District of Chhattisgarh in India
| Mungeli District | |
|---|---|
| District of Chhattisgarh | |
 View of Achanakmar Wildlife Sanctuary | |
.svg) Location in Chhattisgarh | |
| Country |  India |
| 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 km (1,061.92 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 701,707 |
| • Density | 260/km (660/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-CT |
| HDI |  0.716 (medium) |
| Literacy rate | 85.7% |
| Official languages | Hindi • Chhattisgarhi • Braj Bhasha |
| Website | www |
Mungeli district is a district of Chhattisgarh, India, with headquarters in Mungeli. It was carved out of Bilaspur district in 2013. The present collector of Mungeli is Shri Rahul Dev.
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.
Demographics
| Religions in Mungeli district (2011) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Religion | Percent | |||
| 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. 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.
Languages of Mungeli district (2011)
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.
References
- "Blocks of Mungeli, Chhattisgarh". National Panchayat Directory. Ministry of Panchayati Raj. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
- ^ "District Mungeli, Government of Chhattisgarh | Open Defecation Free Mungeli | India". Retrieved 1 May 2021.
- "Table C-01 Population by Religion: Chhattisgarh". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
- "District Census Handbook - Bilaspur" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
- ^ "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Chhattisgarh". www.censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
External links
| Cities and towns in Mungeli district | |
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| Mungeli | |
| Cities and towns in other districts | |
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