State Reports

District Profile · Madhya Pradesh

Mandla

1,054,905
Population
5,805 km²
Area
Jabalpur
Region / Division

KANHA NATIONAL PARK Area 5,800 km²; population 1,054,905 (2011); density 182/km²; sex ratioThe number of females per 1,000 males in a population — a key demographic indicator in Indian census data. 1,008; literacy 66.87%. Home to the core of Kanha National Park and Tiger Reserve, whose landscape is said to have inspired Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book. Gond tribal heritage runs deep here — historic seat of the Gond Garha-Mandla kingdom.