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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Shivpuri district
| settlement_type = [[List of districts of Madhya Pradesh|District]] of [[Madhya Pradesh]]
| total_type = Total
| native_name =
| image_skyline = Madhav Natioinal Park.JPG
| image_caption = Lake in Madhav National Park
| image_map = MP Shivpuri district map.svg
| map_caption = Location of Shivpuri district in Madhya Pradesh
| coordinates =
| coor_pinpoint = Shivpuri
| 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 = [[Gwalior division|Gwalior]]
| established_title = Established
| established_date =
| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Shivpuri]]
| parts_type = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]
| parts_style = para
| p1 =
| area_total_km2 = 10,666 (According to district portal)
| area_footnotes =
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 1,726,050
| population_footnotes =
| population_urban =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = Demographics
| demographics1_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]
| demographics1_info1 = 63.73 per cent
| demographics1_title2 = Sex ratio
| demographics1_info2 = 877 females over 1000 males
| leader_title =
| leader_name =
| leader_title1 =
| leader_name1 =
| leader_title2 =
| leader_name2 =
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +05:30
| registration_plate =
| blank_name_sec1 = [[Roads in India|Major highways]]
| blank_info_sec1 = NH3 and NH25
| blank_name_sec2 = Average annual precipitation
| blank_info_sec2 = July to September mm
| website = {{URL|https://shivpuri.nic.in/en/}}
}}
'''Shivpuri District''' is a [[Districts of Madhya Pradesh|district]] of [[Madhya Pradesh]] [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[India]]. The town of [[Shivpuri]] is the district headquarters. [[National Highway 3 (India)|National Highway 3]] (NH-3) runs through the district.<ref name="About-Us-Shivpuri">{{Cite web|title=About Us |publisher=Shivpuri District |url=http://shivpuri.nic.in/about_us.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109223240/http://shivpuri.nic.in/about_us.html |archive-date=9 January 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==History==
Most of present-day Shivpuri District formed '''Narwar District''' of the erstwhile [[princely state]] of [[Gwalior]], with Shivpuri as administrative headquarters of the district. After India's independence in 1947, the princely states acceded to the [[Government of India]], and Shivpuri District acquired its present boundaries with the addition of the small princely state of [[Khaniadhana]] in the southeast of the district, portions of [[Datia]] state in the northeast, and most of [[Pauri]] estate in the northwest. Shivpuri District became part of the new state of [[Madhya Bharat]], which was merged into Madhya Pradesh in 1956.

==Geography==
The district is bounded on the south by [[Guna district]], on the north by [[Morena district|Morena]], [[Gwalior district|Gwalior]] and [[Datia district|Datia]] districts, on the east by [[Jhansi district]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]] and on the west by [[Kota district]] of [[Rajasthan]].<ref name="About-Us-Shivpuri" />

The district sits on the [[Malwa Plateau]] of the [[Deccan Traps]] with many small hill tops originally covered with deciduous forests.<ref name="About-Us-Shivpuri" /><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Kale |first=Manish |display-authors=etal |year=2004 |title=Biomass equations of dominant species of dry deciduous forest in Shivpuri district, Madhya Pradesh |journal=Current Science |volume=87 |issue=5 |pages=683–687 |jstor=24109067 }}</ref> Other than Shivpuri, the major towns are [[Karera]] and [[Akoda, Madhya Pradesh|Akoda]] ({{Coord|24|52|07|N|77|11|22|E|display=inline}}).

The large bodies of water in the district are the [[Madikheda Reservoir]] and the Mohini Pickup Reservoir near [[Narwar]]. The principle river is the [[Sind River (Yamuna)|Sind River]] which arises in southern Badarwas Tehsil, flows north-northeastwards through the central and northeastern parts of the district and enters the Yamuna at Kanjausa. The district drainage is all within the large [[Yamuna river|Yamuna basin]], but falls into four [[Drainage basin|sub-basins]] drained respectively by tributaries of (1) the Parwati River (Parvati) which flows west to east and forms part of the northern boundary of the district being dammed for the Kaketo Reservoir and Harsi Reservoir<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Jaiswal |first1=Rahul |display-authors=etal |year=2016 |title=Demand-Supply Analysis for Irrigation Management in a Command |series=Symposium on Hydrology, 22–23 December 2015, New Delhi, India |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/287993398_DEMAND-SUPPLY_ANALYSIS_FOR_IRRIGATION_MANAGEMENT_IN_A_COMMAND }}</ref> and flowing into the Sind just upstream of the mouth of the Mahuar; (2) the [[Kuno River]] which flows from southeast to northwest into the [[Chambal River|Chambal]] and forms part of the western boundary of the district; (3) the [[Betwa River]] which flows from southwest to northeast and forms part of the eastern boundary of the district; and (4) the Mahuar River itself (with its main tributary the Paroch Nadi) which arises in Pichor Tehsil, flows from south to north, enters Karera Tehsil at the village of Bardi, crosses Narwar Tehsil and enters the Sind just northeast (downstream) of Senhra Khurd.<ref>{{Cite web|title=District Groundwater Booklet: Shivpuri District, Madhya Pradesh |year=2013 |publisher=Central Ground Water Board: North Central Region, Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India |url=http://cgwb.gov.in/District_Profile/MP/Shivpuri.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181123171712/http://cgwb.gov.in/District_Profile/MP/Shivpuri.pdf |archive-date=23 November 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Administrative divisions==
Shivpuri District is divided into eight [[tehsil]]s, and further subdivided into 614 [[panchayat]]s and 1459 villages (of which 1409 are revenue villages, 133 are deserted and 15 are forest villages).<ref>{{Cite web|title=District Administration |publisher=Shivpuri District |url=http://shivpuri.nic.in/district_admin.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109194416/http://shivpuri.nic.in/district_admin.html |archive-date=9 January 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Shivpuri|Shivpuri Tehsil]]
* [[Pohari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Pohari Tehsil]]
* [[Kolaras|Kolaras Tehsil]]
* [[Badarwas|Badarwas Tehsil]]
* [[Karera|Karera Tehsil]]
* [[Narwar|Narwar Tehsil]]
* [[Pichore|Pichore Tehsil]]
* [[Khaniyadana|Khaniyadana Tehsil]]
* [[Bairad|Bairad Tehsil]]

==Economy==
In 2006 the [[Ministry of Panchayati Raj]] named Shivpuri one of the country's 250 [[Poverty in India|most backward districts]] (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=brgf/> It is one of the 24 districts in Madhya Pradesh currently receiving funds from the [[Backward Regions Grant Fund|Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme]] (BRGF).<ref name=brgf>{{cite web|author=Ministry of Panchayati Raj|date=September 8, 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=September 27, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405033402/http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf|archive-date=April 5, 2012}}</ref>

==Demographics==
According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Shivpuri district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 1,726,050,<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
}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 280th in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/>
The district has a population density of {{convert| 168 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}.<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 22.74%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Shivpuri has a [[sex ratio]] of 877 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 63.73%. Scheduled Castes and Tribes make up 18.6% and 13.2% of the population respectively.<ref name=districtcensus/>

At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 98.96% of the population in the district spoke [[Hindi]] and 0.45% [[Urdu]] as their first language.<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue]</ref>

{{historical populations|11=1901|12=3,70,430|13=1911|14=4,15,279|15=1921|16=3,76,315|17=1931|18=4,02,032|19=1941|20=4,46,215|21=1951|22=4,62,864|23=1961|24=5,42,978|25=1971|26=6,58,949|27=1981|28=8,43,110|29=1991|30=11,03,790|31=2001|32=14,06,031|33=2011|34=17,26,050|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}}

==Places==

===Narwar===
[[Narwar]] is a town of historical importance<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Sharma |first1=Rakesh Kumar |last2=Misra |first2=Om Prakash |year=2003 |chapter=Archaeological Background |title=Archaeological Excavations in Central India: Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o0ISjDDWJwQC&pg=PA16 |location=New Delhi |publisher=Mittal Publications |page=16 |isbn=978-81-7099-874-7 }}</ref> just east of the [[Sind River (Yamuna)|Sind River]], situated 41 km north of the town of Shivpuri. Narwar is known for its medieval fortress, [[Narwar Fort]], and for rice cultivation.

===Madhav Chauk===
Madhav Chauk is a main market of town in Shivpuri. All marketing facilities are available here.[[File:Madhav Chauk.JPG|thumb|Madhav Chauk]]

===Madhav National Park===
[[File:Madhav National Park.JPG|left|thumb|Madhav National Park]]
[[Madhav National Park]] is located between Agra-Mumbai and Jhansi-Shivpuri road. Its area is 157.58 square kilometers. The park is open to visitors throughout the year. Blackbuck, Indian gazelle and chital Knil large number of cows, sambar, Chausinga, black buck, sloth bears, leopards and other inhabitants of the park. The park has a varied terrain of [[forest]]ed hills and flat [[grasslands]] around the [[lake]]. It is rich in [[biodiversity]]. Sakhya Sagar and Madhav Sagar lakes, created on Manier River in 1918, are two important biodiversity support systems in the national park. The '''Sailing Club''' situated on Sakhya Sagar at the entrance of the [[National park]] is a place of scenic beauty.

===Tourist Village===
[[File:Tourist Village Shivpuri.JPG|left|thumb|Tourist Village Shivpuri]]
Shivpuri Tourism Center. Shivpuri is the center of attraction for tourists throughout the year, but Shivpuri attracts tourists after the first rain. Tourist Village is located here to stay for tourist near Picnic Spot Bhadaiya Kund.

====Chhatari====
There are many [[Scindia]] Chatri (memorials) of royals of Scindia Rajvansh ornate marble is a fine example of workmanship.

[[File:Chhatari (Shivpuri) a memorials.JPG|thumb|Chhatari (Shivpuri) a memorials]] Its campus is on Chhatari Road which leads from Do Battai Chauraha to Bhadaiya Kund. There is a memorial of dowager queen Maharani Sakhya Raje Scindia at the entrance of the campus, in a fusion of Hindu and Islamic architectural styles, with their shikhara type spires and Maratha Rajput and Mughal pavilions. A tank is created in front of this memorial. The memorial of Madhav Rav Scindhia is built across the tank facing to wards Maharani Sakhya Raje Scindhia.[[File:Chhatari (Tank).JPG|thumb|Chhatari (Tank)]] One side of the tank a temple is established of Lord Ram with Seeta, Lakshman and other side a temple is established of Radha- Krishna. All memorials and temples are built by [[Jyotiraditya Scindia|Scindhia]] Maharaja Princes of Gwalior.
Management of Chhatari is under control of a [[Mahadaji Shinde|ScindiaTrust]].<ref>http://shivpuri.nic.in/Tourism.html</ref>

===Religious places===
*Ban Ganga Dham
*Mohineshwar Dham [[File:Mohineshwar Dham Mandir.JPG|thumb|Mohineshwar Dham Mandir]]
*Chintaharan Mandir
*Shiv Temple (Chhatari Road)
*Shri Shantinath (Naugaja) Digambar Jain Atishaya Kshetra
*Bilaeya Mahadev Mandir Sirsod (Karera)

==Notable people==
*[[Col. G.S. Dhillon]], last survivor of the Historic trial on 5 November 1945 at the [[Red Fort]]
*[[Madhavrao Scindia]], Indian politician and Maharaja of Scindia Rajvansh [[Gwalior State]].
*[[Yashodhara Raje Scindia]], Shrimant of Shiv Puri.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Do Batti Chauraha ,Shivpuri.JPG|Do Batti Chauraha, Shivpuri
File:Ban Ganga Dham Shivpuri.JPG|Ban Ganga Dham Shivpuri
File:Mohineshwar Dham Mandir ,Shivpuri.JPG|Mohineshwar Dham Mandir, Shivpuri
File:Nagada Ghar.JPG|Nagada Ghar
File:Chintaharan Mandir.JPG|Chintaharan Mandir
File:Chhatari (in side view).JPG|Chhatari (interior)
File:Bhadaiya Kund ,Shivpuri.JPG|Bhadaiya Kund, Shivpuri
File:Mohineshwar Dham Mandir.JPG|Mohineshwar Dham Mandir
File:Shiv Temple on Chatari Road,Shivpuri,M.P.JPG|Shiv Temple on Chatari Road, Shivpuri, M.P.
File:Shanti Nath Jinalaya.JPG|Shanti Nath Jinalaya
File:Bhadaiya Kund (main view).JPG|Bhadaiya Kund (main view)
File:Ban Ganga Dham Temple(Front view) Shivpuri.JPG|Ban Ganga Dham Temple (front) Shivpuri
</gallery>

==References==

{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*[http://shivpuri.nic.in Shivpuri District web site]
*[https://reserveit.net/tour/wildlife/madhav-national-park Madhav National Park]

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Shivpuri district
|North = [[Gwalior district]]
|Northeast = [[Datia district]]
|East = [[Jhansi district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
|Southeast = [[Lalitpur district, Uttar Pradesh|Lalitpur district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
|South = [[Ashoknagar district]]
|Southwest = [[Guna district]]
|West = [[Baran district]], [[Rajasthan]]
|Northwest = [[Sheopur district]]
}}

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

{{Coord|25|25|12|N|77|39|36|E|region:IN-MP_type:adm2nd_source:kolossus-nowiki|display=title}}

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