Mungeli district

Mungeli District
Mungeli District
District of Chhattisgarh
	View of Achanakmar Wildlife Sanctuary
Country	India
State	Chhattisgarh
Division	Bilaspur
Established	1st Jan 2012
Headquarters	Mungeli
Tehsils	Mungeli, Lormi, Pathariya, Sargaon
Government
• Collector	Ajeet Vasant
• Lok Sabha Constituency	Bilaspur
• Vidhan Sabha Constituency	Mungeli, Lormi, Bilha
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	0.716 (medium)
Literacy rate	85.7%
Official languages	Hindi • Chhattisgarhi • Braj Bhasha
Website	www.mungeli.gov.in

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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 Ajeet Vasant.^[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:

Demographics[edit]

As of the 2011 census, the population was 701,707. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 27.7% and 10.37% of the population respectively.^[2]

Religions in Mungeli district (2011)^[3]
Religion			Percent
Hinduism			97.01%
Other			1.41%
Islam			0.82%
Other or not stated			0.76%

Languages of Mungeli district, 2011 census

Chhattisgarhi (97.25%)

Hindi (1.45%)

Others (1.3%)

As of the 2011 census, 97.25% of the population spoke Chhattisgarhi and 1.45% Hindi as their first language.^[4]

References[edit]

↑ "Blocks of Mungeli, Chhattisgarh". National Panchayat Directory. Ministry of Panchayati Raj. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "District Mungeli, Government of Chhattisgarh | Open Defecation Free Mungeli | India". Retrieved 1 May 2021.
↑ "C-16 Population By Religion - Chhattisgarh". census.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India.
↑ 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue

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Coordinates: 22°04′01″N 81°40′12″E / 22.0670°N 81.6700°E / 22.0670; 81.6700

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[1] "Blocks of Mungeli, Chhattisgarh". National Panchayat Directory. Ministry of Panchayati Raj. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.

[:0-2] 2.0 ^2.1 "District Mungeli, Government of Chhattisgarh | Open Defecation Free Mungeli | India". Retrieved 1 May 2021.

[Religion-3] "C-16 Population By Religion - Chhattisgarh". census.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India.

[4] 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue

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