Ratlam district


Ratlam District is a district of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. The town of Ratlam is administrative headquarters of the district.

Geography

Ratlam District has an area of. It is bounded by Mandsaur District to the north, Jhalawar District of Rajasthan state to the northwest, Ujjain District to the east, Dhar District to the south, Jhabua District to the southwest, and Chittorgarh District of Rajasthan to the west. It is divided into five tehsils and is home to 9 towns and 1,063 villages. The district is part of Ujjain Division.

Information

Ratlam District was created after Indian independence in 1947, out of the territory of several princely states, including Ratlam State, Jaora State, Sailana State and Piploda State. Ratlam District was part of the new state of Madhya Bharat. The major stop for tourism in Ratlam district is the town of Sailana which is known for its cactus garden, Palace and the cave temples of kedareshwar. Ratlam is also known for Garadu, Sev and Gold. Also, it has a DRM office of Railway.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Ratlam District has a population of 1,455,069 roughly equal to the nation of Swaziland or the US state of Hawaii. This gives it a ranking of 342nd in India. The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade of 2001-2011 was 19.67%. Ratlam has a sex ratio of 973 females for every 1,000 males, and a literacy rate of 68.03%.
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 83.99% of the population in the district spoke Hindi, 13.62% Bhili, 1.27% Urdu and 0.52% Gujarati as their first language.