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Mandla district is located in central India in the state of Madhya Pradesh. It has a population of over 1 million people and covers an area of 8,771 square kilometers. Much of the district's population consists of indigenous tribes, and the area is heavily forested, containing Kanha National Park which is home to a large tiger population. The district's economy remains underdeveloped with low literacy rates.

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Mandla district is located in central India in the state of Madhya Pradesh. It has a population of over 1 million people and covers an area of 8,771 square kilometers. Much of the district's population consists of indigenous tribes, and the area is heavily forested, containing Kanha National Park which is home to a large tiger population. The district's economy remains underdeveloped with low literacy rates.

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Mandla district is located in central India in the state of Madhya Pradesh. It has a population of over 1 million people and covers an area of 8,771 square kilometers. Much of the district's population consists of indigenous tribes, and the area is heavily forested, containing Kanha National Park which is home to a large tiger population. The district's economy remains underdeveloped with low literacy rates.

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Mandla district is located in central India in the state of Madhya Pradesh. It has a population of over 1 million people and covers an area of 8,771 square kilometers. Much of the district's population consists of indigenous tribes, and the area is heavily forested, containing Kanha National Park which is home to a large tiger population. The district's economy remains underdeveloped with low literacy rates.

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Mandladistrict

Coordinates:2242N8100E

FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia

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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