Sagar

MP'S 3RD-MOST-POPULOUS DISTRICT Area 10,252 km²; population 2,378,458 (2011); density 232/km²; literacy 77.52%; urban share 29.80%. The Tropic of Cancer passes through the district. Home to Dr. Hari Singh Gour University — MP's oldest university, now a central university (Chapter 07) — and birthplace of the state's first Chief Minister, Ravishankar Shukla. Bina hosts a major thermal power plant and oil refinery.