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{{About|the district|its eponymous headquarters|Dindori (disambiguation){{!}}Dindori}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Dindori district
| settlement_type = [[List of districts of Madhya Pradesh|District]] of [[Madhya Pradesh]]
| total_type = total
| native_name =
| image_skyline = Dindori tourism.jpg
| image_caption = Narmada in Dindori
| image_map = MP Dindori district map.svg
| map_caption = Location of Dindori district in Madhya Pradesh
| coordinates =
| coor_pinpoint = Dindori, Madhya Pradesh
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Madhya Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2 = Division
| subdivision_name2 = [[Jabalpur division|Jabalpur]]
| established_title = Established
| established_date =
| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Dindori, Madhya Pradesh]]
| parts_type = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]
| parts_style = para
| p1 =
| area_total_km2 = 6,128
| area_footnotes =
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 704,524
| population_footnotes =
| population_urban =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = Demographics
| demographics1_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]
| demographics1_info1 = 63.90%
| demographics1_title2 = Sex ratio
| demographics1_info2 = 1002
| leader_title =
| leader_name =
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +05:30
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| website = {{URL|https://dindori.nic.in/en/}}
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'''Dindori District''', formerly known as '''Ramgarh District''', is a [[Districts of Madhya Pradesh|district]] of [[Madhya Pradesh]] [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[central India]]. The town of [[Dindori, Madhya Pradesh|Dindori]] is the district headquarters. The district is part of [[Jabalpur Division]]. Total area of the district is {{cvt|6,128|km2}}. It is located on the eastern part of Madhya Pradesh, bordering the state of Chhattisgarh. It is surrounded by Anuppur in the east, Mandla in the west, Umaria in the north, and Mungeli district of the state of [[Chhattisgarh]] in the south.

==Economy==
In 2006 the [[Ministry of Panchayati Raj]] named Dindori one of the country's 250 [[Poverty in India|most backward districts]] (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=brgf/> It is one of the 24 districts in Madhya Pradesh currently receiving funds from the [[Backward Regions Grant Fund|Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme]] (BRGF).<ref name=brgf>{{cite web|author=Ministry of Panchayati Raj |date=September 8, 2009 |title=A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme |publisher=National Institute of Rural Development |url=http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf |access-date=September 27, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405033402/http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf |archive-date=April 5, 2012 }}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{historical populations|11=1901|12=1,11,229|13=1911|14=1,41,572|15=1921|16=1,35,008|17=1931|18=1,55,732|19=1941|20=1,76,280|21=1951|22=1,91,316|23=1961|24=2,63,940|25=1971|26=3,33,704|27=1981|28=4,09,677|29=1991|30=5,11,849|31=2001|32=5,80,730|33=2011|34=7,04,524|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>|align=right}}According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]], Dindori District has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 704,524,<ref name=districtcensus>{{cite web | url = http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php | title = District Census 2011 | access-date = 2011-09-30 | year = 2011 | publisher = Census2011.co.in}}</ref> roughly equal to the nation of [[Bhutan]]<ref name="cia">{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | access-date = 2011-10-01 | quote = Bhutan 708,427
}}</ref> or the US state of [[Alaska]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|title=2010 Resident Population Data
|publisher=U. S. Census Bureau
|access-date=2011-09-30
|quote=Alaska 710,231
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019160532/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|archive-date=2013-10-19
}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 501st in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert| 94 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}} .<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 21.26%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Dindori has a [[sex ratio]] of 1,002 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1,000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 63.90%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 5.6% and 64.7% of the population respectively. Gonds make up around 50% of the district's population.<ref name=districtcensus/>

===Languages===
At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 85.43% of the population in the district spoke [[Hindi]] and 14.09% [[Gondi language|Gondi]] as their first language.<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue]</ref>

Dindori's people speak multiple languages, including: [[Chhattisgarhi]], [[Bagheli language|Bagheli]], which has a [[lexical similarity]] of 72-91% with [[Hindi]]<ref name="bfy" /> (compared to 60% for German and English)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | editor = M. Paul Lewis | encyclopedia = Ethnologue: Languages of the World | title = English | url = http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=eng | access-date = 2011-09-28 | edition = 16th | year = 2009 | publisher = SIL International | location = Dallas, Texas}}</ref> and is spoken by about 7,800,000 people in [[Bagelkhand]].<ref name="bfy">{{cite encyclopedia | editor = M. Paul Lewis | encyclopedia = Ethnologue: Languages of the World | title = Bagheli: A language of India | url = http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=bfy | access-date = 2011-09-28 | edition = 16th | year = 2009 | publisher = SIL International | location = Dallas, Texas}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
*[http://dindori.nic.in Dindori District]

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Dindori district
|North = [[Umaria district]]
|Northeast = [[Anuppur district]]
|East =
|Southeast = [[Mungeli district, Chhattisgarh|Mungeli district]], [[Chhattisgarh]]
|South = [[Kabirdham district]], [[Chhattisgarh]]
|Southwest = [[Mandla district]]
|West =
|Northwest = [[Jabalpur district]]
}}

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