| Mungeli District | |
| Type: | District of Chhattisgarh |
| Coor Pinpoint: | Mungeli |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Chhattisgarh |
| Subdivision Type2: | Division |
| Subdivision Name2: | Bilaspur |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 1 Jan 2012 |
| Parts Type: | Districts |
| Seat Type: | Headquarters |
| Seat: | Mungeli |
| Seat1 Type: | Tehsils |
| Seat1: | Mungeli, Lormi, Pathariya, Sargaon, Lalpur Thana |
| Leader Title: | Collector |
| Leader Name: | Rahul Dev |
| Leader Title1: | Lok Sabha Constituency |
| Leader Name1: | Bilaspur |
| Leader Title2: | Vidhan Sabha Constituency |
| Leader Name2: | Mungeli, Lormi |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 2750.36 |
| Population Total: | 701707 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +05:30 |
| Iso Code: | IN-CT |
| Blank Name Sec1: | HDI |
| Blank Info Sec1: | 0.716 (medium) |
| Blank Name Sec2: | Literacy rate |
| Blank Info Sec2: | 85.7% |
| Blank1 Name Sec2: | Official languages |
| Blank1 Info Sec2: | HindiChhattisgarhiBraj Bhasha |
Mungeli district is a district of Chhattisgarh, India,[1] with headquarters in Mungeli. It was carved out of Bilaspur district in 2013. The present collector of Mungeli is Shri Rahul Dev.[2]
The story of Netflix movie Chaman Bahaar is based in Mungeli district. The story revolves around a young man who runs a paan thela on a semi-deserted road, after Mungeli district was carved out of Bilaspur district. Actor Jitendra Kumar plays the lead role.
Mungeli has three tehsils: Mungeli, Lormi and Patharia.
As of the 2011 census, the population was 701,707, of which 65,439 (9.33%) live in urban areas.[3] The population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 38.29%. 1,20,631 (17.19%) are under 6 years of age. Mungeli has a sex ratio of 974 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 64.75%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 27.70% and 10.37% of the population respectively.
As of the 2011 census, 97.25% of the population spoke Chhattisgarhi and 1.45% Hindi as their first language.[4]