Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi district

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Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi district
District of Chhattisgarh
Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi in Chhattisgarh (India).svg
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)
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.[3][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.[4]

History[]

The district was formerly under the rule of the Haihaiyas until Bhaskar Pant of the Marathas defeated them. The Marathas then adminstered 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[]

At the time of the 2011 census, the district had a population of 3,36,420. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 20,802 and 192,073 which is 6.18% and 57.09% of the population respectively.[2]

Religions in Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi district (2011)[5]
Religion Percent
Hinduism
 
 94.10%
Other (tribal religion)
 
 2.93%
Islam
 
 2.01%
Christianity
 
 0.53%
Other or not stated
 
 0.43%

Languages of Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi district, 2011 census

  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.[6]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "About Gaurela-Penra-Marwahi District," Government of Chhatisgarh, 2020
  2. ^ a b "District Census 2011 - Bilaspur" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. 2011.
  3. ^ "Bhupesh Baghel inaugurates Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi as Chhattisgarh's 28th district," India Today, Feb 11, 2020
  4. ^ admin (2021-07-03). "आज हम जानेंगे छत्तीसगढ़ के नवगठित गौरेला पेंड्रा मरवाही के बारे में". हिंदी में जानकारी. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
  5. ^ "C-16 Population By Religion - Chhattisgarh". census.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India.
  6. ^ 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue
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