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{{About|the district|its eponymous headquarters|Datia}} | |||
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{{Infobox settlement | {{Infobox settlement | ||
| name = Datia district | | name = Datia district | ||
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| native_name = <!-- Please do not add any Indic script in this infobox, per WP:INDICSCRIPT policy. --> | | native_name = <!-- Please do not add any Indic script in this infobox, per WP:INDICSCRIPT policy. --> | ||
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| image_caption = Palace | |size = 250 | ||
|photo1a = Beer Singh Palace Datia central tower.jpg | |||
|photo1b = Chandrprabha temple, Sonagiri (3).jpg | |||
|photo2a = Architect of sun temple unao balaji.jpg | |||
|photo2b = Pitambara Peeth temple, Datia city.jpg | |||
|photo3a = 0121421 Brahmi script Prakrit language 3rd-century BCE, Ashoka Minor Rock Edict, Gujarra Madhya Pradesh 01.jpg | |||
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| image_caption = Clockwise from top-left: [[Datia Palace]], Chandraprabha Temple in [[Sonagiri]], [[Pitambara Peeth]], Emperor Ashok Rock inscription in Gujarra, Surya Temple, Unao | |||
| image_map = MP Datia district map.svg | | image_map = MP Datia district map.svg | ||
| map_caption = Location of Datia district in Madhya Pradesh | | map_caption = Location of Datia district in Madhya Pradesh | ||
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| subdivision_name1 = [[Madhya Pradesh]] | | subdivision_name1 = [[Madhya Pradesh]] | ||
| subdivision_type2 = [[Administrative divisions of India|Division]] | | subdivision_type2 = [[Administrative divisions of India|Division]] | ||
| subdivision_name2 = [[Gwalior division]] | | subdivision_name2 = [[Gwalior division|Gwalior]] | ||
| established_title = Established | | established_title = Established | ||
| established_date = | | established_date = | ||
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| parts_type = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]] | | parts_type = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]] | ||
| parts_style = para | | parts_style = para | ||
| p1 = [[Datia]], [[Seondha]], [[Bhander]], [[Indergarh]] | | p1 = [[Datia]], [[Seondha]], [[Bhander]], [[Indergarh]], [[Badoni]] | ||
| area_total_km2 = 2902 | | area_total_km2 = 2902 | ||
| area_footnotes = | | area_footnotes = | ||
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| leader_name = Mr.Sanjay Kumar [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]] | | leader_name = Mr.Sanjay Kumar [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]] | ||
| leader_title1 = [[Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha constituencies]] | | leader_title1 = [[Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha constituencies]] | ||
| leader_name1 = [[Bhind | | leader_name1 = [[Bhind Lok Sabha constituency|Bhind]] | ||
| leader_title2 = [[Vidhan Sabha|Vidhan Sabha constituencies]] | | leader_title2 = [[Vidhan Sabha|Vidhan Sabha constituencies]] | ||
| leader_name2 = [[Datia]] [[Seondha]] and [[Bhander]] | | leader_name2 = [[Datia]] [[Seondha]] and [[Bhander]] | ||
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| utc_offset1 = +05:30 | | utc_offset1 = +05:30 | ||
| registration_plate = MP 32 | | registration_plate = MP 32 | ||
| blank_name_sec1 = [[ | | blank_name_sec1 = [[Roads in India|Major highways]] | ||
| blank_info_sec1 = [[National Highway 44 (India)|NH44]] | | blank_info_sec1 = [[National Highway 44 (India)|NH44]] | ||
| blank_name_sec2 = | | blank_name_sec2 = | ||
| blank_info_sec2 = | | blank_info_sec2 = | ||
| website = {{URL|https://datia.nic.in | | website = {{URL|https://datia.nic.in}} | ||
| official_name = | | official_name = | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Datia | '''Datia district''' ({{IPA|hi|d̪ət̪ɪjaː}}) is one of important district in [[Gwalior Division]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Madhya Pradesh]]. The town of [[Datia]] is its district headquarters. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Emperor Ashok rock inscription present in gujarra. [[Datia]] had formerly been a state in the [[Bundelkhand]] region. The ruling family were Rajputs of the Bundela clan; they descended from a younger son of a former raja of Orchha. The chief rulers of Datia were Bhagwan Rao, Shubhkaran Rao, Dalpat Rao and Ramchandra and they had good relations with the Mughals. There is a fort palace at Datia, the architecture of which is chiefly Indo-Islamic which partly inspired the chief architect Edward Lutyens, while designing New Delhi. The state was administered as part of the Bundelkhand agency of Central India. It lay in the extreme north-west of Bundelkhand, near Gwalior, and was surrounded on all sides by other princely states of Central India, except on the east where it bordered upon the United Provinces.<ref name="EB1911">{{EB1911|inline=1|wstitle=Datia|volume=7|pages=845-846}}</ref> It was second highest in the rank of all the Bundela states after Orchha, with a 15-gun salute, and its Maharajas bore the hereditary title of Second of the Princes of Bundelkhand. The land area of the state was 2130 km<sup>2</sup> and its population in 1901 was 173,759.<ref name="EB1911"/> | |||
Datia, together with the rest of the Bundelkhand agency, became part of the new state of Vindhya Pradesh in 1950. In 1956, Vindhya Pradesh state was merged with certain other areas to form the state of Madhya Pradesh within the Union of India. | Datia, together with the rest of the Bundelkhand agency, became part of the new state of Vindhya Pradesh in 1950. In 1956, Vindhya Pradesh state was merged with certain other areas to form the state of Madhya Pradesh within the Union of India. | ||
==Geography== | ==Geography== | ||
The district has an area of 2,691 km<sup>2</sup>, and a population 627,818 (2001 census). The population of Datia District increased by 26% from 1981 to 1991, and by 22% from 1991 to 2001. The district has 445 villages and 5 towns, [[Datia]], [[Badoni]], [[Seondha]], [[Bhander]] and [[Indergarh]]. Each town is the headquarters of its [[tehsil]].<ref name=Datia>{{cite web|url = http://datia.nic.in/|title = Datia district|publisher = District Administration|access-date = 2010-04-14|archive-date = 2020-12-01|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201201014111/http://datia.nic.in/|url-status = live}}</ref> | |||
The district has an area of 2,691 km<sup>2</sup>, and a population 627,818 (2001 census). The population of Datia District increased by 26% from 1981 to 1991, and by 22% from 1991 to 2001. The district has 445 villages and | |||
Datia is bounded by the Madhya Pradesh districts of [[Bhind District|Bhind]] to the north, [[Gwalior District|Gwalior]] to the west, and [[Shivpuri District|Shivpuri]] to the south, and by [[Jhansi district|Jhansi District]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]] state to the east. The district is part of [[Gwalior Division]].<ref name=Datia/> | Datia is bounded by the Madhya Pradesh districts of [[Bhind District|Bhind]] to the north, [[Gwalior District|Gwalior]] to the west, and [[Shivpuri District|Shivpuri]] to the south, and by [[Jhansi district|Jhansi District]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]] state to the east. The district is part of [[Gwalior Division]].<ref name=Datia/> [[Sindh River]] and [[Pahuj River]] is major river of District. | ||
===Village=== | |||
* [[Basai, Datia|Basai]] | |||
* [[Chirula, Datia|Chirula]] | |||
* [[Neemdanda]] | |||
==Demographics== | ==Demographics== | ||
===Population=== | {{historical populations|11=1901|12=2,10,237|13=1911|14=1,86,545|15=1921|16=1,81,211|17=1931|18=1,95,383|19=1941|20=2,20,175|21=1951|22=2,29,506|23=1961|24=2,78,957|25=1971|26=3,55,166|27=1981|28=4,31,791|29=1991|30=5,44,547|31=2001|32=6,64,159|33=2011|34=7,86,754|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>{{cite web |title=Table A-02 Decadal Variation in Population Since 1901: Madhya Pradesh |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/43356/download/47048/23%20A-2%20Madhya%20Pradesh.pdf |website=census.gov.in |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]] |access-date=2023-03-13 |archive-date=2023-03-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230313031856/https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/43356/download/47048/23%20A-2%20Madhya%20Pradesh.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>|align=center}} | ||
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According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Datia District has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 786,754<ref name=districtcensus>{{ | {{bar box | ||
}}</ref> or the US state of [[South Dakota]].<ref>{{cite web | |title=Religions in Datia district (2011)<ref name="Religion">{{cite web |title=Table C-01 Population By Religion: Madhya Pradesh |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/11381/download/14494/DDW23C-01%20MDDS.XLS |website=census.gov.in |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]] |access-date=2023-03-13 |archive-date=2023-03-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329111410/https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/11381/download/14494/DDW23C-01%20MDDS.XLS |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
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{{bar percent|[[Hinduism]]|darkorange|95.04}} | |||
{{bar percent|[[Islam]]|green|3.62}} | |||
{{bar percent|[[Buddhism]]|mediumblue|1.01}} | |||
{{bar percent|Other or not stated|black|0.33}} | |||
}} | |||
According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Datia District has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 786,754<ref name=districtcensus>{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=District Census Handbook: Datia |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/696/download/2432/DH_2011_2305_PART_A_DCHB_DATIA.pdf |website=[[Census of India]] |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]] |access-date=2023-03-13 |archive-date=2023-03-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230313042545/https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/696/download/2432/DH_2011_2305_PART_A_DCHB_DATIA.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> roughly equal to the nation of [[Comoros]]<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 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070613004507/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = June 13, 2007 | access-date = 2011-10-01 | quote = Comoros 794,683 July 2011 est.}}</ref> or the US state of [[South Dakota]].<ref>{{cite web | |||
|url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php | |url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php | ||
|title=2010 Resident Population Data | |title=2010 Resident Population Data | ||
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|archive-date=2013-10-19 | |archive-date=2013-10-19 | ||
}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 487th in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert| 271 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}<ref name=districtcensus/> with 76% living in rural regions and 24% living in urban areas. Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 18.4%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Datia has a [[sex ratio]] of 873 [[ | }}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 487th in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert| 271 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}<ref name=districtcensus/> with 76% living in rural regions and 24% living in urban areas. Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 18.4%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Datia has a [[sex ratio]] of 873 [[females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 72.63%. 23.13% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 25.46% and 1.91% of the population respectively.<ref name=districtcensus/> | ||
===Languages=== | ===Languages=== | ||
At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], | {{Pie chart | ||
| caption = Languages of Datia district (2011)<ref name="language"/> | |||
| label1 = [[Hindi]] | |||
| value1 = 91.06 | |||
| color1 = orange | |||
| label2 = [[Bundeli language|Bundeli]] | |||
| value2 = 8.16 | |||
| color2 = tomato | |||
| label3 = Others | |||
| value3 = 0.78 | |||
| color3 = grey | |||
}} | |||
At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 91.06% of the population in the district spoke [[Hindi]] and 8.16% [[Bundeli language|Bundeli]] as their first language.<ref name="language">{{Cite web |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10211/download/13323/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-2300.XLSX |title=Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Madhya Pradesh |website=censusindia.gov.in |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]] |access-date=2023-03-13 |archive-date=2023-03-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329195608/https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10211/download/13323/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-2300.XLSX |url-status=live }}</ref> Bundelkhandi is the main dialect of the district. | |||
==Tourist places== | |||
*[[Pitambara Peeth]] | |||
*[[Ratangarh Mata Temple]] | |||
*[[Sonagiri]] | |||
*[[unao Balaji Sun Temple]] | |||
*[[Datia Palace]] | |||
*Datia Boat Club | |||
* Sankuwa Dham | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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Datia district | |
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Clockwise from top-left: Datia Palace, Chandraprabha Temple in Sonagiri, Pitambara Peeth, Emperor Ashok Rock inscription in Gujarra, Surya Temple, Unao | |
Location of Datia district in Madhya Pradesh | |
| Coordinates (Datia): 25°40′N 78°27′E / 25.667°N 78.450°E | |
| Country | |
| State | Madhya Pradesh |
| Division | Gwalior |
| Headquarters | Datia |
| Tehsils | Datia, Seondha, Bhander, Indergarh, Badoni |
| Government | |
| • Collector & District Magistrate | Mr.Sanjay Kumar IAS |
| • Lok Sabha constituencies | Bhind |
| • Vidhan Sabha constituencies | Datia Seondha and Bhander |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,902 km2 (1,120 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 786,754 |
| • Density | 270/km2 (700/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 181,976 |
| Demographics | |
| • Literacy | 72.63 per cent |
| • Sex ratio | 873 |
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | MP 32 |
| Major highways | NH44 |
| Website | datia |
Datia district (hi) is one of important district in Gwalior Division in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The town of Datia is its district headquarters.
History[edit | edit source]
Emperor Ashok rock inscription present in gujarra. Datia had formerly been a state in the Bundelkhand region. The ruling family were Rajputs of the Bundela clan; they descended from a younger son of a former raja of Orchha. The chief rulers of Datia were Bhagwan Rao, Shubhkaran Rao, Dalpat Rao and Ramchandra and they had good relations with the Mughals. There is a fort palace at Datia, the architecture of which is chiefly Indo-Islamic which partly inspired the chief architect Edward Lutyens, while designing New Delhi. The state was administered as part of the Bundelkhand agency of Central India. It lay in the extreme north-west of Bundelkhand, near Gwalior, and was surrounded on all sides by other princely states of Central India, except on the east where it bordered upon the United Provinces.[1] It was second highest in the rank of all the Bundela states after Orchha, with a 15-gun salute, and its Maharajas bore the hereditary title of Second of the Princes of Bundelkhand. The land area of the state was 2130 km2 and its population in 1901 was 173,759.[1]
Datia, together with the rest of the Bundelkhand agency, became part of the new state of Vindhya Pradesh in 1950. In 1956, Vindhya Pradesh state was merged with certain other areas to form the state of Madhya Pradesh within the Union of India.
Geography[edit | edit source]
The district has an area of 2,691 km2, and a population 627,818 (2001 census). The population of Datia District increased by 26% from 1981 to 1991, and by 22% from 1991 to 2001. The district has 445 villages and 5 towns, Datia, Badoni, Seondha, Bhander and Indergarh. Each town is the headquarters of its tehsil.[2]
Datia is bounded by the Madhya Pradesh districts of Bhind to the north, Gwalior to the west, and Shivpuri to the south, and by Jhansi District of Uttar Pradesh state to the east. The district is part of Gwalior Division.[2] Sindh River and Pahuj River is major river of District.
Village[edit | edit source]
Demographics[edit | edit source]
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 210,237 | — |
| 1911 | 186,545 | −1.19% |
| 1921 | 181,211 | −0.29% |
| 1931 | 195,383 | +0.76% |
| 1941 | 220,175 | +1.20% |
| 1951 | 229,506 | +0.42% |
| 1961 | 278,957 | +1.97% |
| 1971 | 355,166 | +2.44% |
| 1981 | 431,791 | +1.97% |
| 1991 | 544,547 | +2.35% |
| 2001 | 664,159 | +2.01% |
| 2011 | 786,754 | +1.71% |
| source:[3] | ||
According to the 2011 census Datia District has a population of 786,754[5] roughly equal to the nation of Comoros[6] or the US state of South Dakota.[7] This gives it a ranking of 487th in India (out of a total of 640).[5] The district has a population density of 271 inhabitants per square kilometre (700/sq mi)[5] with 76% living in rural regions and 24% living in urban areas. Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 18.4%.[5] Datia has a sex ratio of 873 females for every 1000 males,[5] and a literacy rate of 72.63%. 23.13% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 25.46% and 1.91% of the population respectively.[5]
Languages[edit | edit source]
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 91.06% of the population in the district spoke Hindi and 8.16% Bundeli as their first language.[8] Bundelkhandi is the main dialect of the district.
Tourist places[edit | edit source]
- Pitambara Peeth
- Ratangarh Mata Temple
- Sonagiri
- unao Balaji Sun Temple
- Datia Palace
- Datia Boat Club
- Sankuwa Dham
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1
One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Datia". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 7 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 845–846.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Datia district". District Administration. Archived from the original on 2020-12-01. Retrieved 2010-04-14.
- ↑ "Table A-02 Decadal Variation in Population Since 1901: Madhya Pradesh" (PDF). census.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-03-13. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
- ↑ "Table C-01 Population By Religion: Madhya Pradesh". census.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. Archived from the original on 2023-03-29. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 "District Census Handbook: Datia" (PDF). Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-03-13. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
- ↑ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Archived from the original on June 13, 2007. Retrieved 2011-10-01.
Comoros 794,683 July 2011 est.
- ↑ "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 2013-10-19. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
South Dakota 814,180
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Madhya Pradesh". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. Archived from the original on 2023-03-29. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
External links[edit | edit source]
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