Arrange the following districts of Madhya Pradesh in order of their decennial population growth rate during 2001–2011, as per the 2011 census. Arrange from the lowest to highest.

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Correct — B, Anuppur, Betul, Chhindwara, Mandsaur (lowest to highest). Per the 2011 Census, this is the ascending order of 2001–2011 decadal population growth rate among these four Madhya Pradesh districts — Anuppur recorded the smallest decadal increase of the four, and Mandsaur the largest.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) Keeps Anuppur first (correct) but swaps the middle two districts out of their actual ascending order.  (c) Starts with Betul instead of the lowest-growth district (Anuppur), and wrongly pushes Anuppur to the end.  (d) Swaps the first two districts, placing Betul ahead of Anuppur, which actually had the lower growth rate.

Concept: Census 2011 records each district's decadal (2001–2011) population growth rate — the percentage change in population over the decade, driven by natural increase (births minus deaths) plus net migration. MPPSC frequently asks students to rank Madhya Pradesh's districts by this figure, which tests familiarity with the district-wise census data table rather than a definitional concept.

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