The current member of the Lok Sabha from Ujjain constituency is Anil firoziya of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Demographics According to the 2011 census Ujjain District has a population of 1,986,864, roughly equal to the nation of Slovenia or the US state of New Mexico. This gives it a ranking of 233rd in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 16.11%. Ujjain has a sex ratio of 954 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 73.55%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 26.36% and 2.45% of the population respectively. At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 47.58% of the population in the district spoke Malvi, 47.30% Hindi, 2.83% Urdu, 0.58% Gujarati, 0.56% Marathi and 0.40% Sindhi as their first language. Education Higher education Ujjain District is home to Vikram University located on Dewas Road and Maharshi Panini Sanskrit University. Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Business Management, Ujjain Ruxmaniben Deepchand Gardi Medical College, Ujjain Mahakal Institute of Technology, Ujjain Govt. Madhav Science PG College, Dewas Road, Ujjain Govt. Madhav Arts and Commerce College, Dewas Gate, Ujjain Ujjain Engineering College, Ujjain used to be Government Engineering College. Edited by Ravi Soni Avantika College Mahraja College Ujjain Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ujjain Institute of Computer Science, Ujjain Lokmany Tilak Education College, Ujjain Government Kalidas Girls College, Ujjain Govt. Girls PG College. Ujjain, Lokmanya Tilak Science And Commerce College, Ujjain Sandipani Law College, Ujjain Ujjain Polytechnic College, Ujjain Alpine Institute of Technology, Ujjain Vikram Uddhyog Puri The Government of Madhya Pradesh has allotted 1,200 acres for the development of Knowledge City near Ujjain which will be known as Vikram Uddhyog Puri. The city will be mainly used for the education sector and is a part of the ambitious Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor project. The city will come up near Narwar village on Dewas-Ujjain Road. See also Nagda district References External links Ujjain District web site Districts of Madhya Pradesh Government of Ujjain