Koriya (District)

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Koriya District
District map
State Chhattisgarh
Administrative headquarters : Baikunthpur
Area : 6604 km²
Residents : 658,917 (2011)
Population density : 100 inhabitants / km²
Website : www.korea.gov.in

Koriya , also known as Korea , is a district in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh .

The area is 6604 km². The administrative seat is the city of Baikunthpur .

history

Koriya was the center of the former princely state of Korea .

Koriya District was established on May 25, 1998 when it was created from parts of Surguja District . The district was part of Madhya Pradesh until 2000 when the new state of Chhattisgarh was established. The district later became part of the Naxalite - communist influenced " Red Corridor ".

population

The population was 658,917 (2011). The population growth rate in the period from 2001 to 2011 was 12.38%. Koriya has a gender ratio of 968 women per 1000 men and thus a common surplus of men for India. The district had a literacy rate of 70.64% in 2011 . Literacy is thus slightly below the national average. Almost 91.7% of the population are Hindus , approx. 3.9% are Muslims , approx. 1.4% are Christians , approx. 0.2% each are Jainas or Sikhs and approx. 2.6% have no religious affiliation participated in or practiced other religions. 14.5% of the population are children under 6 years of age. The Chhattisgarhi language is spoken in the region .

Almost 31.2% of the population live in cities.

Web links

Commons : Koriya District  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census (PDF; 398 kB)
  2. ^ Indian Districts by Population, Sex Ratio, Literacy 2011 Census. Retrieved April 16, 2019 .