షాదోల్
మధ్యప్రదేశ్ రాష్ట్ర 51 జిల్లాలలో షాదోల్ జిల్లా ఒకటి. షాదోల్ పట్టణం జిల్లాకేంద్రంగా ఉంది. షాదోల్ జిల్లా షాదోల్ డివిషన్‌లో (అదనంగా [[అనుప్పూర్ మరియు ఉమరియా) భాగంగా ఉంది. జిల్లావైశాల్యం 5,671 చ.కి.మీ. 2001 గణాంకాలను అనుసరించి జిల్లా జనసంఖ్య 908,148. వీరిలో షెడ్యూల్డ్ తెగల సంఖ్య 391,027. షెడ్యూల్డ్ కులాల సంఖ్య 67,528.
షహ్డోల్
Shahdol is named after the headquarters town Shahdol which is located on the Bilaspur-Katni Section of the South-Eastern Railways. The etymology of the name as ascertained from the local residents points to its derivation from the name of the one Shahdolwa Ahir of Sohagpur village. The progenitor of the Ex-Illakadar family of Sohagpur, Jamni Bhan was the second son of Maharaja Virbhan Singh of Bagelkhand. He decided to settle at Sohagpur and assured maximum facilities to settler around, and also declared that places settled by clearing forests will be named after the pioneer settlers. Shahdolwa Ahir is believed to have settled the former village of Shahdolwa, about 2.5 km from the headquarters of Sohagpur after this declaration. Later on, the place used to be the camp site for the Maharaja of Rewa and British officers on tour. More villages were grouped into the village of Shahdol as it grew to a town. The District Headquarters was shifted from Umaria to Shahdol after the merger of princely states took place in 1948.