Raigarh district | |
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 Kelo river nearRaigarh | |
.svg) Location in Chhattisgarh | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Chhattisgarh |
| Division | Bilaspur |
| Headquarters | Raigarh |
| Tehsils | 9 |
| Area | |
• Total | 7,086 km2 (2,736 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 1,112,982 |
| • Density | 157.1/km2 (406.8/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 218,821 |
| Demographics | |
| • Literacy | 73.7%(959,866) |
| • Sex ratio | 993 |
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
| Major highways | NH-49, NH-153(new numbering after a gazette notification of March 5, 2010) |
| Average annual precipitation | 1584 mm |
| Website | https://raigarh.gov.in/en/ |
Raigarh district is a district of the central Indian state ofChhattisgarh.Raigarh is the district headquarters.
The district was formed by merging theprincely states ofRaigarh,Sakti,Sarangarh,Udaipur andJashpur.[1] Jashpur is now a separate district. Sakti is now not a part of Raigarh district.Sarangarh was also separated in 2021.
It is rapidly growing as an industrial district of Chhattisgarh. One of the oldest jute mills of India is situated here, Mohan jute mill; it was the only Jute Mill of the state Chhattisgarh and undivided Madhya Pradesh. Raigarh is one of the major producers of steel and 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.[citation needed]
Raigarh district has 9 tehsils:[2]
| Religion | Percent | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hinduism | 93.86% | |||
| Christianity | 4.22% | |||
| Islam | 1.43% | |||
| Other or not stated | 0.49% | |||
| Distribution of religions | ||||
According to the2011 census Raigarh district has apopulation of 1,493,984,[4] roughly equal to the nation ofGabon[5] or the US state ofHawaii.[6] This gives it a ranking of 336th in India (out of a total of640).[4] The district has a population density of 211 inhabitants per square kilometre (550/sq mi).[4] Itspopulation growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 18.02%.[4] Raigarh has asex ratio of 993females for every 1000 males, and aliteracy rate of 73.7%.[4]
After bifurcation the district had a population of 1,112,982, of which 218,821 (19.66%) live in urban areas. Raigarh district has a sex ratio of 987 females per 1000 males. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 126,349 (11.35%) and 443,752 (39.87%) of the population respectively.[4]
At the time of the2011 Census of India, 72.34% of the population in the district spokeChhattisgarhi, 8.63%Odia, 8.32%Hindi, 5.29%Kurukh, 1.07%Bengali and 1.04%Bhojpuri as their first language.[7]
Languages spoken here includeAsuri, anAustroasiatic language spoken by approximately 17,000.[8]
Gabon 1,576,665
Hawaii 1,360,301
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