Mandi district explained

Mandi district
Settlement Type:District of Himachal Pradesh
Total Type:Total
Coor Pinpoint:Mandi, India
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1: Himachal Pradesh
Established Title:Established
Seat Type:Headquarters
Seat:Mandi, India
Parts Type:Tehsils
Parts Style:para
Area Total Km2:3951
Population As Of:2011
Population Total:999,777
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics1 Title1:Literacy
Demographics1 Title2:Sex ratio
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+05:30
Blank Name Sec1:Major highways
Blank Info Sec1:NH 3, NH 154
Website:http://hpmandi.nic.in/

Mandi district is one of the central districts of Himachal Pradesh state in northern India. The town of Mandi is the headquarters of the district.

The main native language is Mandeali.[1]

As of 2011, it is the second most populous district of Himachal Pradesh (out of 12), after Kangra.[2]

Demographics

Population

According to the 2011 census, Mandi district has a population of 999,777[2] roughly equal to the nation of Fiji[3] or the US state of Montana.[4] This gives it a ranking of 446th in India (out of a total of 640).[2] The district has a population density of 253PD/sqkm.[2]

Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 10.89%. Mandi has a sex ratio of 1012 females for every 1000 males and a literacy rate of 82.81%. 6.27% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 29.38% and 1.28% of the population respectively.

Religion

Religious
group! colspan="2"
1901[5] 1911[6] [7] 1921[8] 1931[9] 1941[10]
170,304178,115181,358199,935227,463
3,1872,7993,4626,3514,328
51016476138208
4126142899583
341014111
02000
00010
00000
Others00000
Total population174,045181,110185,048207,465232,593

Language

At the 2011 census, 59.11% of the population in the district identified their first language as Mandeali, 33.32% opted for Pahari (a term broadly applicable to most Indo-Aryan languages of Himachal and Uttarakhand), while 4.1% chose Hindi, 0.66% – Punjabi and 0.47% – Kangri.[11]

Subdivisions

Mandi district Divived in to 12 Sub divisions:

Villages in the district include Janjheli, which falls in Thunag Tehsil. It is near Kullu-Manali, around 80 km from Bhunter Airport, 90 km from Kullu and 67 km from Mandi. It has thick deodar forests, sprawling apple orchards, and springs. It is a trekking/hiking outpost. Shikari Devi is a tourist spot. It hosts Himachal Cultural Village, an ethnic village highlighting the culture of Himachal Pradesh.[13]

Politics

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Education

Universities and colleges

Schools

Polytechnics

Sports

The district is home to the Bandy Federation of India[14] which is a member of the IOC recognized[15] Federation of International Bandy.

Famous People

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mandeali. Lewis. M. Paul . 2009 . Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Sixteenth edition. SIL International. 3 October 2009 . Dallas, TX.
  2. Web site: 2011 . District Census Handbook: Mandi . censusindia.gov.in . Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
  3. Web site: US Directorate of Intelligence . Country Comparison:Population . https://web.archive.org/web/20070613004507/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html . dead . 13 June 2007 . 1 October 2011 . Fiji 883,125 July 2011 est..
  4. Web site: 2010 Resident Population Data . U. S. Census Bureau . 30 September 2011 . Montana 989,415 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131019160532/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php . 19 October 2013 .
  5. Web site: Census of India 1901. [Vol. 17A]. Imperial tables, I-VIII, X-XV, XVII and XVIII for the Punjab, with the native states under the political control of the Punjab Government, and for the North-west Frontier Province. ]. saoa.crl.25363739 . 30 March 2024 . 1901 . 34.
  6. Web site: Census of India 1911. Vol. 14, Punjab. Pt. 2, Tables. . saoa.crl.25393788 . 30 March 2024 . 1911 . 27.
  7. Web site: Census Of India 1911 Punjab Vol XIV Part II . 30 March 2024 . 1911 . 27 . Kaul, Harikishan.
  8. Web site: Census of India 1921. Vol. 15, Punjab and Delhi. Pt. 2, Tables. . saoa.crl.25430165 . 30 March 2024 . 1921 . 29.
  9. Web site: Census of India 1931. Vol. 17, Punjab. Pt. 2, Tables. . saoa.crl.25793242 . 30 March 2024 . 1931 . 277.
  10. Web site: Census of India, 1941. Vol. 6, Punjab . saoa.crl.28215541 . 30 March 2024 . 1941 . 42.
  11. Web site: Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Himachal Pradesh . www.censusindia.gov.in . Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
  12. Web site: Sub-Division, Tehsil and Sub Tehsil | District Mandi, Government of Himachal Pradesh | India .
  13. Web site: - KULLU MANALI HIMACHAL CULTURAL VILLAGE Ethnic Cultural Village in the Himalayas . 23 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180822160958/http://www.himachalculturalvillage.com/ . 22 August 2018 . dead .
  14. Web site: Federation of International Bandy-About-About FIB-National Federations-India . 2 November 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091004003145/http://www.internationalbandy.com/viewNavMenu.do?menuID=55 . 4 October 2009 . dmy-all .
  15. Web site: Federation of International Bandy-Olympic . 2 September 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091003055143/http://www.internationalbandy.com/viewNavMenu.do?menuID=4 . 3 October 2009 .
  16. Web site: Prof. Mohit Kumar. 13 December 2021.
  17. Web site: Prof. Mohit Kumar. 13 December 2021.

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