Steps I did to achieve the current state of code.

pip uninstall django
pip install django # This should install 1.9.6
django-admin startproject eportal
cd eportal
python manage.py startapp users

1. Write code given in Django tutorial - Part 1
2. Create a database and store its details in eportal/eportal/settings.py.
3. Run python manage.py migrate in outer eportal.
4. Write models in eportal/users/models.py.