Rajnandgaon Nandgaon | |
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City | |
 IB group office building, Rajnandgaon | |
| Nickname: Sanskardhani | |
  Rajnandgaon Location in Chhattisgarh, India | |
| Coordinates:21°06′N81°02′E / 21.10°N 81.03°E /21.10; 81.03 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Chhattisgarh |
| District | Rajnandgaon |
| Government | |
| • Body | Nagar Nigam Rajnandgaon |
| • Mayor | Hema Sudesh Deshmukh (INC) |
| • District Collector | Mr. Doman Singh (IAS). |
| Area | |
• Total | 70 km2 (30 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 307 m (1,007 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 163,122 |
| • Rank | 5th in state |
| • Density | 2,300/km2 (6,000/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 491441 (Rajnandgaon)[4] |
| Telephone code | 07744 |
| Vehicle registration | CG-08 |
| Sex ratio | 1023♂/♀ |
| Website | www |
Rajnandgaon is a city inRajnandgaon District, in the state ofChhattisgarh, India.[5] As of the 2011 census[update] the population of the city was 163,122.[2] Rajnandgaon district came into existence on 26 January 1973, as a result of the division ofDurg district.[6]
Originally known as Nandgram,Rajnandgaon State was ruled bySomvanshis,Kalachuris of Tripuri andMarathas.[7] The palaces in the town of Rajnandgaon reveal their own tale of the rulers, their society and culture, and the traditions of those times.[6]
The city was ruled by a dynasty of Hindu caretakers (Bairagis), who bore the titleVaishnav and Gond rajas (chiefs). Succession was by adoption. Its foundation is traced to a religious celibate who came from the Punjab towards the end of the 18th century. From the founder it passed through a succession of chosen disciples until 1879, when the British government recognized the ruler as an hereditary chief and it came to be known asprincely state of Raj Nandgaon. Afterwards conferred upon his son the title of Raja Bahadur. The first rulerMahant Ghasi Das was recognized as a feudal chief by the British government in 1865 and was granted asanad of adoption. Later the British conferred the title of raja on the ruling mahant.[8][9]
As of the 2011[update] Indiacensus,[2] Rajnandgaon had population of 1,537,133 of which male and female were 762,855 and 774,278 respectively. Rajnandgaon has an average literacy rate of 86.97%, male literacy is 91.19%, and female literacy is 82.98%.
As of 2001[update] Indiacensus,[10] Rajnandgaon had a population of 143,727. Males constituted 51% of the population and females 49%. Rajnandgaon had an average literacy rate of 73%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 80%, and female literacy is 65%. In Rajnandgaon, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Chhattisgarhi andHindi are the main spoken languages in Rajnandgaon.Chhattisgarhi is the native language of this town, besides being followed byHindi. People from different parts of the country live here, so other languages are also spoken by a majority of people. Some people of the city also speak dialects of Hindi such as Rajisthani and Bastari Chhattisgarh.
Digvijay Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium and is mainly used for organizing matches of football, cricket and other sports. The stadium hosted fourfirst-class matches[11] in 1988 whenMadhya Pradesh cricket team played againstRajasthan cricket team.
TheInternational Hockey Stadium is afield hockey stadium with anastroturf surface. It opened in 2014.[12]
Rajnandgaon is located at21°06′N81°02′E / 21.10°N 81.03°E /21.10; 81.03[13] in Chhattishgarh. It has an average elevation of 307 metres (1010 feet).
| Climate data for Rajnandgaon (1991–2020, extremes 1980–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 34.1 (93.4) | 36.7 (98.1) | 41.5 (106.7) | 44.5 (112.1) | 46.7 (116.1) | 45.6 (114.1) | 40.4 (104.7) | 40.5 (104.9) | 35.4 (95.7) | 38.0 (100.4) | 33.2 (91.8) | 31.6 (88.9) | 46.7 (116.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 22.1 (71.8) | 27.4 (81.3) | 32.3 (90.1) | 35.8 (96.4) | 38.6 (101.5) | 33.7 (92.7) | 30.2 (86.4) | 28.0 (82.4) | 28.5 (83.3) | 28.5 (83.3) | 25.6 (78.1) | 22.7 (72.9) | 29.0 (84.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 12.9 (55.2) | 14.8 (58.6) | 18.2 (64.8) | 22.4 (72.3) | 23.7 (74.7) | 22.5 (72.5) | 22.9 (73.2) | 23.2 (73.8) | 23.1 (73.6) | 21.5 (70.7) | 17.1 (62.8) | 13.5 (56.3) | 19.7 (67.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 6.0 (42.8) | 6.2 (43.2) | 10.2 (50.4) | 13.8 (56.8) | 18.0 (64.4) | 14.0 (57.2) | 12.0 (53.6) | 17.9 (64.2) | 16.0 (60.8) | 15.4 (59.7) | 10.0 (50.0) | 7.4 (45.3) | 6.0 (42.8) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 10.4 (0.41) | 9.1 (0.36) | 16.4 (0.65) | 8.4 (0.33) | 19.0 (0.75) | 120.2 (4.73) | 286.6 (11.28) | 270.9 (10.67) | 143.3 (5.64) | 57.0 (2.24) | 5.6 (0.22) | 6.1 (0.24) | 952.9 (37.52) |
| Average rainy days | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 6.5 | 10.2 | 13.9 | 7.8 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 46.7 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%)(at 17:30IST) | 53 | 41 | 35 | 23 | 31 | 53 | 76 | 81 | 77 | 72 | 59 | 62 | 57 |
| Source:India Meteorological Department[14][15][16] | |||||||||||||
Rajnandgaon railway station is on theHowrah-Nagpur-Mumbai line. The station comes under Nagpur Division of SECR. Local trains provide frequent service west toDongargarh andNagpur Station, and east toRaipur, while direct express trains are available for all the metros:New Delhi,Mumbai,Kolkata,Chennai,Ahmedabad,Bangalore, andPune. Rajnandgaon railway station is the fourth busiest railway station of the state after Bilaspur, Raipur and Durg. Railway station consists of four well developed platforms. More than 190 trains passes from city. Direct connections are available for Indore, Bhopal, Jabalpur, Gwalior, Nagpur, Gondia, Wardha, Mumbai, Pune, Nashik, Hapa, Chennai, Trivandrum, Patna etc.
Rajnandgaon has two bus stands, Old Bus Stand and New Bus Stand. Bus connectivity is good for transportation to nearby cities and villages, but long-distance bus connectivity is practically non-existent.
MSRTC underBhandara Division provides bus services to Rajnandgaon from its various depots that interconnectMaharashtra and Chhattisgarh. Bhandara and Rajnandgaon have connected under the same link ofNH6.
