| Voice of Shahdol : Tarannum
Ansari
Roads connectivity among the villages in the district is very bad.
No check is done on their maintenance also.
Water scarcity is a main issue faced by people residing in villages.
The quality of education is also not good.
Shahdol District
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
Geographical Area : 9952.0 Km2
Population in Shahdol (Census 2011)
Total Population
Total : 1,064,989
Male : 541,208
Female : 523,781
Under 6 population
Total : 153,947
Male : 79,100
Female : 74,847
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 28161
In seeing : 10168
In speech : 2199
In hearing : 2203
In movement : 10707
Mental : 2884
Rank ( VoiceOfBharat.org Analysis
)
Backwardness : 32
Sex Ratio Rank : 379
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : C
(HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 - 2006)
Disability : 330 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 401 (Census 2001)
Minority : Does not figure in MCD
Brief About Shahdol District
Shahdol is named after the headquarters town Shahdol
which is located on the Bilaspur-Katni Section of the South-Eastern
Railways. The etymology of the name as ascertained from the local
residents points to its derivation from the name of the one Shahdolwa
Ahir of Sohagpur village. The progenitor of the Ex-Illakadar family
of Sohagpur, Jamni Bhan was the second son of Maharaja Virbhan Singh
of Bagelkhand. He decided to settle at Sohagpur and assured maximum
facilities to settler around, and also declared that places settled
by clearing forests will be named after the pioneer settlers. Shahdolwa
Ahir is believed to have settled the former village of Shahdolwa,
about 2.5 Km. from the headquarters of Sohagpur after this declaration.
Later on, the place used to be the camp site for the Maharaja of
Rewa and British officers on tour. More villages were grouped into
the village of Shahdol as it grew to a town. The District Headquarters
was shifted from Umaria to Shahdol after the merger of princely
states took place in 1948.
With lush green forests, natural wealth of Coal,
Minerals and with primitive tribal population, the district Shahdol
is situated among the range of Vindhyachal and heading fast in development
track. The district has vast reserves of Coal mines.
Location
Shahdol District is situated in the North-Eastern
part of the Madhya Pradesh provinces of India. Because of the division
of the district on 15-8-2003, the area of the district remains 5671
Sq. Kms. It is surrounded by Anuppur in the East, Mandla and Bilaspur
in the South, Satna & Sidhi in the North and Umaria in the West.
The district extends 110 Kms. from East to West and 170 Kms. from
North to South. This district is situated between 22o38' N latitude
to 24o20'N latitude and 30o28' E Longitude to 82o12' E longitude.
Topography
The District is located in the north-eastern part
of the Deccan Plateau. It lies at the trijunction of Maikal Ranges
of the Satpura Mountain, the foot of the Kymore Range of the Vindhya
Mountain and a mass of parallel hills which extend over the Chhota
Nagpur plateau in Bihar. In between these hill ranges lies the narrow
valley of the Son and its tributaries. Since the Kymore Range extends
along the Son just across the northern boundary, the District may
be divided into three physiographic divisions.
They are :-
1. The Maikal Range
2. The Hills of Eastern Plateau, and
3. The Upper Son Valley
Geographical Scenario
District Shahdol is predominantly hilly district.
It is pituresque with certain pockets and belt of SAL and mixed
forests. Total Geographical area of the district is 5671 Sq. Km.
Adjacents to the District Shahdol are the boarding districts Dindori,
Jabalpur, Satna, Sidhi, Umaria, Anuppur and Rewa.
Population of the District
The population of District Shahdol is 13,23,054
out of which 6,81,962 are males and 6,41,092 are females.
A new district Umaria was formed out of District Shahdol, in the
year 1998-99. After the new setup of the two districts, the population
of District Shahdol is 13,23,054, out of which 6,81,962 are males
and 6,41,092 are females.
Again a new district Anuppur was formed out of District Shahdol
in year 2003. After the new district formation, the population of
District Shahdol is 9,08,148, out of which 4,64,784 are males and
4,43,364 are females.
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