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{{About|the district|its eponymous headquarters|Mandla}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Mandla district
| settlement_type = [[List of districts of Madhya Pradesh|District]] of [[Madhya Pradesh]]
| total_type = Total
| image_skyline = Kanha National Park 10.jpg
| image_caption = Kanha National Park
| image_map = MP Mandla district map.svg
| map_caption = Location of Mandla district in Madhya Pradesh
| coordinates =
| coor_pinpoint = Mandla
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Madhya Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2 = Division
| subdivision_name2 = [[Jabalpur division|Jabalpur]]
| established_title = Established
| established_date =
| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Mandla]]
| parts_type = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]
| parts_style = para
| p1 = 6
| area_total_km2 = 8771
| area_footnotes =
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 1,054,905
| population_footnotes =
| population_urban =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = Demographics
| demographics1_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]
| demographics1_info1 = 66.87 per cent
| demographics1_title2 = Sex ratio
| demographics1_info2 = 1008
| leader_title =
| leader_name =
| leader_title1 = [[Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name1 = [[Mandla (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mandla]]
| leader_title2 = [[Vidhan Sabha|Vidhan Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name2 = 3
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +05:30
| registration_plate =
| blank_name_sec1 = [[Roads in India|Major highways]]
| blank_info_sec1 = 12A(NH 30)
| blank_name_sec2 =
| blank_info_sec2 =
| website = {{URL|https://mandla.nic.in/en/}}
| official_name =
}}

'''Mandla District''' is a [[List of districts of Madhya Pradesh|district]] of [[Madhya Pradesh]] in central India. The town of [[Mandla]] is the administrative headquarters of the district. It is part of [[Jabalpur Division]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mandla.nic.in/|title=Mandla district}}</ref>

The district has an area of 8771 km², and a population of 779,414. It has 9 development blocks, 6 [[tehsil]]s, and 1214 villages. It lies in the [[Mahakoshal]] region, and most of the district lies in the basin of the [[Narmada River]].

==Economy==
In 2006 the [[Ministry of Panchayati Raj]] named [https://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/madhyapradesh/districts/mandla.htm Mandla] one of the country's 250 [[Poverty in India|most backward districts]] (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=brgf/> It is one of the 24 districts in Madhya Pradesh currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).<ref name=brgf>{{cite web|author=Ministry of Panchayati Raj |date=September 8, 2009 |title=A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme |publisher=National Institute of Rural Development |url=http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf |access-date=September 27, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405033402/http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf |archive-date=April 5, 2012 }}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{historical populations|11=1901|12=2,07,152|13=1911|14=2,63,662|15=1921|16=2,51,438|17=1931|18=2,90,034|19=1941|20=3,28,300|21=1951|22=3,56,304|23=1961|24=4,20,563|25=1971|26=5,39,873|27=1981|28=6,27,717|29=1991|30=7,79,414|31=2001|32=8,94,236|33=2011|34=10,54,905|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>|align=right}}According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Mandla District has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 1,054,905,<ref name=districtcensus>{{cite web | url = http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php | title = District Census 2011 | access-date = 2011-09-30 | year = 2011 | publisher = Census2011.co.in}}</ref> roughly equal to the nation of [[Cyprus]]<ref name="cia">{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | access-date = 2011-10-01 | quote = Cyprus 1,120,489 July 2011 est.
}}</ref> or the US state of [[Rhode Island]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|title=2010 Resident Population Data
|publisher=U. S. Census Bureau
|access-date=2011-09-30
|quote=Rhode Island 1,052,567
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019160532/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|archive-date=2013-10-19
}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 432nd in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert| 182 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}} .<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 17.81%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Mandla has a [[sex ratio]] of 1005 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 68.28%.<ref name=districtcensus/>

===Languages===
At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 89.01% of the population in the district spoke [[Hindi]] and 10.22% [[Gondi language|Gondi]] as their first language.<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue]</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia | editor = M. Paul Lewis | encyclopedia = Ethnologue: Languages of the World | title = Bharia: A language of India| url = http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=bha | access-date = 2011-09-28 | edition = 16th | year = 2009 | publisher = SIL International | location = Dallas, Texas}}</ref>

==Ecology==
Much of the district is forested, and it is home to [[Kanha National Park]], a [[Project Tiger]] sanctuary. Kanha has the largest number of [[tiger]]s in India. The park has won national awards for good management and infrastructure. The park is open year round except for July and August. The district is also home to [[Mandla Plant Fossils National Park]].
However, once upon a time Kanha and Satpura forest region, now famous as tiger reserves, were ruled by wild Indian elephants and lions.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130811081304/http://www.banglalive.com/News/SpecialNewsDetail/5966]. banglalive.com</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.census2011.co.in/data/district/321-mandla-madhya-pradesh.html|title=Mandla district}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Mandla district}}
*[http://mandla.nic.in Mandla District web site]

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Mandla district
|North =
|Northeast = [[Dindori district]]
|East = [[Kabirdham district]], [[Chhattisgarh]]
|Southeast =
|South = [[Balaghat district]]
|Southwest =
|West = [[Seoni district]]
|Northwest =
}}

{{Districts of Madhya Pradesh}}
{{Jabalpur Division}}
{{Narmada basin}}
{{Authority control}}

{{Coord|22|42|N|81|00|E|region:IN_type:adm2nd|display=title}}

[[Category:Mandla district| ]]
[[Category:Districts of Madhya Pradesh]]

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