| Voice of Dhamtari District
: Anil Agarwal
Dhamtari District
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
Geographical Area : 3385.0 Km2
Population in Dhamtari (Census 2011)
Total Population
Total : 7,99,199
Male : 3,97,250
Female : 4,01,949
Under 6 population
Total : 1,00,575
Male : 51,073
Female : 49,502
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 15748
In seeing : 6229
In speech : 1032
In hearing : 1315
In movement : 5500
Mental : 1672
Rank ( VoiceOfBharat.org Analysis
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Brief About Dhamtari District
Dhamtari is abbreviated from "Dhamma"+"Tarai"
District is situated in the fertile plains of Chhattisgarh Region.
This District is situated between 20042' N Latitude and
81o33' Longtitude. Dhamtari district is officially formed
on 6th July 1998 dividing the Raipur district currently
the capital of Chhattisgarh along with Mahasamund . As a result
the boundaries of the Raipur district is converted into the districts
e.g Raipur, Mahasamund and Dhamtari. Dhamtari, Kurud and Nagari
are included in Dhamtari district as Tehsils and Dhamtari, Kurud,
Nagari and Magarlod are included as blocks. The district headquarter
is itself Dhamtari. The total area of the district is 2029 Sq.Km.
and 305 Meter above the sea.The District is surrounded by District
Raipur in North & South, part of Orissa state in East &
West.Mahanadi is the principal river of this district and Mahanadi
is so far named as Kankannadi, Chitrotpala, Neelotpala, Mandvahini,
Jairath etc.
Its tributaries being Sendur, Pairy, Sondur, Joan,
Kharun and Shivnath. The fertility of lands of Dhamtari district
can be attributed to the presence of these rivers. The chief crop
of this region is Paddy. Mahanadi one of the major river
in central India originates in the hills of Sihawa flows in the
direction of East into the Bay of Bengal.
Dhamtari district falls between two Lok Sabha Constituencies
(Kanker and Mahasamund) and three Assembly constituencies ( Dhamtari,
Kurud, Sihawa).The national highway No. 43 Raipur – Vijaynagaram
(Andhra Pradesh) passes through Dhamtari. Raipur is 78 Km. from
Dhamtari.
Unique features of Dhamtari is the total number
of Rice Mills that is more than 106.
Unique features of Dhamtari is the total number
of Rice Mills that is more than 106. DETAILED PHYSICAL In the east,
Satpura range is located. It is popularly known as Sihawa pahad.
In west lies district of Kanker. In North lies Raipur, the heart
and capital city of Chhattisgarh. Southwards lies the boundary of
Orrisa state. Ravishankar Sagar dam that irrigates almost 57000
Hectare of land and also acts as a main supply unit of safe drinking
water resource for state capital Raipur as well as supply to Bhilai
Steel Plant lies at almost 11 Km from the District capital . Work
of 10 MW hydro-electric power plant is progressing and is likely
to be completed very soon.
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