Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi district
District of Chhattisgarh
Location in Chhattisgarh
Location in Chhattisgarh
Country India
StateChhattisgarh
DivisionBilaspur
EstablishedFebruary 2020
HeadquartersGaurella
Area
[1]
 • Total2,307.39 km2 (890.89 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total336,420
 • Density150/km2 (380/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+05:30 (IST)
PIN
49511x (Gaurela Pendra Marwahi)[3]
Websitegaurela-pendra-marwahi.cg.gov.in

Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi district is a district in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. Gaurella is the headquarters of the district. It was carved out of Bilaspur district and inaugurated in February 2020.[4][1]

Geography

Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi district is bordered by Koriya and Korba districts to the east, Bilaspur and Mungeli districts to the south, and Anuppur district of Madhya Pradesh to the northwest. The district is predominantly mountainous.[5]

History

The district was formerly under the rule of the Haihaiyas until Bhaskar Pant of the Marathas defeated them. The Marathas then administered the region until the British victory in the Third Anglo-Maratha War in 1818. The British then created Bilaspur district including the current territory of Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi district. Chhattisgarh Mitra, the first newspaper of Chhattisgarh in this district, was published in the form of a monthly magazine from Pendra in the year 1900 under the editing of Pandit Madhavrao Sapre

Demographics

Religions in Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi district (2011)[6]
Religion Percent
Hinduism
 
 94.10%
Other (tribal religion)
 
 2.93%
Islam
 
 2.01%
Christianity
 
 0.53%
Other or not stated
 
 0.43%

At the time of the 2011 census, the district had a population of 3,36,420. Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi district has a sex ratio of 997 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 55.92%. 32,285 (9.60%) live in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 20,802 (6.18%) and 192,073 (57.09%) of the population respectively.[2]

Languages of Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi district (2011)[7]

  Chhattisgarhi (74.59%)
  Hindi (23.48%)
  Others (1.93%)

According to the 2011 census, 74.59% of the district speaks Chhattisgarhi and 23.48% speaks Hindi as their first language.[7]

Villages

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "About Gaurela-Penra-Marwahi District," Government of Chhattisgarh, 2020
  2. 1 2 "District Census Handbook - Bilaspur" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
  3. ↑ Gaurela Pendra Marwahi
  4. ↑ "Bhupesh Baghel inaugurates Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi as Chhattisgarh's 28th district," India Today, Feb 11, 2020
  5. ↑ admin (2021-07-03). "आज हम जानेंगे छत्तीसगढ़ के नवगठित गौरेला पेंड्रा मरवाही के बारे में". हिंदी में जानकारी. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
  6. ↑ "Table C-01 Population by Religion: Chhattisgarh". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
  7. 1 2 "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Chhattisgarh". www.censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
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