Tikamgarh - A District of Madhya Pradesh

POPULATION

As per the census of 2001 the population of the district is 12,02,998 (6,37,913 males and 5,65,085 females) spread over an area of 5,048.00 sq. km. The population of the district forms only 1.99 percent of the state population. The density of the population is 238 persons per sq. km. And sex ratio 886. The rural-urban proportion is 82.32:17.68. the following table shows the tahsilwise area population of the district.

S.No.	Name Of Tehsil	Area In Sq. Km.	Population
S.No.	Name Of Tehsil	Area In Sq. Km.	Male	Female	Total
1	Niwari	606.00	98079	86603	184682
2	Jatara	1008.60	127725	112835	240560
3	Tikamgarh	867.60	131406	117793	249199
4	Prithvipur	958.62	84249	74727	158976
5	Baldeogarh	858.96	91928	81228	173156
6	Palera	748.22	93888	82523	176411

[Census 2001]

Sex Ratio - The ratio of females per thousand males in the district was 877 in the year 1971. It was nearly same 876 in the rural areas best remarkably higher in the Urban areas 898. The table given below shows the changes in the proportion of sexes during the period 1951-2001, both in the rural and urban areas.

	2001	1991	1981	1971	1961	1951
Total	886	872	883	877	906	921
Rural	883	868	883	876	906	921
Urban	899	885	886	898	949	913

Density - According to the Census 2001, the density of population in the district is 238 persons. The rural areas it recorded to 213 persons per sq. Km. Where as in the urban areas the density is 547 persons per sq. Km.

Density of Population Table [ Census 2001 ]

S.No.	Tehsil Name	Total	Rural	Urban
1	Niwari	305	256	1442
2	Jatara	238	235	273
3	Tikamgarh	287	203	1456
4	Prithvipur	166	158	211
5	Baldeogarh	225	211	539
6	Palera	236	224	592
District Total		238	213	547

Rural-Urban Classification - Nearly 17.68 percent of the population lived in its 13 towns and rest 82.32 in the rural areas. The rural area extending over 4,659.19 sq. Km. Contained 963 villages and sustained population of 9,90,265 while Urban area has population of 2,12,733. The table given below shows the rural-urban composition of the population of the district tehsilwise.

Rural-Urban Classification of Population Table [ Census 2001]

S.No.	Tehsil Name	No. OF Villages	No. of Towns	Total
S.No.	Tehsil Name	No. OF Villages	No. of Towns	Total	Rural	Urban
1	Niwari	139	3	184682	149027	35655
2	Jatara	196	2	240560	213799	26761
3	Tikamgarh	174	3	249199	164361	84838
4	Prithvipur	142	2	158976	128143	30833
5	Baldeogarh	162	2	193170	173156	20014
6	Palera	150	1	176411	161779	14632
District Total		963	13	1202998	990265	212733

Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes - The Table given below shows the number of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the district, living both in the rural and urban areas of the District according to the Census 2001.

S.No.	Tehsil Name	Scheduled Castes			Scheduled Tribes
		Total	Rural	Urban	Total	Rural	Urban
1	Niwari	50074	39741	10333	6418	5292	1126
2	Jatara	61133	55151	5982	10748	10211	537
3	Tikamgarh	53549	40435	13114	10045	8403	1642
4	Prithvipur	33811	27269	6542	7514	6959	555
5	Baldeogarh	41233	37615	3618	9217	8937	280
6	Palera	52371	47728	4643	8015	7076	939

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