Acharpura is a village in the Bhopal district of Madhya Pradesh, India. It is located in the Huzur tehsil and the Phanda block.
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. 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.
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%.
+ Demographics (2011 Census) Total Male Female Population 994 548 446 Children aged below 6 years 143 69 74 Scheduled caste 172 95 77 Scheduled tribe 136 71 65 Literates 528 350 178 Workers (all) 364 279 85 Main workers (total) 336 278 58 Main workers: Cultivators 159 157 2 Main workers: Agricultural labourers 80 45 35 Main workers: Household industry workers 0 0 0 Main workers: Other 97 76 21 Marginal workers (total) 28 1 27 Marginal workers: Cultivators 7 0 7 Marginal workers: Agricultural labourers 13 1 12 Marginal workers: Household industry workers 0 0 0 Marginal workers: Others 8 0 8 Non-workers 630 269 361
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