Mungeli district

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Mungeli District
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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, Bilha
Area
  Total2,750.36 km2 (1,061.92 sq mi)
Population
  Total701,707
  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 www.mungeli.gov.in

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, Lormia and Patharia.

Demographics

Religions in Mungeli district (2011) [3]
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. [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]

Languages of Mungeli district (2011) [5]

   Chhattisgarhi (97.25%)
   Hindi (1.45%)
   Gondi (0.17%)
   Sindhi (0.15%)
   Kurukh (0.13%)
  Others (0.85%)

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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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. "Table C-01 Population by Religion: Chhattisgarh". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
  4. "District Census Handbook - Bilaspur" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
  5. 1 2 "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Chhattisgarh". www.censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.

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