Raigarh district

This article is about the district. For its eponymous headquarters, see Raigarh.
This article is about a district in Chhattisgarh. For a district in Maharashtra, see Raigad district.
Raigarh district
रायगढ जिला
District of Chhattisgarh

Location of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh
Country India
State Chhattisgarh
Headquarters Raigarh
Tehsils 09
Area
 • Total 7,086 km2 (2,736 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 1,493,627 (2,011 census)
 • Urban 246,281
Demographics
 • Literacy 70.16%(959,866)
 • Sex ratio 993
Major highways NH-49, NH-153(new numbering after a gazzete notification of March 5, 2010)
Average annual precipitation 1584 mm
Website Official website

Raigarh district is a district of the state of Chhattisgarh, in India. Raigarh is the district headquarters.The languages spoken in the district are Chhattisgarhi, Odia and Hindi. Due to Railway and industrial development a fair representation from all over India we can see here. A large population of Schedule Tribe, Marwari, Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Christian, Muslim, Gujrati, Punjabi, Bihari and many other community are living here. The city has cosmopolitan nature.

The district was formed by merging the [Princely state]s of [Raigarh State|Raigarh], [Sakti State|Sakti], [Sarangarh State|Sarangarh], [Udaipur, Dharamjaigarh|Udaipur] and [Jashpur State|Jashpur].[1] Jashpur is now a separate district. Sakti is now not a part of Raigarh district.

It is rapidly growing as an industrial district of Chhattisgarh.One of the oldest Jute Mill of India is situated here, Mohan jute Mill; it was the only Jute Mill of the state CG and undivided MP. Raigarh is one of the major producers of STEEL & POWER in the country.Here are situated many steel and power plants such as JSPL, MSP, Monnet steel, and many other small and medium producers. The volume can be judged by the statement that Raigarh itself is consuming about 20,000 tons of coal per day.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Raigarh district has a population of 1,493,627,[2] roughly equal to the nation of Gabon[3] or the US state of Hawaii.[4] This gives it a ranking of 336th in India (out of a total of 640).[2] The district has a population density of 211 inhabitants per square kilometre (550/sq mi) .[2] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 18.02%.[2] Raigarh has a sex ratio of 993 females for every 1000 males,[2] and a literacy rate of 73.7%.[2]

Languages

Languages spoken here include Asuri, an Austroasiatic language spoken by approximately 17 000.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Publication by Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics - 1973- Issue 61 - Page 346
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "District Census 2011". Census2011.co.in. 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
  3. ↑ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Retrieved 2011-10-01. Gabon 1,576,665
  4. ↑ "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2011-09-30. Hawaii 1,360,301
  5. ↑ M. Paul Lewis, ed. (2009). "Asuri: A language of India". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (16th ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
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