Acharpura
village
Acharpura is located in Madhya Pradesh
Acharpura
Acharpura
Acharpura is located in India
Acharpura
Acharpura
Coordinates: 23°21′07″N 77°21′50″E / 23.3518803°N 77.3640257°E / 23.3518803; 77.3640257
CountryIndia
StateMadhya Pradesh
DistrictBhopal
TehsilHuzur
Elevation
486 m (1,594 ft)
Population
 (2011)
  Total994
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 codeIN-MP
2011 census code482369

Acharpura is a village in the Bhopal district of Madhya Pradesh, India. It is located in the Huzur tehsil and the Phanda block.[1]

In the 2000s, the Government of Madhya Pradesh made attempts to develop the area into a "Special Education Zone", but did not attract much interest from the investors.[2] In 2008, the Government allocated 110 acres to Anil Ambani's Dhirubhai Ambani Memorial Trust (DAMT) for a private university, but the Trust abandoned the project in 2015.[3]

Demographics

According to the 2011 census of India, Acharpura has 196 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 62.04%.[4]

Demographics (2011 Census)[4]
TotalMaleFemale
Population994548446
Children aged below 6 years1436974
Scheduled caste1729577
Scheduled tribe1367165
Literates528350178
Workers (all)36427985
Main workers (total)33627858
Main workers: Cultivators1591572
Main workers: Agricultural labourers804535
Main workers: Household industry workers000
Main workers: Other977621
Marginal workers (total)28127
Marginal workers: Cultivators707
Marginal workers: Agricultural labourers13112
Marginal workers: Household industry workers000
Marginal workers: Others808
Non-workers630269361

References

  1. "RFP Document for Establishing Operating and Maintaining Lok Seva Kendra" (PDF). E-Governance Society Bhopal District. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  2. Shashikant Trivedi (1 May 2014). "Few takers for MP's new industrial corridor project". Business Standard.
  3. Shashikant Trivedi (24 May 2015). "Anil Ambani dumps Bhopal university project". Business Standard.
  4. 1 2 "District Census Handbook - Bhopal" (PDF). 2011 Census of India. Directorate of Census Operations, Madhya Pradesh. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
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