Mandi district

Demographics

Population

According to the 2011 census, Mandi district has a population of 999,777 roughly equal to the nation of Fiji or the US state of Montana.{{cite web |access-date=30 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019160532/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php |archive-date=19 October 2013

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

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.

Subdivisions

Mandi district is divided into 12 subdivisions:

• Mandi Sadar
• Balh
• Sundar Nagar
• Sarkaghat
• Dharampur
• Joginder Nagar
• Padhar
• Gohar
• Thunag
• Karsog
• Balichoki
• Kotli

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.

Politics

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Education

Universities and colleges

• Indian Institute of Technology Mandi (IIT Mandi)
• Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College
• Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Cluster University
• Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Government Medical College & Hospital Mandi
• College of Horticulture and Centre of Excellence for Horticulture Research and Extension, Thunag
• Atal Bihari Vajpayee University of Medicine and Health Sciences (upcoming)

Schools

• Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Mandi

Polytechnics

• Govt Polytechnic Sundernagar
• Industrial Training Institute (ITI) Mandi

Sports

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

Notes

References

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