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Welcome to Khargone
Khargone District in Census 2011
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
 Geographical Area : 8030.0 Km2
Population : 1713134
Male Population : 884966
Female Population : 828168

Census 2001
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 29070
In seeing : 11945
In speech : 1515
In hearing : 1896
In movement : 11406
Mental : 2308

 

 
Social, Environmental & Economic Sustainability
Our analysis of the rank of the district
Backwardness : 22
Sex Ratio Rank : 346
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : C
(HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 - 2006)
Disability : NA
Literacy Ratio : 431 (Census 2001)
Minority : Does not figure in MCD
Water : Flouride in Groundwater above permissible limits

Challenges of the district : Our research with local communities
Following are the social and developmental challenges of the district:

· Khargone is a tribal district of Madhya Pradesh
· Poor supply of electricity disturbs many other activities of the people residing in the district.
· There inadequate water supply in the district.
· Anemia is one of the main health problem affecting the people of the district.

Brief About Khargone District
Khargone lies in a tract which has always been, historically important for its being on the easiest natural route that connects the northern & southern parts of India. Most parts of the district were included, at different times,in the kingdoms of the early Haihayas of Mahishmati, the Parmars of Malwa, the Ahirs of Asirgarh, Mohammedan kings of Mandu, the Moughals, the Peshwa & other Maratha Sardars - Holkar, Sciendia, Pawar.
         
Geography & Rivers
Khargone District with its headquarter at Khargone, occupies south west boundary of Madhya Pradesh. Located between latitudes 21 degree 22' - 22 degree 35' (North) & longitudes 74 degree 25' - 76 degree 14' (East). Area - 8030 sq.km. Surrounded by Dhar, Indore & Dewas in the north, Maharashtra in the south, Khandwa, Burhanpur in the east and Barwani in the West. District forms almost central section of Narmada valley which is bordered by Vindhyachal ranges in north & Satpura ranges in south. Narmada is the main river flowing about 100 km in the district. Kunda & Veda are the main rivers. Dejla-Devada, Garhi-Galtar & Ambaknala are main irrigation projects.

Approach
District is well connected with Indore, Khandwa, Dhar, Jhabua, Jalgaon, Dhule, by road. The Agra-Bombay Road, National Highway No.3, passes through the district. The only railway line passes through the eastern parts of the district, is the Khandwa-Indore section of meter gauge line of the Western Railways. The important rail heads are Barwaha & Sanawad. Nearest broadguage railway station is Khandwa (89 kms) and nearest airport is Indore (143 kms).
 
Voice of Khargone NGO
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From our database of 50 000 NGOs, we have randomly picked up NGOs for each district, so that we give opportunity for any NGO to share their concerns for the district.

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During 2013-14, we plan to talk to 3 to 5 NGOs from each district, including our set of recommended NGOs, to get an overall perspective of the challenges of the district.


NGO Database for this district
Total NGOs  
FCRA NGOs  
FCRA NGOs (1 crore plus)*  
Recommended NGOs  
* NGOs which received over Rs 1 crore FCRA donations in 2011-12
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