Mchinji District

Mchinji is a district in the Central Region of Malawi. The capital is Mchinji. The district covers an area of and has a population of 602,305. The area's economy is sustained by rain-fed agriculture.

Demographics

At the time of the 2018 Census of Malawi, the distribution of the population of Mchinji District by ethnic group was as follows:

89.2% Chewa
6.2% Ngoni
2.1% Yao
1.1% Lomwe
0.6% Tumbuka
0.1% Sena
0.1% Mang'anja
0.1% Tonga
0.1% Nkhonde
0.0% Nyanja
0.0% Lambya
0.0% Sukwa
0.3% Others

Government and administrative divisions

There are six National Assembly constituencies in Mchinji:

Mchinji - East
Mchinji - North
Mchinji - North East
Mchinji - South
Mchinji - South West
Mchinji - West

In the 2009 election all of these constituencies were held by members of the Malawi Congress Party.
In 2025 the Mchinji West Constituency was won by Rhita Sanga.