Mahasamund district
Mahasamund district | |
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Mahasamund | |
Area | |
• Total | 3,902 km2 (1,507 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 1,032,754 |
• Density | 260/km2 (690/sq mi) |
Demographics | |
• Literacy | 67.64 |
Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
Website | mahasamund |
Mahasamund district is a district in Chhattisgarh state in central India. The city of Mahasamund is the district headquarters. The district is particularly famous for the historical temple town of Sirpur besides the Mahanadi river.
The present collector of Mahasamund is Shri Himshikhar Gupta, IAS.[1]
Geography
Mahasamund district covers an area of 3902.39 km² in the central eastern part of Chhattisgarh. The district lies between 20°47' to 21°31'30" latitude and 82°00' and 83°15'45" longitude. On the north the district is bounded by Raigarh and Baloda Bazar districts, on the south by Bargarh and Nuapada districts of Odisha, and on the west by Gariaband and Raipur districts.
Granite rocks can be found in the Bagbahra, Basna and Pithora region. Rocks are predominantly
Transportation
Mahasamund district has three National Highways: National Highway 6 National Highway 217 National Highway 216. The construction of four-lane road in National Highway 6 from Arang–Mahasamund to Saraipali up to Bargarh Sambalpur Odisha has been completed.
Railway
Mahasamund railway station is an important station of the East Coast Railway zone. Mahasamund station is well connected to Raipur, Durg, Nagpur, Mumbai, Delhi, Bhopal, Gwalior, Sambalpur, Titlagarh, Visakhapatnam, Tirupati, Puri, Bilaspur, Korba, Jodhpur, Ajmer, Ahmedabad, etc., through the Indian Railways system.
Demographics
According to the
The main tribes in the district are the Gond, Binjhwar, Savar and Kawar.[6]
At the time of the
Administration
Mahasamund district comprises five
Politics
The district is part of
No. | Constituency | Elected MLA | Party | |
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39 | Saraipali (SC)
|
Kismat Lal Nand | Indian National Congress | |
40 | Basna
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Devendra Bahadur Singh | Indian National Congress | |
41 | Khallari
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Dwarikadhish Yadav | Indian National Congress | |
42 | Mahasamund
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Vinod Sevan Lal Chandrakar | Indian National Congress |
Notes
- ^ "जिला महासमुंद | India".
- ^ "Table C-01 Population by Religion: Chhattisgarh". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g "District Census Handbook - Mahasamund" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
- ^ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Archived from the original on 13 June 2007. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
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- ^ "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
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- ^ "Demographic Condition". Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 22 September 2006.
- ^ a b "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Chhattisgarh". www.censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.