Mungeli district
district of Chhattisgarh, India
Mungeli district is a district of Chhattisgarh, India, with its headquarters in Mungeli. It was carved out of Bilaspur district in 2013.
History
Mungeli received the status of a tehsil in 1860. After 142 years, it became a district. The new created district comprised the three tehsils of Mungeli, Patharia and Lormi. It was established as a district in January 2012 after being separated from Bilaspur district.
Popular in media
The story of Netflix film Chaman Bahaar is set in Mungeli district. The story revolves around a young man who runs a paan thela on a semi-deserted road, after the formation of Mungeli district from Bilaspur district. Actor Jitendra Kumar plays the lead role.
Administrative division
Mungeli District has five tehsils:
Mungeli
Lormi
Pathariya
Sargaon
Lalpur Thana
There are two assembly's to lead the district in the state assembly.
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This entry incorporates text from “Mungeli district” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.