Ujjain district
Ujjain district is a district of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. The historic city of Ujjain is the district headquarters. The district has an area of 6,091 km², and a population of 19,86,864 (2011 census), a 16.12% increase from its 2001 population of 17,10,982. Geography. The district is bounded by the districts of Shajapur on the northeast and east, Dewas to the southeast, Indore to the south, Dhar to the southwest, and Ratlam to the west and northwest. The district is part of Ujjain Division. Rivers and lakes. The main river is the Shipra river, a tributary  of the Chambal river in the east. Other small rivers include the Gambhir river and Kahn river, two tributaries of the Shipra. Divisions. At present, after the delimitation of parliamentary and legislative assembly constituencies in 2008, there are eight Vidhan Sabha constituencies in this district: Nagada-Khachrod, Mahidpur, Tarana, Ghatiya, Ujjain Dakshin, Ujjain Uttar, Badnagar including a lot from Ratlam District. It is reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled castes since 1966. The current member of the Lok Sabha from Ujjain constituency is Anil firoziya of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Demographics. According to the 2011 census Ujjain  District has a population of 1,986,864, roughly equal to the nation of Slovenia or the US state of New Mexico. This gives it a ranking of 233rd in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 16.11%. Ujjain has a sex ratio of 954 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 73.55%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 26.36% and 2.45% of the population respectively. At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 47.58% of the population in the  district spoke Malvi, 47.30% Hindi, 2.83% Urdu, 0.58% Gujarati, 0.56% Marathi and 0.40% Sindhi as their first language. Education. Higher education. Ujjain District is home to Vikram University and Maharshi Panini Sanskrit University. Vikram Uddhyog Puri. The Government of Madhya Pradesh has allotted 1,200 acres for the development of Knowledge City near Ujjain which will be known as Vikram Uddhyog Puri. The city will be mainly used for the education sector and is a part of the ambitious Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor project. The city will come up near Narwar village on Dewas-Ujjain Road.