Mungeli district

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]

Mungeli District
District of Chhattisgarh
View of Achanakmar Wildlife Sanctuary
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 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	mungeli.gov.in/en/

Popular In Media

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.

Administrative Division

Mungeli District has five tehsils:^[3]

• Mungeli
• Lormi
• Pathariya
• Sargaon
• Lalpur Thana

There are two assembly's to lead the district in the state assembly.

• Mungeli Assembly constituency
• Lormi Assembly constituency

Demographics

Religions in Mungeli district (2011)[4]
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.^[5] 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)^[6]

1. Chhattisgarhi (97.2%)
2. Hindi (1.45%)
3. Gondi (0.17%)
4. Sindhi (0.15%)
5. Kurukh (0.13%)
6. Others (0.85%)

As of the 2011 census, 97.25% of the population spoke Chhattisgarhi and 1.45% Hindi as their first language.^[6]

Places of Interest

• Achanakmar Tiger Reserve
• Setganga
• Kharaghat
• Rajiv Gandhi reservoir (Khudia reservoir)
• Madku Islands
• Amar Island and Temple
• Hathnikala Temple
• Shivghat

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