Mandi district

Mandi district is one of the central districts of Himachal Pradesh state in northern India. The town of Mandi is the headquarters of the district.

Mandi district
District of Himachal Pradesh
Clockwise from top-left: Triloknath temple, Mandi, IIT Mandi, view of Nargu Wildlife Sanctuary, Prashar Lake, Rewalsar Lake
Location in Himachal Pradesh
Country	India
State	Himachal Pradesh
Headquarters	Mandi, India
Area
• Total	3,951 km2 (1,525 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	999,777
• Density	250/km2 (660/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
Major highways	NH 3, NH 154
Website	http://hpmandi.nic.in/

The main native language is Mandeali.^[1]

As of 2011, it is the second most populous district of Himachal Pradesh (out of 12), after Kangra.^[2]

Demographics

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	228,721	—
1911	236,038	+0.32%
1921	239,376	+0.14%
1931	265,873	+1.06%
1941	303,685	+1.34%
1951	310,626	+0.23%
1961	384,259	+2.15%
1971	515,180	+2.98%
1981	644,827	+2.27%
1991	776,372	+1.87%
2001	901,344	+1.50%
2011	999,777	+1.04%
source:[3]

According to the 2011 census, Mandi district has a population of 999,777^[2] roughly equal to the nation of Fiji^[4] or the US state of Montana.^[5] This gives it a ranking of 446th in India (out of a total of 640).^[2] The district has a population density of 253 inhabitants per square kilometre (660/sq mi).^[2]

Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 10.89%.^[2] Mandi has a sex ratio of 1012 females for every 1000 males^[2] and a literacy rate of 82.81%. 6.27% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 29.38% and 1.28% of the population respectively.^[2]

Religion

Religions in Mandi district (2011)[6]
Religion			Percent
Hinduism			98.16%
Islam			0.95%
Sikhism			0.41%
Other or not stated			0.48%

Religious groups in Mandi State (British Punjab province era)

Religious group	1901[7]		1911[8][9]		1921[10]		1931[11]		1941[12]
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
Hinduism [a]	170,304	97.85%	178,115	98.35%	181,358	98.01%	199,935	96.37%	227,463	97.79%
Islam	3,187	1.83%	2,799	1.55%	3,462	1.87%	6,351	3.06%	4,328	1.86%
Buddhism	510	0.29%	164	0.09%	76	0.04%	138	0.07%	208	0.09%
Sikhism	41	0.02%	26	0.01%	142	0.08%	899	0.43%	583	0.25%
Christianity	3	0%	4	0%	10	0.01%	141	0.07%	11	0%
Jainism	0	0%	2	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
Judaism	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	1	0%	0	0%
Zoroastrianism	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
Others	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
Total population	174,045	100%	181,110	100%	185,048	100%	207,465	100%	232,593	100%
Note: British Punjab province era district borders are not an exact match in the present-day due to various bifurcations to district borders — which since created new districts — throughout the historic Punjab Province region during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases.

Language

Languages of Mandi district (2011)^[13]

1. Mandeali (59.1%)
2. Pahadi (33.3%)
3. Hindi (4.10%)
4. Others (3.47%)

At the 2011 census, 59.11% of the population in the district identified their first language as Mandeali, 33.32% opted for Pahari (a term broadly applicable to most Indo-Aryan languages of Himachal and Uttarakhand), while 4.1% chose Hindi, 0.66% – Punjabi and 0.47% – Kangri.^[13]

Subdivisions

Mandi district Divived in to 12 Sub divisions:

• Mandi Sadar
• Balh
• Sundar Nagar
• Sarkaghat
• Dharampur
• Joginder Nagar
• Padhar
• Gohar
• Thunag
• Karsog
• Balichoki
• Kotli^[14]

Villages in the district include Janjheli, which falls in Thunag Tehsil. It is near Kullu-Manali, around 80 km from Bhunter Airport, 90 km from Kullu and 67 km from Mandi. It has thick deodar forests, sprawling apple orchards, and springs. It is a trekking/hiking outpost. Shikari Devi is a tourist spot. It hosts Himachal Cultural Village, an ethnic village highlighting the culture of Himachal Pradesh.^[15]

Politics

This section is transcluded from 13th Himachal Pradesh Assembly. (edit | history)

No.	Constituency	Member	Party		Remarks	Reference
26	Karsog (SC)	Hira Lal		Bhartiya Janata Party
27	Sundernagar	Rakesh Jamwal		Bhartiya Janata Party
28	Nachan (SC)	Vinod Kumar		Bharatiya Janata Party
29	Seraj	Jai Ram Thakur		Bharatiya Janata Party	Chief Minister
30	Darang	Jawahar Thakur		Bharatiya Janata Party
31	Jogindernagar	Prakash Rana		Bharatiya Janata Party	Defected From Independent To BJP[16]
32	Dharampur	Mahender Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party	Jal Shakti Minister
33	Mandi	Anil Sharma		Bharatiya Janata Party	MPP and Power Minister (27.12.2017–13.04.2019)	[17]
34	Balh (SC)	Inder Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party		[18]
35	Sarkaghat	Inder Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party	Chairman, Subordinate Legislation Committee	[19]

Education

Universities and colleges

IIT Mandi Campus Jan 2020

• Indian Institute of Technology Mandi (IIT Mandi)
• Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College
• Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Cluster University
• Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Government Medical College & Hospital Mandi
• College of Horticulture and Centre of Excellence for Horticulture Research and Extension, Thunag
• Atal Bihari Vajpayee University of Medicine and Health Sciences (upcoming)

Schools

• Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Mandi

Polytechnics

• Govt Polytechnic Sundernagar
• Industrial Training Institute (ITI) Mandi

Sports

The district is home to the Bandy Federation of India^[20] which is a member of the IOC recognized^[21] Federation of International Bandy.

See also

• Mandi State
• Mandi River
• Jaidevi

Notes

1. 1931-1941: Including Ad-Dharmis