District Profile · Madhya Pradesh
Mandsaur
- 1,340,411
- Population
- 5,530 km²
- Area
- Ujjain
- Region / Division
WORLD'S LARGEST LEGAL OPIUM BELT Area 5,535 km²; population 1,340,411 (2011); sex ratioThe number of females per 1,000 males in a population — a key demographic indicator in Indian census data. 963. Together with neighboring Neemuch and Ratlam, forms part of the world's largest area under legal, licensed opium poppy cultivation. Home to the Pashupatinath Temple on the Shivna River, with a rare 1st-millennium eight-faced Shiva linga.