Mungeli District
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.
Demographics
As of the 2011 census, the population was 701,707, of which 65,439 (9.33%) live in urban areas. 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.