Mandi district

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Mandi district
District of Himachal Pradesh
Clockwise from top-left: Triloknath temple, IIT Mandi, view of Nargu Wildlife Sanctuary, Prashar Lake, Rewalsar Lake
Location in Himachal Pradesh
Location in Himachal Pradesh
CountryFile:Flag of India.svg India
StateFile:Flag placeholder.svg Himachal Pradesh
HeadquartersMandi, India
Area
 • Total
3,951 km2 (1,525 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
999,777
 • Density253.0/km2 (655.4/sq mi)
Languages
 • OfficialHindi
 • RegionalMandeali
Time zoneUTC+05:30 (IST)
Major highwaysNH 3, NH 154
Websitehttp://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. Mandi district's upper parts are culturally part of the historical Mahasu region.

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

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Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901228,721—    
1911236,038+0.32%
1921239,376+0.14%
1931265,873+1.06%
1941303,685+1.34%
1951310,626+0.23%
1961384,259+2.15%
1971515,180+2.98%
1981644,827+2.27%
1991776,372+1.87%
2001901,344+1.50%
2011999,777+1.04%
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According to the 2011 census, Mandi district has a population of 999,777[2] roughly equal to the nation of Fiji[4] or the US state of Montana.[5] This gives it a ranking of 446th in India (out of a total of 640).[2] The district has a population density of 253 inhabitants per square kilometre (660/sq mi).[2]

Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 10.89%.[2] Mandi has a sex ratio of 1012 females for every 1000 males[2] 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.[2]

Religion

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Religions in Mandi district (2011)[6]
Religion Percent
Hinduism
 
 98.16%
Islam
 
 0.95%
Sikhism
 
 0.41%
Other or not stated
 
 0.48%
Religious groups in Mandi State (British Punjab province era)
Religious
group 		1901[7] 1911[8][9] 1921[10] 1931[11] 1941[12]
Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. %
Hinduism File:Om.svg[a] 170,304 97.85% 178,115 98.35% 181,358 98.01% 199,935 96.37% 227,463 97.79%
Islam File:Star and Crescent.svg 3,187 1.83% 2,799 1.55% 3,462 1.87% 6,351 3.06% 4,328 1.86%
Buddhism File:Dharma Wheel (2).svg 510 0.29% 164 0.09% 76 0.04% 138 0.07% 208 0.09%
Sikhism File:Khanda.svg 41 0.02% 26 0.01% 142 0.08% 899 0.43% 583 0.25%
Christianity File:Christian cross.svg 3 0% 4 0% 10 0.01% 141 0.07% 11 0%
Jainism File:Jain Prateek Chihna.svg 0 0% 2 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Judaism File:Star of David.svg 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 1 0% 0 0%
Zoroastrianism File:Faravahar.svg 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Others 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Total population 174,045 100% 181,110 100% 185,048 100% 207,465 100% 232,593 100%
Note: British Punjab province era district borders are not an exact match in the present-day due to various bifurcations to district borders — which since created new districts — throughout the historic Punjab Province region during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases.

Language

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Languages of Mandi district (2011)[13]
  1. Mandeali (59.1%)
  2. Pahadi (33.3%)
  3. Hindi (4.10%)
  4. Others (3.47%)

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.[13]

Subdivisions

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Mandi district is divided into 12 subdivisions:

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.[15]

Politics

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This section is transcluded from 13th Himachal Pradesh Assembly. (edit | history)

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Education

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Universities and colleges

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File:IIT Mandi Campus from Griffon Peak Jan 2020 D72 13785.jpg
IIT Mandi Campus Jan 2020

Schools

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Polytechnics

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Sports

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The district is home to the Bandy Federation of India[16] which is a member of the IOC recognized[17] Federation of International Bandy.

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ 1931-1941: Including Ad-Dharmis

References

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