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.
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
