Raigarh

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Chhattisgarh • India
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Location of Raigarh
Coordinates: 21°54′N 83°24′E / 21.9, 83.4
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Area
• Elevation
• 215 m (705 ft)
District(s) Raigarh
Population 364,287 (2003)

Coordinates: 21°54′N 83°24′E / 21.9, 83.4 Raigarh is a city and a municipality in Raigarh district in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. It is the administrative headquarters of Raigarh district. Major languages spoken are Chhatisgarhi, Oriya and Hindi.

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History

Prior to Indian Independence, Raigarh was the capital of the princely state of Raigarh. The former king and his sons are still there. They still lead a royal life but with no rent to collect their palace is in a very bad state.

Geography

Raigarh is located at 21°54′N 83°24′E / 21.9, 83.4[1]. It has an average elevation of 215 metres (705 feet).

Raigarh is an old city and the market place is congested with narrow and curving roads. Now the situations are changing drastically. It has become an industrial Hub. More than 50 sponge Iron plant have already been started in the vicinity of Raigarh and various industries are looking forward for oppertunities.

Kelo river flows nearby and on the river puzzled shaped Bridges have been consturcted.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census[2], Raigarh had a population of 110,987. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Raigarh has an average literacy rate of 71%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 79%, and female literacy is 62%. In Raigarh, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Economy

Raigarh is famous for its 'kosa' or tasar (a kind of fine silk created by the silk worm feeding on kosa fruit).

It now has a growing industrial hub for the steel market. Just 8 km from Raigarh city is a steel plant owned by Jindal Steel. It has provided employment to large number of people. The Chairman of the company is the renowned MP, Naveen Jindal

In addition to all, Raigarh has good site seeing places like Tipakol,Ram Jharna, chandrahasini Temple, and 52 km from Raigarh there is Koila Gagar( It comes in Orissa), a nice water fall and Shiv Temple, A dam in Patrapali . Raigarh has various chowks like Handi chowk, Dhimbrapur chowk, Subhash Chowk where market is presest for local shopping.

References

  1. ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Raigarh
  2. ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns. (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Retrieved on 2007-09-03.

See also

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raigarh"

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