town in Jhunjhunu district, in the region known as ...

to set up a major facility. Today Nagda is one of the largest viscose staple fiber manufacturers in Asia. * Badnagar – The city is the birthplace of great national poet

Kavi Pradeep Kavi Pradeep (born Ramchandra Narayanji Dwivedi; 6 February 1915 – 11 December 1998), was an Indian poet and songwriter who is best known for his patriotic song "''Aye Mere Watan Ke Logo"'' written as a tribute to the soldiers who had died d ...

. Former

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spent some of his childhood time in Badnagar. *

Fatehabad Chandrawatiganj Fatehabad Chandrawatiganj is a small town in Madhya Pradesh in Central India. It lies on the border of Ujjain district and Indore district. It has its own railway station. Fatehabad and Chandrawatiganj are two villages are very nearly to each o ...

– The city is famous for its railway junction on the

meter gauge line with a link line going to Ujjain Junction. * Khachrod – It is a city and a municipality in Ujjain district * Mahidpur – It is a city and a municipality in Ujjain district. The Battle of Mahidpur between the

Marathas The Marathi people ( Marathi: मराठी लोक) or Marathis are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group who are indigenous to Maharashtra in western India. They natively speak Marathi, an Indo-Aryan language. Maharashtra was formed as a ...

and the British was fought in this town. * Tarana – It is a town and a nagar panchayat in Ujjain district. *

Unhel Unhel is a city in Ujjain district Ujjain district is a district of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. The historic city of Ujjain is the district headquarters. The district has an area of 6,091 km², and a population of 19,86,864 (20 ...

– It is a town and a nagar panchayat in Ujjain district.

Villages

* Jagoti – It is a Gram panchayat in Mahidpur tehsil. * Karaudia

Divisions

At present, after the delimitation of parliamentary and legislative assembly constituencies in 2008, there are eight

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constituencies in this district: Nagada-Khachrod, Mahidpur, Tarana, Ghatiya, Ujjain Dakshin, Ujjain Uttar, Badnagar including a lot from Ratlam District. It is reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled castes since 1966. The current member of the Lok Sabha from Ujjain constituency is Anil firoziya of the

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(BJP).

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Ujjain District has a

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of 1,986,864, roughly equal to the nation of

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or the US state of

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. This gives it a ranking of 233rd in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 16.11%. Ujjain has a

sex ratio The sex ratio (or gender ratio) is usually defined as the ratio of males to females in a population. As explained by Fisher's principle, for evolutionary reasons this is typically about 1:1 in species which reproduce sexually. Many species dev ...

of 954

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for every 1000 males, and a

literacy rate Literacy in its broadest sense describes "particular ways of thinking about and doing reading and writing" with the purpose of understanding or expressing thoughts or ideas in written form in some specific context of use. In other words, huma ...

of 73.55%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 26.36% and 2.45% of the population respectively. At the time of the

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, 47.58% of the population in the district spoke

Malvi The Malvi or Malavi, also known as Manthani or Mahadeopuri, is breed of zebu cattle from the Malwa plateau in western Madhya Pradesh, in central India. It is a good draught breed; the milk yield of the cows is low. The breed has been studie ...

, 47.30%

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, 2.83%

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
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, 0.56% Marathi and 0.40%

Sindhi Sindhi may refer to: *something from, or related to Sindh, a province of Pakistan * Sindhi people, an ethnic group from the Sindh region * Sindhi language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by them People with the name * Sarkash Sindhi (1940–2012 ...

as their first language.

Education

Higher education

Ujjain District is home to Vikram University located on Dewas Road and Maharshi Panini Sanskrit University. *

Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Business Management Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Business Management is located in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh. The institute was established in the year 1989 under Vikram University. The infrastructure includes features such as e-classes that enable the lectur ...

, Ujjain * Ruxmaniben Deepchand Gardi Medical College, Ujjain * Mahakal Institute of Technology, Ujjain * Govt. Madhav Science PG College, Dewas Road, Ujjain * Govt. Madhav Arts and Commerce College, Dewas Gate, Ujjain *

Ujjain Engineering College Ujjain Engineering College is an engineering college in Ujjain city in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. The college was established by the government of Madhya Pradesh in 1966. History The college was founded as Government Engineering ...

, Ujjain used to be Government Engineering College. Edited by Ravi Soni * Avantika College * Mahraja College * Ujjain Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ujjain * Institute of Computer Science, Ujjain * Lokmany Tilak Education College, Ujjain * Government Kalidas Girls College, Ujjain * Govt. Girls PG College. Ujjain, * Lokmanya Tilak Science And Commerce College, Ujjain * Sandipani Law College, Ujjain * Ujjain Polytechnic College, Ujjain * Alpine Institute of Technology, Ujjain

Vikram Uddhyog Puri

The

Government of Madhya Pradesh Government of Madhya Pradesh also known as the State Government of Madhya Pradesh, or locally as the State Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and its 52 districts. It consists of an executiv ...

has allotted 1,200 acres for the development of Knowledge City near Ujjain which will be known as Vikram Uddhyog Puri. The city will be mainly used for the education sector and is a part of the ambitious

Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders w ...

project. The city will come up near Narwar village on

-Ujjain Road.Madhya Pradesh seeks DMIC approval for two infra projects
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References

External links

Ujjain District web site
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