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Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi district is a district in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. Gaurella is the headquarters of the district. It was carved out of Bilaspur district and inaugurated in February 2020.[4][1]

Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi district
District of Chhattisgarh
Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi district Location in Chhattisgarh
Country	India
State	Chhattisgarh
Division	Bilaspur
Established	February 2020
Headquarters	Gaurella
Area [1]
• Total	2,307.39 km2 (890.89 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	336,420
• Density	150/km2 (380/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
PIN	49511x (Gaurela Pendra Marwahi)[3]
Website	gaurela-pendra-marwahi.cg.gov.in

Geography

Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi district is bordered by Koriya and Korba districts to the east, Bilaspur and Mungeli districts to the south, and Anuppur district of Madhya Pradesh to the northwest. The district is predominantly mountainous.[5]

History

The district was formerly under the rule of the Haihaiyas until Bhaskar Pant of the Marathas defeated them. The Marathas then administered the region until the British victory in the Third Anglo-Maratha War in 1818. The British then created Bilaspur district including the current territory of Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi district. Chhattisgarh Mitra, the first newspaper of Chhattisgarh in this district, was published in the form of a monthly magazine from Pendra in the year 1900 under the editing of Pandit Madhavrao Sapre

Demographics

At the time of the 2011 census, the district had a population of 3,36,420. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 20,802 and 192,073 which is 6.18% and 57.09% of the population respectively.[2]

According to the 2011 census, 74.59% of the district speaks Chhattisgarhi and 23.48% speaks Hindi as their first language.[7]

See also

• Districts of Chhattisgarh

References

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[de] Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi

Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi ist ein Distrikt im indischen Bundesstaat Chhattisgarh.

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- [en] Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi district

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