Raigarh
Constituency No. 2 · Scheduled Tribe
Assembly segments in this district
- Lailunga
- Raigarh
- Kharsia
- Dharamjaigarh
Raigarh District
Chhattisgarh
Raigarh district is one of the districts of Chhattisgarh. Its administrative headquarters is at Raigarh. It covers 7,086 sq km and had a population of 14,93,984 at the 2011 census, a density of 211 people per square kilometre. Electorally it is covered by 1 Lok Sabha constituency and 4 assembly segments.
District Headquarters
Raigarh
Area
7,086 sq km
Population
14.94 Lakh
(2011)
Population Density
211 /km²
Literacy Rate
73.26%
Sex Ratio
991
per 1,000 males
Raigarh District Overview
Census 2011Key demographic and social figures for Raigarh district.
Total Population
14.94 Lakh
Male Population
7.51 Lakh
Female Population
7.43 Lakh
Rural Population
12.41 Lakh
Urban Population
2.53 Lakh
Scheduled Caste
1.82 Lakh
Scheduled Tribe
5.12 Lakh
Literacy Rate
73.26%
Population Density
211 /km²
Sex Ratio
991
females per 1,000 males
Male literacy 82.34%Female literacy 64.12%
District Administration
Administrative structure of Raigarh district.
10
Tehsils
7
Blocks
90
Nyay Panchayats
420
Gram Panchayats
980
Villages
- Headquarters
- Raigarh
- Languages
- Chhattisgarhi, Hindi, Odia
- Census Year
- 2011
- Coordinates
- 21.9° N, 83.4° E
Lok Sabha Constituencies Covering Raigarh
(1)A district can be covered by several Lok Sabha constituencies, and a constituency can reach into more than one district.
Primary
Assembly Constituencies Covering Raigarh
(4)Assembly constituencies form the segments within Lok Sabha constituencies.
No. 15 · Raigarh
VS
Vidyavati Sidar
Indian National Congress
MLA
No. 16 · Raigarh
OC
O. P. Choudhary
Bharatiya Janata Party
MLA
No. 18 · Raigarh
UP
Umesh Patel
Indian National Congress
MLA
No. 19 · Raigarh
LR
Laljeet Singh Rathia
Indian National Congress
MLA
Your Representatives from Raigarh
(5)Members of Parliament and of the Legislative Assembly representing Raigarh district.
- VSVidyavati SidarIndian National CongressMLALailunga · No. 15
- OCO. P. ChoudharyBharatiya Janata PartyMLARaigarh · No. 16
- UPUmesh PatelIndian National CongressMLAKharsia · No. 18
- LRLaljeet Singh RathiaIndian National CongressMLADharamjaigarh · No. 19
Election History
Lok SabhaRaigarh · No. 2
- 202418th Lok SabhaBJPRadheshyam RathiyaVotes 8,08,275Vote share 56.86%Margin 2,40,180
- 1. Radheshyam Rathiya · BJP8,08,275 (56.86%)
- 2. Dr. Menka Devi Singh · INC5,68,095 (39.97%)
- 3. Innocent Kujur · BSP14,210 (1%)
- 201917th Lok SabhaBJPGomati SaiVotes 6,38,383Vote share 48.81%Margin 66,027
- 1. Gomati Sai · BJP6,38,383 (48.81%)
- 2. Laljeet Singh Rathia · INC5,72,356 (43.76%)
- 3. Innocent Kujur · BSP26,840 (2.05%)
- 201416th Lok SabhaBJPVishnu Deo SaiVotes 6,62,478Vote share 53.16%Margin 2,16,750
- 1. Vishnu Deo Sai · BJP6,62,478 (53.16%)
- 2. Aarti Singh · INC4,45,728 (35.77%)
- 3. Sunder Lal Bareth · BSP22,100 (1.77%)
Political Geography
Understanding the administrative and electoral structure.
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Raigarh District at a Glance
- State
- Chhattisgarh
- Headquarters
- Raigarh
- Area
- 7,086 sq km
- Population
- 14.94 Lakh
- Population density
- 211 per km²
- Sex ratio
- 991 per 1,000 males
- Literacy rate
- 73.26%
- Languages
- Chhattisgarhi, Hindi, Odia
- Tehsils
- 10
- Blocks
- 7
- Gram panchayats
- 420
- Villages
- 980
- Lok Sabha seats
- 1
- Assembly segments
- 4
- Census year
- 2011
Sources & data
- Census of India (2011)
- Election Commission of India
- Government of Chhattisgarh
Compiled from public records
Figures are as complete as the underlying records.