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{{Infobox settlement
| name                            = Anuppur district
| settlement_type                 = [[List of districts of Madhya Pradesh|District]] of [[Madhya Pradesh]]
| total_type                      = Total
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| map_caption                     = Location of Anuppur district in Madhya Pradesh
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| subdivision_type                = Country
| subdivision_name                = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1               = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1               = [[Madhya Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2               = Division
| subdivision_name2               = [[Shahdol Division|Shahdol]]
| established_title               = Established
| established_date                = 
| seat_type                       = Headquarters
| seat                            = [[Anuppur]]
| parts_type                      = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]
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| area_total_km2                  = 3746
| area_footnotes                  = 
| population_as_of                = 2011
| population_total                = 749,237
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| population_density_km2          = auto
| demographics_type1              = Demographics
| demographics1_title1            = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]
| demographics1_info1             = 69.08 per cent
| demographics1_title2            = Sex ratio
| demographics1_info2             = 975
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| leader_title1                   = [[Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name1                    = [[Shahdol (Lok Sabha constituency)|Shahdol]]
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| website                         = {{URL|https://anuppur.nic.in/en/}}
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| image_caption                   = Amarkantak, source of the Narmada
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'''Anuppur District''' (अनूपपुर) is an administrative district in [[Shahdol Division]] of [[Madhya Pradesh]] state in central [[India]].

The district has an area of {{cvt|3701|km2}}, and a population of 749,237 (2011 Census). 309,624 people are from [[scheduled tribe]]s and 48,376 are [[scheduled castes]]. The district is bordered by [[Koriya District]] of [[Chhattisgarh]] state on the east, [[Bilaspur District, Chhattisgarh|Bilaspur District]] of Chhattisgarh on the southeast, [[Dindori District]] of Madhya Pradesh on the southwest, [[Umaria District]] of Madhya Pradesh on the west, and [[Shahdol district|Shahdol District]] on the northwest and north. The administrative headquarters of the district is [[Anuppur]].

The district has one [[Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya]], and Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, a central university  at [[Amarkantak]].

The district was created on 15 August 2003 out of Shahdol District. It is part of [[Shahdol Division]].

Anuppur district is mostly hilly and forested. The [[Narmada River]] originates from the hill of [[Amarkantak]] in the [[Maikal Hills]], and the [[Son River]] originates nearby. Almost the entirety of the district is in the Ganga basin, while a small portion in the south in the Narmada basin.

== History ==
Early history of Anuppur district is, however, not clearly chronicled. Anuppur is a newly created district out of earstwhile Shahdol district. By local belief the area of the district was the capital of king Virat. Likewise Amarkantak is associated with thepical hermites Bhirgu Markandeya etc. as well as Pandava brothers. The north of Son river is believed to be ruled by Magadh empire. The rulers of Mekala who seem to have come under the overlordship of the Vakataks were known as the Panduvanshis of Mekala. The old country of Mekala lay about the present Amarkantak Hills and its name can be traced in the hills of the Maikal range. Some historians think that Mekala was a small tribe living in the tract of country, comprising the modern Amarkantaka hill and the surrounding territory. 

The Sohagpur and Amarkantak districts were given to the Rewa ruler after the 1857 upsurge, in lieu of the help given by the Rewa Chief in quelling the mutineers in Ramgarh (Mandla district) and other places. The district thereafter continued as a part of Shahdol district to be under the Baghel rule till 1947, when the Rewa State merged with Indian Union. 

The Bhonsles of Nagpur built the Narmada temple. Maharaja Gulab Singh belonging to the Baghel dynasty of Rewa constructed the outer boundary wall of the temple complex. The Kalchuris constructed the Machendranath and the Patleshwar temple at Amarkantak. These references establish that the district was ruled by Bhonsles of Nagpur and also Kalchuris earlier.

==Demographics==
{{historical populations|11=1901|12=1,28,297|13=1911|14=1,46,726|15=1921|16=1,36,290|17=1931|18=1,64,224|19=1941|20=1,87,591|21=1951|22=2,05,240|23=1961|24=2,49,115|25=1971|26=3,10,763|27=1981|28=4,18,833|29=1991|30=5,56,074|31=2001|32=6,67,155|33=2011|34=7,49,237|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>|align=right}}According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]], Anuppur district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 749,237,<ref name=districtcensus>{{cite web | url = http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php | title = District Census 2011 | access-date = 2011-09-30 | year = 2011 | publisher = Census2011.co.in}}</ref> roughly equal to the nation of [[Guyana]]<ref name="cia">{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | access-date = 2011-10-01 | quote = Guyana 744,768
}}</ref> or the US state of [[Alaska]].<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php 
 |title=2010 Resident Population Data 
 |publisher=U. S. Census Bureau 
 |access-date=2011-09-30 
 |quote=Alaska 710,231 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019160532/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php 
 |archive-date=2013-10-19 
}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 492nd in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert| 200 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}} .<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was  12.35%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Anuppur has a [[sex ratio]] of  975 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 69.08%. Scheduled Castes and Tribes make up 9.9% and 47.9% of the population respectively. The largest tribal community is the [[Gondi people|Gonds]].<ref name=districtcensus/>

Kotma is the biggest town (Municipality) in Anuppur District and Barbaspur (Chondi) near Bhaloo mada coal mines is the biggest village of the Anuppur district.

===Languages===
At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 91.89% of the population in the district spoke [[Hindi]], 2.97% [[Bagheli language|Bagheli]] and 2.23% [[Gondi language|Gondi]] as their first language.<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue]</ref>

==Education==

* Govt. Tulsi College
* Govt. I.T.I. College
* Govt. Polytechnic College
* [[Indira Gandhi National Tribal University]], Amarkantak
* Jawahar Novodaya Vidyalaya

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Anuppur district}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20190820030255/https://anuppur.nic.in/ Anuppur: official]

{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Anuppur district
|North     = [[Shahdol district]]
|Northeast =
|East      = [[Koriya district]], [[Chhattisgarh]]
|Southeast = [[Bilaspur district, Chhattisgarh|Bilaspur district]], [[Chhattisgarh]]
|South     =
|Southwest =
|West      = [[Dindori district]]
|Northwest = [[Umaria district]]
}}

{{Districts of Madhya Pradesh}}
{{Shahdol Division}}
{{Son basin}}
{{Narmada basin}}

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