Chhatarpur district

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{{About|the district|its eponymous headquarters|Chhatarpur}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2017}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Chhatarpur district
| settlement_type = [[List of districts of Madhya Pradesh|District]] of [[Madhya Pradesh]]
| total_type = Total
| native_name =
| image_skyline = Lakshman Temple of Khajuraho 10th Century AD Western Group of Temples.jpg
| image_caption = Temple at [[Khajuraho Group of Monuments|Khajuraho]]
| image_map = MP Chhatarpur district map.svg
| map_caption = Location of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh
| coordinates = {{coord|24.915709|N|79.582214|E|region:IN_type:city|display=title}}
| coor_pinpoint = Chhatarpur
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Madhya Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2 = Division
| subdivision_name2 = [[Sagar division|Sagar]]
| established_title = Established
| established_date =
| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Chhatarpur]]
| parts_type = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]
| parts_style = para
| p1 =
| area_total_km2 = 8,687
| area_footnotes =
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 1,762,375
| population_footnotes =
| population_urban =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = Demographics
| demographics1_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]
| demographics1_info1 = 64.9 per cent
| demographics1_title2 = Sex ratio
| demographics1_info2 = 884
| leader_title = [[District Magistrate]]
| leader_name = Mr. Sheelendra Singh [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]
| leader_title1 = [[Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name1 = [[Khajuraho (Lok Sabha constituency)|Khajuraho]]
| leader_title2 =
| leader_name2 =
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +05:30
| registration_plate = MP 16
| blank_name_sec1 =
| blank_info_sec1 =
| blank_name_sec2 =
| blank_info_sec2 =
| website = http://Chhatarpur.nic.in
| official_name =
}}
'''Chhatarpur District''' is a [[Districts of Madhya Pradesh|district]] of [[Madhya Pradesh]] [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[central India]]. The town of [[Chhatarpur]] is the district headquarters.

==Geography==
Chattarpur district located at 24.06° & 25.20°N 78.59° & 80.26° E respectively. The district has an area of 8,687 km². Chhatarpur District is bounded by [[Uttar Pradesh]] state to the north, and the Madhya Pradesh districts of [[Panna District|Panna]] to the east, [[Damoh District|Damoh]] to the south, [[Sagar District|Sagar]] to the southwest, and [[Tikamgarh District|Tikamgarh]] to the west. Chhatarpur District is part of [[Sagar Division]].<ref name=admin>{{cite web| url =http://chhatarpur.nic.in/ | title =Chhatarpur | publisher =Chhatarpur district administration |access-date = 2010-08-18 }}</ref>

==Economy==
It is one of the 24 districts in Madhya Pradesh currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).<ref name=brgf>{{cite web|author=Ministry of Panchayati Raj |date=8 September 2009 |title=A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme |publisher=National Institute of Rural Development |url=http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf |access-date=27 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405033402/http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf |archive-date=5 April 2012 }}</ref>

==Demographics==
According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Chhatarpur District has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 1,762,375,<ref name=districtcensus>{{cite web | url = http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php | title = District Census 2011 | access-date = 2011-09-30 | year = 2011 | publisher = Census2011.co.in}}</ref> roughly equal to the nation of [[The Gambia]]<ref name="cia">{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | access-date = 2011-10-01 | quote = Gambia, The 1,797,860 July 2011 est.
}}</ref> or the US state of [[Nebraska]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|title=2010 Resident Population Data
|publisher=U. S. Census Bureau
|access-date=2011-09-30
|quote=Nebraska 1,826,341
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019160532/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|archive-date=2013-10-19
}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 271st in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|707]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert| 203 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}} .<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 19.54%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Chhattarpur has a [[sex ratio]] of 884 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 64.9%. Scheduled Castes and Tribes made up 23% and 4.2% of the population respectively.<ref name=districtcensus/>

At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 99.33% of the population in the district spoke [[Hindi]] and 0.44% [[Urdu]] as their first language.<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue]</ref>

Chhatarpur district had a population of 1,474,633 (2001 census), a 27% increase from its 1991 population of 1,158,853.<ref name=admin/>{{historical populations|11=1901|12=4,41,124|13=1911|14=4,76,507|15=1921|16=4,37,318|17=1931|18=4,34,014|19=1941|20=4,64,041|21=1951|22=4,81,140|23=1961|24=5,87,373|25=1971|26=7,12,385|27=1981|28=8,86,660|29=1991|30=11,58,076|31=2001|32=14,74,723|33=2011|34=17,62,375|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>|align=middle}}

==People from Chhatarpur district==
* [[Satyavrat Chaturvedi]]
* [[Asgari Bai]] - [[Dhrupad]] singer and recipient of [[Padma Shri]]
* [[Babu Gulabrai]] - Hindi writer
* [[Virendra Kumar]]
* [[Jeetendra Singh Bundela]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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{{Geographic location
|Centre = Chhatarpur district
|North = [[Mahoba district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
|Northeast = [[Banda district (India)|Banda district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
|East = [[Panna district]]
|Southeast =
|South = [[Damoh district]]
|Southwest = [[Lalitpur district, Uttar Pradesh|Lalitpur district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]] <br> [[Sagar district]]
|West = [[Tikamgarh district]]
|Northwest = [[Jhansi district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
}}

{{Districts of Madhya Pradesh}}
{{Sagar Division}}
{{Authority control}}

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