Mandi district

The upper areas of Mandi district are part of the geographical, historical and cultural Mahasu region.

• Name — Mandi district • Settlement Type — District of Himachal Pradesh • Total Type — Total • Coor Pinpoint — Mandi, India • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — India • Subdivision Type1 — State • Subdivision Name1 — Himachal Pradesh • Established Title — Established • Seat Type — Headquarters • Seat — Mandi • Parts Type — Tehsils • Parts Style — para • Area Total Km2 — 3951 • Population As Of — 2011 • Population Total — 999,777 • Population Density Km2 — auto • Demographics1 Title1 — Literacy • Demographics Type2 — Languages • Demographics1 Title2 — Sex ratio • Demographics2 Title2 — Regional • Demographics2 Info2 — * Mandeali • Mahasui • Demographics2 Title1 — Official • Demographics2 Info1 — Hindi • Timezone1 — IST • Utc Offset1 — +05:30 • Blank Name Sec1 — Major highways • Blank Info Sec1 — NH 3, NH 154 • Website — http: hpmandi.nic.in/

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 PD/sqkm. 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.

Religious groups in Mandi State (British Punjab province era) • Religious group — 1901 — 1911 — 1921 — 1931 — 1941 • Pop. Population — % percentage — Pop. Population — % percentage — Pop. Population — % percentage — Pop. Population — % percentage — Pop. Population — % percentage • Hinduism — 170,304 — 178,115 — 181,358 — 199,935 — 227,463 • Islam — 3,187 — 2,799 — 3,462 — 6,351 — 4,328 • Buddhism — 510 — 164 — 76 — 138 — 208 • Sikhism — 41 — 26 — 142 — 899 — 583 • Christianity — 3 — 4 — 10 — 141 — 11 • Jainism — 0 — 2 — 0 — 0 — 0 • Judaism — 0 — 0 — 0 — 1 — 0 • Zoroastrianism — 0 — 0 — 0 — 0 — 0 • Others — 0 — 0 — 0 — 0 — 0 • Total population — 174,045 — 181,110 — 185,048 — 207,465 — 232,593 • 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.

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.

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.

MLA Header Mandi district

• Illustration — IIT Mandi Campus Jan 2020 • 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)

• Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Mandi

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

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