Raigarh (District)

Raigarh District
State	Chhattisgarh
Administrative headquarters :	Raigarh
Area :	7086 km²
Residents :	1,493,984 (2011)
Population density :	211 inhabitants / km²
Website :	www.raigarh.gov.in

Raigarh is a district in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh .

The area is 8070 km². The administrative seat is the city of the same name Raigarh .

history

The district was part of Madhya Pradesh until 2000 when the new state of Chhattisgarh was established.

population

The population was 1,493,984 (2011). The population growth rate in the period from 2001 to 2011 was 18.05% and was therefore very high. Raigarh has a gender ratio of 991 women per 1000 men, a male surplus that is common for India. The district had a literacy rate of 73.26% in 2011 . Literacy is thus similar to the national average. Almost 95.3% of the population are Hindus , approx. 3.2% are Christians , approx. 1.2% are Muslims , approx. 0.1% are Sikhs and approx. 0.4% did not declare any religious affiliation or practiced another Religions. 13.1% of the population are children under 6 years of age. The Chhattisgarhi language is spoken in the region ; Oriya and Hindi are also spoken.

Almost 16.5% of the population live in cities. The largest city is Raigarh with 137,126 inhabitants.

economy

The district is jute processing and coal and steel production. In addition, agriculture predominates .

Web links

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

• District map

Individual evidence

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