Mungeli district

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Mungeli District
District of Chhattisgarh
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Location in Chhattisgarh
CountryFlag of India.svg India
State Chhattisgarh
Division Bilaspur
Established1 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
 • Density260/km2 (660/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+05:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 code IN-CT
HDI Increase2.svg 0.716 (medium)
Literacy rate 85.7%
Official languages Hindi  • Chhattisgarhi  • Braj Bhasha
Website mungeli.gov.in/en/

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]

Contents

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.

Administrative Division

Mungeli District has five tehsils: [3]

There are two assembly's to lead the district in the state assembly.

Demographics

Religions in Mungeli district (2011) [4]
ReligionPercent
Hinduism
 
97.01%
Other (tribal religion)
 
1.41%
Islam
 
0.82%
Christianity
 
0.50%
Other or not stated
 
0.26%

As of the 2011 census, the population was 701,707, of which 65,439 (9.33%) live in urban areas. [5] 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]

Languages of Mungeli district (2011) [6]
  1. Chhattisgarhi (97.2%)
  2. Hindi (1.45%)
  3. Gondi (0.17%)
  4. Sindhi (0.15%)
  5. Kurukh (0.13%)
  6. Others (0.85%)

Places of Interest

[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Blocks of Mungeli, Chhattisgarh". National Panchayat Directory. Ministry of Panchayati Raj. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  2. 1 2 "District Mungeli, Government of Chhattisgarh | Open Defecation Free Mungeli | India" . Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  3. ↑ https://mungeli.gov.in/en/tehsil/ [ bare URL ]
  4. ↑ "Table C-01 Population by Religion: Chhattisgarh". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
  5. ↑ "District Census Handbook - Bilaspur" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
  6. 1 2 "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Chhattisgarh". www.censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
  7. ↑ https://mungeli.gov.in/en/tourist-places/ [ bare URL ]

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