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Jagdalpur Jagatuguda | |
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| Jagdalpur city | |
  .jpeg)          From top: "Left to right"Chitrakote Falls,Kanger Ghati National Park,Tamda Ghumar waterfalls,Teerathgarh Falls, Jagdalpur-Raipur highway, Dokra tribe metal craft,Shiv linga in Kotumsar Cave,Danteswari Shakti Peeth,Mendri Ghumar waterfalls,Bastar Dussehra, Amcho Bastar Sign,NMDC Steel, Sunset atChitrakote Falls | |
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  Jagdalpur  Jagdalpur | |
| Coordinates:19°11′N81°55′E / 19.18°N 81.92°E /19.18; 81.92 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Chhattisgarh |
| Division | Bastar Division |
| District | Bastar District |
| Government | |
| • Body | Jagdalpur Nagar Nigam |
| • Mayor | Sanjay Pandey, (BJP) |
| • Collector | Mr.Harish S(IAS) |
| Area | |
• Metro | 193 km2 (75 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 3rd(in chhattisgarh) |
| Elevation | 552 m (1,811 ft) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Metro | 325,463 |
| • Rank | 4th in Chhattisgarh & 155th in India |
| • Density | 1,690/km2 (4,370/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 567,478 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi,Chhattisgarhi[3] |
| • Regional | Halbi,Bhatri,Gondi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 494001, 494005 (Dharampura) |
| Telephone code | 07782-xxxxxx |
| Vehicle registration | CG-17 |
| Website | www |
Jagdalpur is a city located in the southern part ofChhattisgarh state inIndia. It is the administrative headquarters of theBastar district andBastar division. Before theindependence of India, it also served as the capital of the erstwhileprincely state ofBastar. It is the fourth largest city of Chhattisgarh.
Bastar district has multiple scenicwaterfalls that are popular for tourists throughout India. The Ministry of Tourism, Government ofIndia has identified Jagdalpur-Teerathgarh-Chitrakoot-Barsur-Dantewada Circuit as one of the 45 Mega Tourist Destinations/Circuits in India on the basis of footfalls and their future tourism potential.[4]
Road network in and around Jagdalpur can be seen from theroad network map of the area.
TheNational Highways passing through Jagdalpur areNH 30 (connectingRaipur toVijaywada inAndhra Pradesh viaNH 65), andNH 63 (connecting Jagdalpur toNizamabad inTelangana) while passing throughMaharashtra.
NH 30 atRaipur connects Jagdalpur toAsian Highway 46 leading toNagpur andKolkata.NH 30 nearVijayawada connects Jagdalpur toNH 65 leading toHyderabad andPune.
Jagdalpur is connected by rail line to the eastern part of India. There are trains connectingJagdalpur railway station toHowrah,Bhubaneshwar andVisakhapatnam. The rail connectivity of Jagdalpur toDurg viaRayagada andRaipur is about 658 km long and takes 14.5 hours of travel time as compared to that by road which takes about 6–7 hours (distance 300 km).[5]
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BRPL and IRCON signed a project execution agreement in July 2017, under which IRCON will construct a railway line between Jagdalpur and Rawghat inChhattisgarh. The railway line will have 13 new railway stations and the estimated project cost Rs 2,538 crore approximately.[6]
Presently,[when?] the Detailed Project Report (DPR) for this section of the rail line has already been sanctioned by the Railways Board.[7]
Survey work is currently underway and the target was earlier set to complete survey work of Jagdalpur-Kondagaon-Narayanpur by the month of March 2016 and of Narayanpur-Rowghat section by the month of May 2016, but there have been delays reported. In a government review carried out in February 2018,[8] it was reported that the survey work for Jagdalpur to Kondagaon railway track laying comprising length of 91.76 km had been completed for Jagdalpur-Rowghat Railway project. It was also reported that the survey work for Kondagaon to Rowghat for the 91.6 km to 140 km distance in under progress. The project team was directed by government to complete all the survey work for the project by 15 March 2018.
Maa Danteshwari Airport has started daily flight services between Jagdalpur,Raipur,Hyderabad byAlliance Air under the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) – UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik) of Government ofIndia.[9]Jagdalpur Airport is spread over an area of 132 acres.IndiGo operates flights to Raipur and Hyderabad. Currently it is connected with Delhi via Jabalpur byAlliance Air.
Jagdalpur has atropical savanna climate (Köppen climate classificationAw) with three main seasons: summer, monsoon, and winter. Summers last from March to May and are hot, with the average maximum for May reaching 38.1 °C (100.6 °F). The weather cools off somewhat for the monsoon season from June to September, which features very heavy rainfall. Winters are warm and dry.[citation needed]
| Climate data for Jagdalpur (1991–2020, extremes 1909–2020) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 34.8 (94.6) | 38.7 (101.7) | 40.6 (105.1) | 43.3 (109.9) | 46.1 (115.0) | 45.5 (113.9) | 38.9 (102.0) | 39.8 (103.6) | 34.2 (93.6) | 36.1 (97.0) | 34.1 (93.4) | 32.8 (91.0) | 46.1 (115.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 28.8 (83.8) | 31.6 (88.9) | 35.2 (95.4) | 37.2 (99.0) | 37.9 (100.2) | 33.3 (91.9) | 29.2 (84.6) | 28.7 (83.7) | 30.2 (86.4) | 30.8 (87.4) | 29.7 (85.5) | 28.5 (83.3) | 31.7 (89.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 20.3 (68.5) | 23.1 (73.6) | 27.1 (80.8) | 29.7 (85.5) | 31.0 (87.8) | 28.4 (83.1) | 25.9 (78.6) | 25.5 (77.9) | 26.3 (79.3) | 25.4 (77.7) | 22.7 (72.9) | 19.8 (67.6) | 25.4 (77.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 11.8 (53.2) | 14.7 (58.5) | 18.8 (65.8) | 22.4 (72.3) | 24.2 (75.6) | 23.9 (75.0) | 22.8 (73.0) | 22.5 (72.5) | 22.4 (72.3) | 20.1 (68.2) | 15.6 (60.1) | 11.3 (52.3) | 19.2 (66.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 2.8 (37.0) | 5.0 (41.0) | 8.5 (47.3) | 13.9 (57.0) | 17.2 (63.0) | 14.5 (58.1) | 18.3 (64.9) | 16.7 (62.1) | 17.6 (63.7) | 11.1 (52.0) | 5.6 (42.1) | 3.9 (39.0) | 2.8 (37.0) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 10.7 (0.42) | 6.8 (0.27) | 18.8 (0.74) | 54.4 (2.14) | 79.4 (3.13) | 234.9 (9.25) | 369.1 (14.53) | 366.8 (14.44) | 246.4 (9.70) | 93.5 (3.68) | 22.4 (0.88) | 4.7 (0.19) | 1,508 (59.37) |
| Average rainy days | 0.9 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 3.7 | 5.3 | 10.1 | 17.4 | 18.2 | 11.7 | 4.9 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 75.9 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%)(at 17:30IST) | 48 | 39 | 34 | 38 | 45 | 67 | 82 | 83 | 79 | 70 | 62 | 55 | 58 |
| Source 1:India Meteorological Department[10][11] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Tokyo Climate Center (mean temperatures 1991–2020)[12] | |||||||||||||
| Religion | Percent | |||
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| Hindus | 81.80% | |||
| Christians | 9.44% | |||
| Muslims | 5.32% | |||
| Jains | 1.81% | |||
| Sikhs | 1.27% | |||
| Other or not stated | 0.36% | |||
As of the[update] year 2021, town has a population of 325,463.[2] The Municipal Corporation have asex ratio of 985 females per 1,000 males and 19.0% of the population were under six years old.[2] Effective literacy was 90.44%; male literacy was 92.51% and female literacy was 88.37%.[2]
At the time of the 2011 census, 81.80% of the population were Hindus, 9.44% Christians, 5.32% Muslims, 1.81% Jains, 1.27% Sikhs.[13]
Hindi is the largest language, spoken by 54% of the population. Chhattisgarhi, Halbi, Bhatri and Gondi languages/dialects are also widely spoken. Odia is also spoken by the parts close to Odissa with heavy influence of Halbi.
Jagdalpur has a primarilyagrarian economy. It is the second biggest market afterRaipur in the state. Furniture and rice mills are the largest industry.Nagarnar Steel Plant, set up at its outskirts, was completed in October 2018.[14][15]
National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) built a steel plant in Nagarnar, located 16 km from Jagdalpur inChhattisgarh state with an outlay of Rs 20000 crore.[16]
Important landmarks in Jagdalpur areChitrakote Falls,Teerathgarh Falls,Kotumsar Cave,Tamda Ghumar waterfalls,Mendri Ghumar waterfalls,Kanger Ghati National Park,Indravati National Park,Danteshwari Temple, the historic Temples in Barsoor, Jagannath temple, Mavli temple, Laxmi-Narayan temple, The Sri Venkateshwara Swamy Temple and more.[17]
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