 At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 60.51% of the population in the district spoke Surgujia, 10.09% Hindi, 9.12% Sadri, 7.60% Kurukh, 4% Bhojpuri and 1.07% Bengali as their first language.Surguja University, Ambikapur was established on 2 September 2008.Dr.