Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi district is a district in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. Gaurella is the headquarters of the district. It was carved out of Bilaspur district and inaugurated in February 2020. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 6.18% and 57.09% of the population respectively.
Languages of Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi district, 2011 census
According to the 2011 census, 74.59% of the district speaks Chhattisgarhi and 23.48% speaks Hindi as their first language.
History of Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi
Chhattisgarh Mitra, the first newspaper of Chhattisgarh in this district, was published in the form of a monthly magazine from Pendra in the year 1900 under the editing of Pandit Madhavrao Sapre.
District status
Gaurela Pendra Marwahi district is surrounded by Manendragarh in the north, Kota and Lormi in the south and Sohagpur and Pushprajgarh tehsils of Madhya Pradesh state district in the west.