Mahasamund is a city and a municipality

Municipality

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 in Mahasamund District

Mahasamund District

Mahasamund District is an administrative district in Chhattisgarh state in eastern India. The city of Mahasamund is the district headquarters.-Geography:Mahasamund District covers an area of 3902.39 km² in the central eastern part of the Chhattisgarh...

 in the India

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n state

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 of Chhattisgarh

Chhattisgarh

Chhattisgarh is a state in Central India, formed when the 16 Chhattisgarhi-speaking South-Eastern districts of Madhya Pradesh gained separate statehood on 1 November 2000....

. It is the administrative headquarters of Mahasamund District.The present Mayor (Nagar Palika) is Dr. Vimal Chopra.
The present collector is SMT. Niharika Barik Sigh

Geography

Mahasamund is located at 21.1°N 82.1°E. It has an average elevation of 318 metres (1043 feet).

Demographics

India census

Census

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, Mahasamund had a population of 47,203. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Mahasamund has an average literacy rate of 70%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 79%, and female literacy is 61%. In Mahasamund, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.