| Voice of Sagar : Rajan
Jain
Sagar is the most remote area of Madhya Pradesh.
People live in acute poverty.
Unemployment is the major issue we are battling. As it does not
lie on the industrial belt, the employment opportunities are less.
We do have a university in Sagar; still the literacy rate is not
satisfactory.
Infrastructure is very poor.
Health is an issue which needs urgent attention.
Sagar District
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
Geographical Area : 10252.0 Km2
Population in Sagar (Census 2011)
Total Population
Total : 2,378,295
Male : 1,254,251
Female : 1,124,044
Under 6 population
Total : 351,306
Male : 182,540
Female : 168,766
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 57272
In seeing : 25594
In speech : 3101
In hearing : 3527
In movement : 20965
Mental : 4085
Rank ( VoiceOfBharat.org Analysis
)
Backwardness : 181
Sex Ratio Rank : 111
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : C
(HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 - 2006)
Disability : 119 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 234 (Census 2001)
Minority : Does not figure in MCD
Brief About Sagar District
Introduction :
The district of Sagar lies in the north central
region of Madhya Pradesh. It was spelled as Saugar during the British
period. It is situated between 23 deg 10’ and 24 deg 27’ north latitude
and between 78 deg 4’ and 79 deg 21’ east longitude, the district
has a truly central location in the country. The tropic of cancer
passes through the southern part of the district.
The origin of the name comes from the Hindi word SAGAR meaning lake
or sea, apparently because of the large and once beautiful lake
around which the town of Sagar has been built. Sagar was founded
by Udan Singh in 1660 and was constituted a municipality in 1867.
A major road and agricultural trade centre, it has industries such
as oil and flour milling, saw-milling , ghee processing , handloom
cotton weaving, bidi manufacture and railway and engineering works.
It is known in all over India due to its University named as Dr.
Harisingh Gaur University and Army Cantonment and recently it has
come into lime light due to "Bhagyodyay Tirth" a charitable hospital
named after a Jain Sant Shri VidyaSagarji Maharaj. It is known for
Police Training College which are only two in Madhya Pradesh other
one is in Indore. Head quarter of Forensic Science Lab is also in
SAGAR.
Sagar lies in an extensive plain broken by low, forested hills and
watered by Sonar river. Wheat, chickpeas, soghum, and oilseeds are
chief crops of the region, there is extensive cattle raising. Sandstone,
Limestone, iron ore and asbestos deposits are worked. The archaeological
site nearby Eran has revealed several Gupta inscriptions. District
Sagar is predominantly a Scheduled Caste/Backward class district.
These together form about 75% of the district. The district has
sizable population of tribals who are named as Rajgonds after their
kingdom.
History:
The history of the town of Sagar dates back to
about 1660 A.D. When Udan Shah, a descendant of Nihal Shah, built
a small fort on the site of the present one, and founded a village
close to it called Parkota which is now part of town. The present
fort and a settlement under its walls was founded by Govind Rao
Pandit, an officer of the Peshwa, who held charge of Sagar and the
surrounding territory after 1735 A.D., when it came under the Peshwa's
possession.
In 1818 A.D., the greater part of the district was ceded by the
Peshwa Baji Rao II to the British Government, while different parts
of the rest of the present district of Sagar came in the possession
of the British at different times between 1818 and 1860. The Dhamoni
pargana of Banda tahsil was ceded in 1818 A.D. by Appaji Bhonsla.
The Bhera pargana of Banda tahsil was acquired by transfer from
the Bundelkhand States in 1818 A.D. The parganas, Rahatgarh in Sagar
tahsil and Garhakota, Deori, Gourjhamer and Naharmow in Rehli tahsil
collectively known as Punch Mahal were originally made over to British
by Sindhiya at different dates from 1820 to 1825 for management.
The Shahgarh pargana of Banda tahsil was confiscated in 1857 in
consequence of the rebellion of the chief. The Kanjia pargana of
Khurai tahsil was acquired from Sindhia by a treaty in 1860 A.D.
A small area in the north -east corner of the tahsil around the
village of Hirapur was similarly transferred to the British from
the Charkhari State to Bundelkhand and added to the district after
the uprising of 1857.
Administratively, the position of Sagar and the neighbouring territories
underwent frequent changes. The Saugor territory was, first of all,
placed under the superintendent of Political Affairs of Bundelkhand.
Later, in 1820, this area, called the Saugor and Nerbudda Territories,
was placed under the administration of an Agent to the governer-General.
When the North-Western Province was constituted in 1835, the Saugor
and Nerbudda Territories were included in this province. In 1842
occurred the Bundela rising, the quelling of which demanded a more
direct attention by the Governor-General. But order was restored
in the following year, and the Saugor and Nerbudda Territories were
again placed under the political control of an Agent to the Governor-General.
The arrangement however, was not found to be satisfactory and these
territories were once again restored to the North-Western Provinces
in 1853. Thereafter in 1861 the Saugor and Nerbudda territories,
along with the Nagpur state formed a Commissioner's Province called
Central Provinces.
Sagar, which was the headquarters of the Sagar Commissionership
for a short period, ceased to be so in 1863-64, when this district
was incorporated with Jabalpur Commissionership. In the year 1932
the district of Damoh was added to Sagar district and was administrated
as Sub-Division. In 1956, however, Damoh Sub-Division was again
separated from the district to form a separate district and Sagar
district consisted of four tehsils viz, Sagar, Khurai, Rehli, Banda.
Area and Population :
Sagar district is the sixteenth largest district
in size in the State, and the third largest in the Jabalpur revenue
division. The district is divided into nine tahsils, viz, Sagar,
Banda, Khurai, Rehli, Garhakota, Bina, Rahatgarh, Kesli and Deori
each in the charge of a Tahsildar or a Sub-Divisional Officer.
According to the Surveyor-General of India, the district has a total
area of 6375 sq Kms and is shaped roughly like a triangle.
TEL COLLECTORATE : 7582 / 221900
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