Mandi District

Mandi district
Mandi district
District of Himachal Pradesh
	Clockwise from top-left: Triloknath temple, Mandi, IIT Mandi, view of Nargu Wildlife Sanctuary, Prashar Lake, Rewalsar Lake
	Location in Himachal Pradesh
Country	India
State	Himachal Pradesh
Headquarters	Mandi, India
Area
• Total	3,951 km2 (1,525 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	999,777
• Density	250/km2 (660/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
Major highways	NH 3, NH 154
Website	http://hpmandi.nic.in/

The town of Mandi is the headquarters of the district.

The main native language is Mandeali.

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

Demographics

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	228,721	—
1911	236,038	+0.32%
1921	239,376	+0.14%
1931	265,873	+1.06%
1941	303,685	+1.34%
1951	310,626	+0.23%
1961	384,259	+2.15%
1971	515,180	+2.98%
1981	644,827	+2.27%
1991	776,372	+1.87%
2001	901,344	+1.50%
2011	999,777	+1.04%
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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. This gives it a ranking of 446th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of 253 inhabitants per square kilometre (660/sq mi).

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

Religions in Mandi district (2011)
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		1911		1921		1931		1941
Religious group	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
Hinduism	170,304	97.85%	178,115	98.35%	181,358	98.01%	199,935	96.37%	227,463	97.79%
Islam	3,187	1.83%	2,799	1.55%	3,462	1.87%	6,351	3.06%	4,328	1.86%
Buddhism	510	0.29%	164	0.09%	76	0.04%	138	0.07%	208	0.09%
Sikhism	41	0.02%	26	0.01%	142	0.08%	899	0.43%	583	0.25%
Christianity	3	0%	4	0%	10	0.01%	141	0.07%	11	0%
Jainism	0	0%	2	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
Judaism	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	1	0%	0	0%
Zoroastrianism	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

Languages of Mandi district (2011)

Mandeali (59.11%)

Pahadi (33.32%)

Hindi (4.10%)

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.

Subdivisions

Mandi district Divived in to 12 Sub divisions:

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

No.	Constituency	Member		Remarks
26	Karsog (SC)	Hira Lal	Bhartiya Janata Party
27	Sundernagar	Rakesh Jamwal	Bhartiya Janata Party
28	Nachan (SC)	Vinod Kumar	Bharatiya Janata Party
29	Seraj	Jai Ram Thakur	Bharatiya Janata Party	Chief Minister
30	Darang	Jawahar Thakur	Bharatiya Janata Party
31	Jogindernagar	Prakash Rana	Bharatiya Janata Party	Defected From Independent To BJP
32	Dharampur	Mahender Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party	Jal Shakti Minister
33	Mandi	Anil Sharma	Bharatiya Janata Party	MPP and Power Minister (27.12.2017–13.04.2019)
34	Balh (SC)	Inder Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party
35	Sarkaghat	Inder Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party	Chairman, Subordinate Legislation Committee

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.

Famous People

Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Mohit Kumar, Professor for "Computational Intelligence in Automation (apl)" at the University of Rostock, Germany, Key Researcher Data Science and Research Team Lead AI Regulations and Security at Software Competence Center Hagenberg, Austria.

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