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The female sex ratio is 864 against a state average of 931. Moreover, the child sex ratio in Amarkantak is around 931 compared to Madhya Pradesh's state average of 918. [6] Literacy rate of Amarkantak city is 80.20%, higher than the state average of 69.32%. Male literacy is around 88.06% and the female literacy rate is 71.02%.
The topography of the biosphere reserve varies from the lowland rice fields in Bilaspur and Anuppur and the wheat fields in Dindori to the hills of the Maikal range of Satpuras. The topography of the soil in the Amarkantak plateau is bauxite rocks. Several streams and Nallas flow through the reserve, many of which are not perennial.
English: Amarkantak is a scenic hill top pilgrimage town where Vindhya, Maikal and Satpura mountain ranges meet in east Madhya Pradesh, India. It is the source of two important rivers – Narmada heading west, and Sone heading northeast to meet the Ganga river.
This mountain range serves as a natural border between Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh state. The Narmada and the Tapti are major rivers that drain into the Arabian Sea. The Narmada originates in eastern Madhya Pradesh ( India) and flows west across the state, through a narrow valley between the Vindhya Range and spurs of the Satpura Range.
State Highways in Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh State Highway 8 (MP SH 8) [ 1 ] is a State Highway running from Budhar town in Shahdol distinct via Darrikherwa, Rajendragram, Pushprajgarh , Nonghati and ultimately terminates at Amarkantak near the Madhya Pradesh - Chhattisgarh state border.
In the entire course of the river of 1,312 km (815.2 mi), there are 41 tributaries, out of which 22 are from the Satpura range and the rest on the right bank are from the Vindhya range. [4] Dhupgarh (1,350 m), near Pachmarhi is the highest point of the Narmada basin. [14] The basin has five well defined physiographic regions.
Kanha National Park is a national park and a Tiger Reserve in the Mandla and Balaghat districts of Madhya Pradesh and located in the Maikal hills of the Satpuras. Besides harbouring a viable population of the tiger, Kanha has distinguished itself in saving the endangered hard ground barasingha from extinction, and supporting the last world population of this deer species [5]
Anuppur District (अनूपपुर, Hindi pronunciation: [ən̪uːp.pʊɾ]) is an administrative district in Shahdol Division of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. The district has an area of 3,701 km 2 (1,429 sq mi), and a population of 749,237 (2011 Census). 309,624 people are from scheduled tribes and 48,376 are scheduled castes .