Mungeli District | |
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View of Achanakmar Wildlife Sanctuary | |
![]() Location in Chhattisgarh | |
Country | ![]() |
State | Chhattisgarh |
Division | Bilaspur |
Established | 1 Jan 2012 |
Headquarters | Mungeli |
Tehsils | Mungeli, Lormi, Pathariya, Sargaon, Lalpur Thana |
Government | |
• Collector | Rahul Dev |
• Lok Sabha Constituency | Bilaspur |
• Vidhan Sabha Constituency | Mungeli, Lormi |
Area | |
• Total | 2,750.36 km2 (1,061.92 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 701,707 |
• Density | 260/km2 (660/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
ISO 3166 code | IN-CT |
HDI | ![]() |
Literacy rate | 85.7% |
Official languages | Hindi • Chhattisgarhi • Braj Bhasha |
Website | www |
Mungeli district is a district of Chhattisgarh, India, [1] with headquarters in Mungeli. It was carved out of Bilaspur district in 2013. The present collector of Mungeli is Shri Rahul Dev. [2]
The story of Netflix movie Chaman Bahaar is based in Mungeli district. The story revolves around a young man who runs a paan thela on a semi-deserted road, after Mungeli district was carved out of Bilaspur district. Actor Jitendra Kumar plays the lead role.
Mungeli has three tehsils: Mungeli, Lormi and Patharia.
As of the 2011 census, the population was 701,707, of which 65,439 (9.33%) live in urban areas. [4] The population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 38.29%. 1,20,631 (17.19%) are under 6 years of age. Mungeli has a sex ratio of 974 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 64.75%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 27.70% and 10.37% of the population respectively. [2]
As of the 2011 census, 97.25% of the population spoke Chhattisgarhi and 1.45% Hindi as their first language. [5]
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