Raisen District is a

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. The town of Raisen is the district headquarters. The district is part of Bhopal Division.

Sanchi University of Buddhist-Indic Studies Sanchi University of Buddhist-Indic Studies (SUBIS) is a state university located at Sanchi, Madhya Pradesh, India. It was established in 2013 by the Government of Madhya Pradesh under ''Sanchi University of Buddhist-Indic Studies Act, 2012''. ...

is the first international university located at

Sanchi Town Sanchi Town (साँची) is a Nagar panchayat, near Raisen town in Raisen District of the state of Madhya Pradesh, India, it is located north east of Bhopal, and from Besnagar or Vidisha in the central part of the state of Madhya Prad ...

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.

Geography

Raisen district is situated between the latitude 22 47' and 23 33' north and the longitude 7721' and 78 49' east.

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lies in west,

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in the north, Sagar district in the east and south-east, Narsimhapur district in the south-east,

Hoshangabad Hoshangabad, officially known as Narmadapuram is a city and municipality in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It serves as the headquarters of both Hoshangabad district and Narmadapuram division. It is located in central India, on the south ...

and

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districts in the south. It covers an area of . Raisen district has Ten tehsils – Raisen, Goharganj,

Begamganj Begumganj is a town and a municipality in Raisen district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. and is located on the Bhopal - Sagar National Highway (NH-86 A) 120 km away from Bhopal. It is one of the five divisions of the Raisen distri ...

Gairatganj Gairatganj is a census town in Raisen district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. Demographics As of the 2011 Census of India The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and populatio ...

, Silwani, Bareli,

Udaipura Udaipura is a town and a nagar panchayat in Raisen district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Udaipura has an average elevation of 321 metres (1,053 feet). Demographics India census A census is the procedure of systematica ...

, Deori, Sultanpur and Badi.

History

The territory of the present-day Raisen district was once part of the Nizamat-A-Mashrif district of the

Bhopal Bhopal (; ) is the capital city of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and the administrative headquarters of both Bhopal district and Bhopal division. It is known as the ''City of Lakes'' due to its various natural and artificial lakes. It i ...

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. After the

Bhopal State Bhopal State (pronounced ) was an Islamic principality founded in the beginning of 18th-century India by the Afghan Mughal noble Dost Muhammad Khan. It was a tributary state during 18th century, a princely salute state with 19-gun salute ...

of independent India came into being, Raisen was declared a separate district on 5 May 1950. The Buddhist monuments at

Sanchi Sanchi is a Buddhist complex, famous for its Great Stupa, on a hilltop at Sanchi Town in Raisen District of the State of Madhya Pradesh, India. It is located, about 23 kilometres from Raisen town, district headquarter and north-east of Bh ...

, a UNESCO world heritage site, are located in Raisen district.

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, another UNESCO world heritage site, are also located in Raisen district.

Demographics

Young Indian girls, Raisen district, Madhya Pradesh

According to the 2011 census Raisen District has a

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of 1,331,597, 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 365th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of . Its

population growth rate Population growth is the increase in the number of people in a population or dispersed group. Actual global human population growth amounts to around 83 million annually, or 1.1% per year. The global population has grown from 1 billion in 1800 to ...

over the decade 2001-2011 was 18.36%. Raisen 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 devia ...

of 899

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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 74.26%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 16.96% and 15.40% of the population respectively. At the time of the

2011 Census of India The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...

, 97.28% of the population in the district spoke

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and 1.99%

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
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Tourism

Raisen District has many tourism places like

:- World heritage, 46 km from

and 32 km from

Vidisha Vidisha (विदिशा, formerly known as Bhelsa and known as Besnagar in ancient times) is a city in central Madhya Pradesh, India. It is located 62.5 km northeast of the state capital, Bhopal. The name "Vidisha" is derived from th ...

, Bhojpur:- The Bhojpur temple houses one of the largest

Shiva lingam A lingam ( sa, लिङ्ग , lit. "sign, symbol or mark"), sometimes referred to as linga or Shiva linga, is an abstract or aniconic representation of the Hindu god Shiva in Shaivism. It is typically the primary ''murti'' or devotional i ...

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 43.8 km from

, Its connected to Bhopal via NH-86. NH-12 also passes through the district.

References

External links

{{Authority control Districts of Madhya Pradesh 1950 establishments in India