Back মুঙ্গেলি জেলা Bengali/Bangla Mungeli (Distrikt) German Distrito de Mungeli Spanish بخش مونگلی Persian District de Mungeli French મુંગેલી જિલ્લો Gujarati मुंगेली जिला Hindi मुंगेली जिल्हा Marathi Мунгели (округ) Russian ᱢᱩᱝᱜᱮᱞᱤ ᱦᱚᱱᱚᱛ SAT
Mungeli District | |
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 View of Achanakmar Wildlife Sanctuary | |
.svg) Location in Chhattisgarh | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Chhattisgarh |
| Division | Bilaspur |
| Established | 1 Jan 2012 |
| Headquarters | Mungeli |
| Tehsils | Mungeli, Lormi, Pathariya, Sargaon, Lalpur Thana |
| Government | |
| • Collector | Rahul Dev |
| • Lok Sabha Constituency | Bilaspur |
| • Vidhan Sabha Constituency | Mungeli, Lormi |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,750.36 km2 (1,061.92 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 701,707 |
| • Density | 260/km2 (660/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-CT |
| HDI |  0.716 (medium) |
| Literacy rate | 85.7% |
| Official languages | Hindi • Chhattisgarhi • Braj Bhasha |
| Website | www |
Mungeli district is a district of Chhattisgarh, India,[1] with headquarters in Mungeli. It was carved out of Bilaspur district in 2013. The present collector of Mungeli is Shri Rahul Dev.[2]
The story of Netflix movie Chaman Bahaar is based in Mungeli district. The story revolves around a young man who runs a paan thela on a semi-deserted road, after Mungeli district was carved out of Bilaspur district. Actor Jitendra Kumar plays the lead role.
Mungeli has three tehsils: Mungeli, Lormi and Patharia.
- ^ "Blocks of Mungeli, Chhattisgarh". National Panchayat Directory. Ministry of Panchayati Raj. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
- ^ "District Mungeli, Government of Chhattisgarh | Open Defecation Free Mungeli | India". Retrieved 1 May 2021.