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| name = Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi district<br />
| settlement_type = [[List of districts of Chhattisgarh|District]] of [[Chhattisgarh]]<br />
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| map_caption = Location in Chhattisgarh<br />
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| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Chhattisgarh]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = Division<br />
| subdivision_name2 = Bilaspur<br />
| established_title = Established<br />
| established_date = 10 February 2020<br />
| seat_type = Headquarters<br />
| seat = [[Gaurella]]<br />
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| parts_type = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]<br />
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| area_total_km2 = 2307.39<br />
| area_footnotes = <ref name="goc2020"/><br />
| population_as_of = 2011<br />
| population_total = 336,420<br />
| population_footnotes = <ref name="districtcensus"/><br />
| population_urban = <br />
| population_density_km2 = auto<br />
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| demographics1_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]<br />
| demographics1_info1 = 55.92%<br />
| demographics1_title2 = Sex ratio<br />
| demographics1_info2 = 997<br />
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +05:30<br />
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| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]<br />
| postal_code = 49511x (Gaurela Pendra Marwahi)<ref>[https://indiapincodes.net/Chhattisgarh/Gaurella-pendra-marwahi/ Gaurela Pendra Marwahi]</ref><br />
| website = {{URL|https://gaurela-pendra-marwahi.cg.gov.in/}}<br />
| official_name = <br />
| image_skyline = Jungle Crossing.jpg<br />
| image_caption = Achanakmaar Tiger reserve<br />
| subdivision_name3 = श्रीमती लीना कमलेश मंडावी (भा.प्र.से.)<br />
| subdivision_type3 = Collector and District magistrate<br />
| subdivision_type4 = Lok Sabha constituency<br />
| subdivision_name4 = Korba 04, Bilaspur 05<br />
| subdivision_type5 = Legislative assembly<br />
| subdivision_name5 = Marwahi 24, Kota 25<br />
}}<br />
'''Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi district''' is a district in the [[India]]n state of [[Chhattisgarh]]. [[Gaurella]] is the headquarters of the district. It was carved out of [[Bilaspur district, Chhattisgarh|Bilaspur district]] and inaugurated in February 2020.<ref>"[https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/bhupesh-baghel-inaugurates-gaurela-pendra-marwahi-chhattisgarh-district-1645156-2020-02-11 Bhupesh Baghel inaugurates Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi as Chhattisgarh's 28th district]," India Today, Feb 11, 2020</ref><ref name="goc2020">"[https://gaurela-pendra-marwahi.cg.gov.in/about-district/ About Gaurela-Penra-Marwahi District]," Government of Chhattisgarh, 2020</ref><br />
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== Geography ==<br />
Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi district is bordered by [[Koriya district|Koriya]] and [[Korba district|Korba]] districts to the east, [[Bilaspur district, Chhattisgarh|Bilaspur]] and [[Mungeli district|Mungeli]] districts to the south, and [[Anuppur district]] of Madhya Pradesh to the northwest. The district is predominantly mountainous.<ref>{{Cite web|last=admin|date=2021-07-03|title=आज हम जानेंगे छत्तीसगढ़ के नवगठित गौरेला पेंड्रा मरवाही के बारे में|url=https://qanswer.in/today-we-will-know-about-the-newly-formed-gaurela-pendra-marwahi-of-chhattisgarh/|access-date=2021-07-03|website=हिंदी में जानकारी|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-07-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210707161012/https://qanswer.in/today-we-will-know-about-the-newly-formed-gaurela-pendra-marwahi-of-chhattisgarh/|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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==list of collectors & district magistrate==<br />
1. Sikha Singh Rajput Tiwari [IAS][ special duty officer]<br />
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2. Doman Singh [Promoted IAS]<br />
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3. Namrata Gandhi [IAS]<br />
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4. Recha Prakash Choudhary [IAS]<br />
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5. Priyanka Rishi Mahoba [IAS]<br />
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6. leena Kamlesh Mandvi [IAS]<br />
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== History ==<br />
The area of Pendra Zamindari in the newly formed district of Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi was 774 square miles and it had 225 villages under it. Two brothers named Hindu Singh and Chhindu Singh lived under the protection of the Kalchuri king of Ratnapur. They found a sack full of money lying on the side of the road which they gave to the king. The king was pleased with their honesty and gave them the Pendra Zamindari as a reward. This Zamindari had been in their family for 12 generations. Hindu Singh's dynasty progressed greatly from Pandrivana i.e. Pendra. Within 80 and 100 years, his descendants became the officers of Kenda, Uparoda, Matin. Even during the rule of the Marathas, they continued to enjoy their Zamindari till 1798. In 1818, when Colonel Agnew came as the Superintendent of Chhattisgarh, he handed over the Zamindari to Ajit Singh, a descendant of the old officer. In the Maratha period, Pendra Garh was an important centre of Pindharis. In this region, there were Pindare dacoits who used to attack Ratanpur and Jabalpur. Due to them, this region was called Pindara which has now become Pendra.<br />
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The first newspaper of Chhattisgarh, Chhattisgarh Mitra, was published as a monthly magazine from Pendra in the year 1900 under the editorship of Pandit Madhavrao Sapre. District Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi is famous not only in the state of Chhattisgarh but also in the whole of India due to its unique features like quality of rice and tribal cultural background.<br />
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== Demographics ==<br />
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|title=Religions in Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi district (2011)<ref name="religion">{{Cite web|date=2011|title=Table C-01 Population by Religion: Chhattisgarh|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/11368/download/14481/DDW22C-01%20MDDS.XLS|website=censusindia.gov.in|publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref><br />
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{{bar percent|[[Hinduism]]|darkorange|94.10}}<br />
{{bar percent|Other <small>(tribal religion)</small>|chartreuse|2.93}}<br />
{{bar percent|[[Islam]]|green|2.01}}<br />
{{bar percent|[[Christianity in Chhattisgarh|Christianity]]|dodgerblue|0.53}}<br />
{{bar percent|Other or not stated|black|0.43}}<br />
}}<br />
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At the time of the 2011 census, the district had a population of 3,36,420. Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi district has a sex ratio of 997 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 55.92%. 32,285 (9.60%) live in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 20,802 (6.18%) and 192,073 (57.09%) of the population respectively.<ref name="districtcensus">{{Cite web|title=District Census Handbook - Bilaspur |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/354/download/1064/DH_2011_2207_PART_A_DCHB_BILASPUR.pdf |website = censusindia.gov.in |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref><br />
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{{Pie chart<br />
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|caption = Languages of Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi district (2011)<ref name="languages"/><br />
|label1 = [[Chhattisgarhi language|Chhattisgarhi]] |value1 = 74.59 |color1 = peachpuff<br />
|label2 = [[Hindi]] |value2 = 23.48 |color2 = orange<br />
|label3 = Others |value3 = 1.93 |color3 = grey<br />
}}<br />
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According to the 2011 census, 74.59% of the district speaks [[Chhattisgarhi language|Chhattisgarhi]] and 23.48% speaks [[Hindi]] as their first language.<ref name="languages">{{Cite web |title=Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Chhattisgarh |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10198/download/13310/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-2200.XLSX |website=www.censusindia.gov.in |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref><br />
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== Tourism ==<br />
'''Achanakmaar Tiger reserve''' (achanakmar forest guest house, sal valley resort, Lamni forest rest house, chhaparwa forest rest house, Sonbhadra tourist resort amadob, the royal river resort amadob)<br />
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'''Achankmaar Biosphere Reserve'''<br />
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'''Marhimata mandir bhanwartank'''<br />
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Pandav goofa dhanpur<br />
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durga mandir dhanpur <br />
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kali mandir pendra <br />
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RAJ MAHAL PENDRA <br />
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baba hazrat saiyad insan ali dargah larkeni<br />
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Benibaai dhhobhar<br />
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Kabir ka chabutra keochi (chher chhera resort)<br />
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Jaleswardham <br />
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mai ki bagiya<br />
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Durgadhara<br />
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thath pathra<br />
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Laxman Dhara<br />
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Lakshman Ghat khardi<br />
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Gangnai dam nature camp salhekota<br />
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Jhojha waterfall basti<br />
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Jogi Goofa lamna<br />
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sonkund sonmuda<br />
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malaniya dam pakariya<br />
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Rajmergarh hilltop<br />
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Amreswar mahadev mandir<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[List of districts of Chhattisgarh|Districts of Chhattisgarh]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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{{Chhattisgarh}}<br />
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[[Category:Districts of Chhattisgarh]]<br />
[[Category:Bilaspur division]]</div>AyushAmar