Neemuch district

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

Neemuch district
District of Madhya Pradesh
Clockwise from top-left: Nava Toran Temple in Khor, Neemuch British fort, hills near Sukhanand Dham, Welspun Solar Power Plant, Shiva Temple in Manasa
Location of Neemuch district in Madhya Pradesh
Country	India
State	Madhya Pradesh
Division	Ujjain
Headquarters	Neemuch
Tehsils	Neemuch, Jiran, Jawad, Manasa, Singoli
Government
•  Collector	Mr. Mayank Agrawal IAS
•  Lok Sabha constituencies	Mandsaur (shared with Mandsaur district)
•  Vidhan Sabha constituencies	1. Manasa, 2. Neemuch and 3. Jawad
Area
• Total	3,875 km2 (1,496 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	826,067
• Density	210/km2 (550/sq mi)
Demographics
•  Literacy	71.81 per cent
• Sex ratio	959
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
Major highways	NH 79
Website	neemuch.nic.in

Neemuch district is one of the 53 districts of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. The town of Neemuch is the administrative headquarters of the district.

Asia's largest solar power plant, inaugurated by Narendra Modi, as BJP's prime ministerial candidate Welspun Solar MP project operating since February, 2014 at Neemuch. It is a 151 megawatt) photovoltaic power station constructed at a cost of 1100 crore rupees (about $182,000,000) on 305 hectares (750 acres) of land.

Neemuch district is part of Ujjain Division and had 726,070 inhabitants as of 2001, rising to 826,067 as of 2011. ^[1] Neemuch district is bordered by Rajasthan state on the west and north, and by Mandsaur district to the east and south.

History

This district was created on 30 June 1998 by separating Neemuch, Manasa and Jawad tehsils of the erstwhile Mandsaur district. During the British rule, the district headquarters Neemuch was a cantonment town, known as the North India Mounted Artillery and Cavalry Headquarters (NIMACH). It was later converted into the headquarters of the Crown's Representative Police Force in 1939.

Economy

Neemuch economy is driven by agriculture produce trading, service sector like CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force), Cement plants like Vikram Cements of Aditya Birla Group and remittance from thousands of migrants all over the country. In fact this small town is native to many senior corporate professionals including CEO of companies like Wipro, Key management professionals at Reliance Industries, Grasim and many IITians and doctors.

It is also home town of once famous Agarwal Classes, Mumbai for IITs. The owner GD Agarwal has established an eye hospital Gomabai Darbarilal Agarwal, The hospital is considered as best place in region for eyes and has also established Neemuch with highest eye donation in region.

It is one of the largest producers of opium in the world. Other agriculture products are wheat, garlic, oilseeds, herbs like Ashwagandha and have very active agriculture market.

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	127,363	—
1911	143,671	+1.21%
1921	148,658	+0.34%
1931	168,704	+1.27%
1941	198,959	+1.66%
1951	232,846	+1.59%
1961	284,490	+2.02%
1971	368,203	+2.61%
1981	488,118	+2.86%
1991	598,339	+2.06%
2001	726,070	+1.95%
2011	826,067	+1.30%
source: [2]

Religions in Neemuch district (2011) [3]
Religion			Percent
Hinduism			89.74%
Islam			8.15%
Jainism			1.71%
Other or not stated			0.40%

According to the 2011 census Neemuch District has a population of 826,067, ^[4] roughly equal to the US state of South Dakota. ^[5] This gives it a ranking of 477th in India (out of a total of 640). ^[4]

The district has a population density of 194 inhabitants per square kilometre (500/sq mi). ^[4] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 13.76%. ^[4] Neemuch has a sex ratio of 959 females for every 1000 males, ^[4] and a literacy rate of 71.81%. 29.69% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 13.46% and 8.65% of the population respectively. ^[4]

Languages of Neemuch district (2011) ^[6]

   Mewari (46.29%)

   Hindi (41.62%)

   Malwi (3.61%)

   Banjari (2.98%)

   Rajasthani (1.61%)

   Urdu (1.15%)

  Others (2.74%)

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 46.29% of the population in the district spoke Mewari, 41.62% Hindi, 3.61% Malvi, 2.98% Banjari, 1.61% Rajasthani, 1.15% Urdu and 0.67% Gujarati as their first language. ^[6]

Name	Status	District	City of Outgrowth	Population Census 1991	Population Census 2001	Population Census 2011
Neemuch	Municipality	Neemuch	Neemuch	86,439	107,663	128,095
Manasa	Nagar Panchayat	Neemuch		19,034	22,623	26,551
Rampura	Nagar Panchayat	Neemuch		15,848	17,757	18,364
Jawad	Nagar Panchayat	Neemuch		14,228	16,687	17,129
Kukdeshwar	Nagar Panchayat	Neemuch		...	10,793	11,956
Jiran	Nagar Panchayat	Neemuch		9,321	10,523	11,518
Singoli	Nagar Panchayat	Neemuch		6,606	8,316	9,523
Ratangarh	Nagar Panchayat	Neemuch		5,811	7,004	7,994
Diken	Nagar Panchayat	Neemuch		6,042	7,208	7,951
Khor	Census Town	Neemuch		...	5,665	5,683
Kumaria	Ward of Outgrowth	Neemuch	Neemuch	...	...	466

Tourist Places

• Gandhisagar Dam

See also

• Dudarsi
• Ujjain
• Indore

References

1. "Neemuch - District of Madhya Pradesh - Government of Madhya Pradesh - Profile". Archived from the original on 2006-11-07. Retrieved 2006-12-12.
2. "Table A-02 Decadal Variation in Population Since 1901: Madhya Pradesh" (PDF). census.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
3. "Table C-01 Population By Religion: Madhya Pradesh". census.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
4. "District Census Handbook: Neemuch" (PDF). Census of India . Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
5. "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2011-09-30. South Dakota 814,180
6. "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Madhya Pradesh". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.

External links

• Neemuch District web site
• Neemuch Mandi Bhav Today

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