Rajnandgaon is a district in Chhattisgarh State of India. It has a total of 9 Tehsils in this district. The district has an total area of 8,070 sq km. There are 8 towns and 1,653 villages in this district.
As per census Rajnandgaon District has a population of 1,537,133 in 2011 out of which 762,855 are male and 774,278 are female. Population of Rajnandgaon District in 2020/2021 is 1,699,999(estimates as per aadhar uidai.gov.in feb 2019 data). Literate people are 1,008,379 out of 561,355 are male and 447,024 are female. People living in Rajnandgaon District depend on multiple skills, total workers are 800,092 out of which men are 436,611 and women are 363,481. Total 276,807 Cultivators are depended on agriculture farming out of 157,024 are cultivated by men and 119,783 are women. 165,948 people works in agricultural land as labor, men are 82,177 and 83,771 are women. Rajnandgaon District sex ratio is 1,015 females per 1000 of males. Next Rajnandgaon District Census will be in 2021.
The district has an total area of 8,070 sq km., 159 sq km is urban and 7911 sq km is rural. Out of total population of 1,706,218 in the district, 272,512 are in urban area and 1,264,621 are in rural area. 59,800 households are in urban, 258,688 are in rural area. 205,453 literate people are in urban, 802,926 are in rural area.
Geography of Rajnandgaon
Languages spoken are Hindi
| Tehsils | Population 2011 | Male | Female | Households |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHHUIKHADAN | 155,851 | 77,281 | 78,570 | 32,258 |
| KHAIRAGARH | 169,658 | 83,829 | 85,829 | 33,925 |
| DONGARGARH | 170,745 | 84,581 | 86,164 | 34,571 |
| RAJNANDGAON | 200,238 | 100,212 | 100,026 | 41,177 |
| Chhuriya | 173,997 | 85,360 | 88,637 | 34,809 |
| DONGARGAON | 120,074 | 59,722 | 60,352 | 24,847 |
| MOHLA | 86,994 | 42,911 | 44,083 | 18,178 |
| MANPUR | 88,619 | 44,387 | 44,232 | 17,985 |
| CHOWKI | 98,445 | 47,929 | 50,516 | 20,938 |