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Area 2,772 sq. km, population 1,836,784 (2001 census). The population of Bhopal district increased by 51% from 1981 to 1991, and by 36% from 1991 to 2001. Bhopal District is bounded by the districts of Guna to the north, Vidisha to the northeast, Raisen to the east and southeast, Sehore to the southwest and west, and Rajgarh to the northwest.
the city of Bhopal lies in the southern part of the district, and the majority of the population resides within Bhopal municipality. The town of Berasia lies in the northern part of the district.
Bhopal division includes the districts of Betul , Bhopal, Harda, Hoshangabad, Raisen , Rajgarh, Sehore , and Vidisha. Bhopal is the administrative center of the division.
Before they were merged into Madhya Pradesh in 1956, Bhopal, Sehore, and Raisen districts were part of the former Bhopal state, and Vidisha was part of former Madhya Bharat state.