| Voice of Vidisha District
: Manisha Tamrakar
We face acute shortage of water. The water which we receive is
unclean and cannot be consumed.
Literacy wise also we are backward. There are no good colleges
and schools. The quality of education is pitiable.
People live in poverty. The cost of living has gone up. People
are struggling to keep up the pace.
There is lack of sanitation and hygiene in our district.
Vidisha District
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
Geographical Area : 771.0 Km2
Population in Vidisha (Census 2011)
Total Population
Total : 1,458,212
Male : 768,799
Female : 689,413
Under 6 population
Total : 230,714
Male : 120,023
Female : 110,691
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 31897
In seeing : 13536
In speech : 1595
In hearing : 2311
In movement : 12206
Mental : 2249
Rank ( VoiceOfBharat.org Analysis
)
Backwardness : 257
Sex Ratio Rank : 96
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : D
(HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 - 2006)
Disability : 287 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 339 (Census 2001)
Minority : Does not figure in MCD
Brief About Vidisha District
Vidisha or Besnagar as it is called in the Pali scriptures, once
the prosperous capital of the western dominions of the Sungas, contains
some remarkable antiquities that throw light on the considerable
architectural development of the period.
Situated in the fork of the Betwa and Bes rivers,
Vidisha, 10 km from Sanchi, occupies an important place amongst
the ancient cities in India. In the 6th and 5th centuries BC, it
rose to become an important trade centre and a bustling city under
the Sungas, Nagas, Satvahanas and Guptas. The Emperor Ashoka was
governor of Vidisha, and it finds mention in Kalidasa's immortal
Meghdoot. Deserted for three centuries after the 6th century, it
was renamed Bhilsa by the Muslims who built the now ruined Bija
Mandal, a mosque constructed from the remains of Hindu temples.
It later passed on to the Malwa Sultans, the Mughals, and the Scindias.
Vidisha district of Madhya Pradesh extends between
Latitude 230 21' and 240 22' North and Longitude 770 15' 30" and
780 18' East. The District is situated in Eastern part of the fertile
Malwa Region. The shape of this District is more or less Elliptical
and the longer axis lies from North West to South East with slight
projections on the North, North-West, South and South-West. Its
greatest length from North-West to South-East is about 133.6 km
and the greatest width from North-East to South-West is about 96
km . The Tropic of Cancer passes through the Southern stretch of
the District about 2 km South of the District Head Quarters. It
is bounded in the North by Guna District in the South by Raisen
District and in the East by Sagar District.
i) Alluvium Alluvium occurs over a large part of
the area particularly along the course of streams like Betwa, Sagar,
Besh etc. It consists mainly of a yellow or grey brown sandy clay
and contains a large proportions of 'Kankers '. Along the Betwa
River it often forms steep cliffs in the Northern part of the area
.
(ii) Laterite. These occur in some places as caps on some high trap
hills, but generally as ferruginous cellular rocks capping low lying
Deccan trap hills, in places surrounded by alluvium. These are used
mainly as a road metal.
(iii) Deccan Trap with inter-trappeans. The Deccan Trap is the most
widespread rock formation in this district. These rocks are horizontal
or nearly horizontal, the dark Lava flows lend to the countryside
a terraced appearance. The principal rock is a basalt having vesicles
filled with zeolite, agate, calcite, etc. The inter-trappeans, mainly
impure crystalline limestone and cacareous chert occur as a residual
blocks and boulders scatteres over a surface as well as discontinuous
outcrops amidst the Deccan Trap. Small isolated outcrops of intertrappeans
mostly lime stone are also present in Vidisha.
The District provides inexhaustible reserves of
building materials. The important minerals are
1. Lime stone
2. Laterite
3. Vindhyan sandstones.
4. Basalt
5. Road metal Clay
The climate of the District is generally dry except
during the South West. Monsoon season : The nights are generally
pleasant and justify the praise by the Mughals for a Shab-E-Malwa
famous through out the India. The monsoon in generally during June
and continues the end of September. The year may be divided into
four seasons. The cold season from December to February is followed
by the Hot season till mid-June. The period from mid-June to about
the end of September constitute the South-West Monsoon. October
and November may be termed the post monsoon or retreating monsoon.
The average annual rainfall in the district is 1,229.9 m.m. During
the summer season on individual days the maximum temperature go
above 460 C. After October both the day and night temperatures steadily
decreases till January which is the coldest month. The district
is affected by cold waves during the cold season in association
with the western disturbances passing across the northern part on
India and the minimum temperature may drop down occasionally to
a degree or so above the freezing point of water and frosts may
occur.
Tel: District Collector 07592-234520
Fast Facts - Statistical Profile
Latitude 230 21' and 240 22'
Longitude 770 15' and 780 18' Mean
Sea Level 428.96 meters.
Average Rainfall 1161.7 m.m.
Density of the population 132 per Sq. km.
Sex ratio in the population 874 females per 1000 males.
Growth rate of population 23.92 % ( 1981 - 1991.)
Towns 5 Number of Tehsils 7 Number of Development Block 7
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