Mungeli
Template:Infobox Indian jurisdiction Mungeli is a city . and it is chhattisgarhs newly formed District Functional from 1st January 2012. in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh.
Geography
Mungeli is located at 22°04′N 81°41′E / 22.07°N 81.68°E[1]. It has an average elevation of 288 metres (944 feet). agar river passes through Mungeli, The main languages spoken are Chhattisgarhi and Hindi, some people speak Sindhi also. pin code of Mungeli is 495334, there is some government college named as SNG and Govt science college, here one govt Girls higher secondary school. B.R. Sao Multipurpose higher secondary school. Municipal higher secondary school mungeli. Mission higher secondary school Daupara Mungeli, Daupara is basically Cristian majority area, there is one popular hospital named as Mission hospital Mungeli, Famous personality from outside of India comes here the main supportive body here is Foreign Christian Missionary Society. climate of Mungeli is suitable for sugar apple and groundnuts, soil of mungeli is very productive and suitable for paddy. Mahamaya Mandir and Shri shakti mandir is famous temple in Mungeli, kharraghat mungeli is a place where Mahashivratri Mela festival celebrated every year it is a river basin connected with Ramgarh village which is a citadel.
Demographics
As of 2001[update] India census[2], Mungeli had a population of 27,387. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Mungeli has an average literacy rate of 69%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 78%, and female literacy is 59%. In Mungeli, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Missionary History
Dr. George E. Miller served as a medical missionary for the Foreign Christian Missionary Society in Mungeli during the early 20th century. He was first stationed here in 1909, when he began practicing medicine in India for the first time, and also when delivered his first sermon. For several weeks during the cool season in Mungeli, Dr. George E. Miller and his fellow missionaries camped out in the various villages to offer medical services and preach the Gospels.[3], [4] A number of times Miller and his colleagues attended to the Tahasildar of Mungeli in times of ill health.[5]
References
- ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Mungeli
- ^ Template:GR
- ^ Miller, George E. In the Land of Sweepers and Kings: (Medical Missionary Work in India). Cincinnati: Powell & White, 1922.125-135.
- ^ McLean, Archibald. The History of the Foreign Christian Missionary Society. New York: Fleming H. Revell, 1919. 89,168.
- ^ Miller, George E. In the Land of Sweepers and Kings: (Medical Missionary Work in India). Cincinnati: Powell & White, 1922. 109.
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