Country India Headquarters Raigarh Website Official website Tehsil 09 | State Chhattisgarh Tehsils 09 Area 7,086 km² Average annual precipitation 1,584 | |
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Colleges and Universities O.P. Jindal University, Kirodimal Institute of Technology, Raigarh Major highways National Highway 49, National Highway 153 | ||
Raigarh district is a district of the state of Chhattisgarh, in India. Raigarh is the district headquarters.The languages spoken in the district are Chhattisgarhi, Odia and Hindi. Due to Railway and industrial development a fair representation from all over India we can see here. A large population of Schedule Tribe, Marwari, Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Christian, Muslim, Gujrati, Punjabi, Bihari and many other community are living here. The city has cosmopolitan nature.
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Map of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh
The district was formed by merging the [Princely state]s of [Raigarh State|Raigarh], [Sakti State|Sakti], [Sarangarh State|Sarangarh], [Udaipur, Dharamjaigarh|Udaipur] and [Jashpur State|Jashpur]. Jashpur is now a separate district. Sakti is now not a part of Raigarh district.
It is rapidly growing as an industrial district of Chhattisgarh.One of the oldest Jute Mill of India is situated here, Mohan jute Mill; it was the only Jute Mill of the state CG and undivided MP. Raigarh is one of the major producers of STEEL & POWER in the country.Here are situated many steel and power plants such as JSPL, MSP, Monnet steel, and many other small and medium producers. The volume can be judged by the statement that Raigarh itself is consuming about 20,000 tons of coal per day.
Demographics
According to the 2011 census Raigarh district has a population of 1,493,627, roughly equal to the nation of Gabon or the US state of Hawaii. This gives it a ranking of 336th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of 211 inhabitants per square kilometre (550/sq mi) . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 18.02%. Raigarh has a sex ratio of 993 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 73.7%.
Languages
Languages spoken here include Asuri, an Austroasiatic language spoken by approximately 17 000.