Mandladistrict

Coordinates:2242N8100E

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MandlaDistrictisadistrictofMadhyaPradesh
stateincentralIndia.ThetownofMandlais
administrativeheadquartersofthedistrict.Itis
partofJabalpurDivision.

Mandladistrict

DistrictofMadhyaPradesh

Thedistricthasanareaof8771km,anda
populationof779,414.Ithas9development
blocks,4tehsils,and1214villages.Muchofthe
populationareadivasis(tribespeople),including
Gonds.ThedistrictliesintheMahakoshalregion,
andmostofthedistrictliesinthebasinofthe
NarmadaRiver.

Contents
1Economy
2Demographics
2.1Languages
3Ecology
4References
5Externallinks

Economy
In2006theMinistryofPanchayatiRajnamed
Mandlaoneofthecountry's250mostbackward
districts(outofatotalof640).[1]Itisoneofthe24
districtsinMadhyaPradeshcurrentlyreceiving
fundsfromtheBackwardRegionsGrantFund
Programme(BRGF).[1]

Demographics

LocationofMandladistrictinMadhyaPradesh

Country
State
Administrative
division

India
MadhyaPradesh
Jabalpur

Headquarters
Tehsils

Mandla
4

Government
LokSabha
constituencies
Assemblyseats

Mandla
12

Area
Total

8,771km2(3,387sqmi)

Population(2011)
Total
Density

1,053,522
120/km2(310/sqmi)

Demographics
Literacy
Sexratio

68.28percent

Accordingtothe2011censusMandlaDistricthas
1005
apopulationof1,053,522,[2]roughlyequaltothe
Website
Officialwebsite
nationofCyprus[3]ortheUSstateofRhode
(http://mandla.nic.in)
[4]
Island. Thisgivesitarankingof432ndinIndia
(outofatotalof640).[2]Thedistricthasapopulationdensityof182inhabitantspersquarekilometre
(470/sqmi).[2]Itspopulationgrowthrateoverthedecade20012011was17.81%.[2]Mandlahasasex
ratioof1005femalesforevery1000males,[2]andaliteracyrateof68.28%.[2]

Languages
LanguagesspokenincludeGondi,Agariya,anAustroasiatictonguewithapproximately72000
speakers[5]Bagheli,whichhasalexicalsimilarityof7291%withHindi[6](comparedto60%for
GermanandEnglish)[7]andisspokenbyabout7800000peopleinBagelkhand[6]andBharia,a
Dravidianlanguagespokenbyatleast200000membersoftheBhariatribeandwritteninthe
Devanagariscript.[8]

Ecology
Muchofthedistrictisforested,anditishometoKanhaNationalPark,aProjectTigersanctuary.Kanha
hasthelargestnumberoftigersinIndia.Theparkhaswonnationalawardsforgoodmanagementand
infrastructure.TheparkisopenyearroundexceptforJulyandAugust.Thedistrictisalsohometo
MandlaPlantFossilsNationalPark.HoweveronceuponatimeKanhaandSatpuraforestregion,now
famousastigerreserves,wereruledbywildIndianelephantsandLions[9]
Mandlaalsoendowswithrichdiversityofmedicinalplants.Fortythreemedicinalplantspeciesare
describedthoseareutilizedbythevillagersandtraditionalhealersinitsGhughriblockwhichinclude
Embilicaofficinalis,Terminaliabellirica,Aeglemarmelos,andBuchananialanzan[10]

References
1. ^abMinistryofPanchayatiRaj(September8,2009)."ANoteontheBackwardRegionsGrantFund
Programme"(http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf).NationalInstituteofRural
Development.RetrievedSeptember27,2011.
2. ^abcdef"DistrictCensus2011"(http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php).Census2011.co.in.2011.
Retrieved20110930.
3. ^USDirectorateofIntelligence."CountryComparison:Population"
(https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/theworldfactbook/rankorder/2119rank.html).Retrieved
20111001."Cyprus1,120,489July2011est."
4. ^"2010ResidentPopulationData"(http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionmentpoptext.php).U.
S.CensusBureau.Retrieved20110930."RhodeIsland1,052,567"
5. ^M.PaulLewis,ed.(2009)."Agariya:AlanguageofIndia"
(http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=agi).Ethnologue:LanguagesoftheWorld(16th
editioned.).Dallas,Texas:SILInternational.Retrieved20110928.
6. ^abM.PaulLewis,ed.(2009)."Bagheli:AlanguageofIndia"
(http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=bfy).Ethnologue:LanguagesoftheWorld(16th
editioned.).Dallas,Texas:SILInternational.Retrieved20110928.
7. ^M.PaulLewis,ed.(2009)."English"(http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=eng).
Ethnologue:LanguagesoftheWorld(16theditioned.).Dallas,Texas:SILInternational.Retrieved
20110928.
8. ^M.PaulLewis,ed.(2009)."Bharia:AlanguageofIndia"(http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?
code=bha).Ethnologue:LanguagesoftheWorld(16theditioned.).Dallas,Texas:SILInternational.
Retrieved20110928.
9. ^http://www.banglalive.com/News/SpecialNewsDetail/5966

10. ^SmitaS.DikshitandC.P.Kala.TraditionalUtilizationandHarvestingofMedicinalPlantsinMandla
DistrictofMadhyaPradesh.AppliedEcologyandEnvironmentalSciences,2014,Vol.2,No.2,4853</
http://pubs.sciepub.com/aees/2/2/2/index.html.

Externallinks
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