equal to the nation of Guyana or the US state of Alaska. This gives it a ranking of 492nd in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 12.35%. Anuppur has a sex ratio of 975 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 69.08%. 27.39% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Tribes make up 9.92% and 47.85% of the population respectively. The largest tribal community is the Gonds. Kotma is the biggest town (Municipality) in Anuppur District and Barbaspur (Chondi) near Bhaloo mada coal mines is the biggest village of the Anuppur district. Hindus are 91.63%, Muslims are 2.87%. Other religions (traditional tribal religion) are 4.73%. Languages At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 91.89% of the population in the district spoke Hindi, 2.97% Bagheli and 2.23% Gondi as their first language. Education Govt. Tulsi College Govt. I.T.I. College Govt. Polytechnic College Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Amarkantak Jawahar Novodaya Vidyalaya References External links Anuppur: official Districts of Madhya Pradesh