Kawardha
(Kabirdham) District
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
Geographical Area : 4223.0 Km2
Population in Kabirdham (Census 2011)
Total Population
Total : 8,22,239
Male : 4,11,637
Female : 4,10,602
Under 6 population
Total : 1,40,752
Male : 71,348
Female : 69,404
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 12572
In seeing : 4038
In speech : 825
In hearing : 979
In movement : 5636
Mental : 1094
Rank ( VoiceOfBharat.org Analysis
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Brief About Kawardha (Kabirdham)
District
Bifurcating Tehsil Kawardha from District Rajnandgaon
and Tehsil Pandariya from District Bilaspur then Government of Madhya
Pardesh by notification No:- K41-F-20.08.2002,gazette(extra ordinary)
dated 02/07/1998 constituted a new district, specifying the head
quarters at Kawardha and according to above notification District
Kawardha came into being existence on July 06,1998.
Kawardha is a peaceful and attractive
place located on the Southern bank of river Sakri. Due to the advent
of Kabir Sahib and the establishment of the seat of descendants
of his disciple Dharmdas, it was named as Kabirdham, and afterwards
as Kawardha. Before Damakhera, District Raipur,this was the seat
of Kabir Panthis.
Tehsil Kawardha included in District
Kawardha was known as state Kawardha till the first half of 18th
century. It came into existence as Tehsil Kawardha in District Mandla
from 1895 to 1902, in District Bilaspur from 1903 to 1911, in District
Raipur from 1912 to 1948, in District Durg in 1948 and remained
part of Durg upto 25/01/1973. After that from 26/01/1973 this Tehsil
became part of Rajnandgaon upto July 05,1998 from the time of formation
of District Rajnandgaon with the division of District Durg. Likewise,
the second Tehsil Pandariya included in the district was known
as Pandariya Zamindari before 1952. In 1952 Pandariya become the
community block Head-Quarters in Dsitrict Bilaspur. It got the status
of Tehsil in 1986 and from then it remained part of District
Bilaspur till July 05,1998.
Both the above Tehsil Head-Quarters
of District Kawardha are important from historical point of view
also. Not only Kawardha but also the place Chaura and Chhapri located
at about 17 Km. from Kawardha, which is known as Bhoramdev,is a
very important place historically and archeologically. This place
was the capital of Nagvanshi kings from about 9th century to 14th
century.After that this came under possession of Haihayvanshi kings
who were related to state Ratanpur. The Archaelogical remains of
the temple and old fort constructed by these kings are still available.
Geographical Location
District Kawardha extends in 4634.98 Sq K.M. area between
21.32' to 22.28' North latitude and 80.48' to 81.48' east longitude.
Boundaries of district touch Dindori in north, Bilaspur and Durg
in east, Rajnandgaon in South, and District Balaghat in west. The
northen and western parts are surrounded by Maikal mountain ranges
of Satpura. Here the highest peak is Kesmarda in Maikal mountain
which is 925 meter high , while the minimum height is 320 meter.
The central east and southern part of the district
is plain, whereas the northen and western part is mountainous.Mainly
Black,Kanhar and Dorsa soil is found in the district, in which Nitrogen,
Alp Potash and Sulphur is available in medium quantity, whereas
Zinc and Sulphur elements lack.
The main rivers of the district originate
generally from Maikal mountain range. Haf, Phok and Sakri rivers
after emerging from north-west of the district flow towards south-east
and in the end after going in District Durg fall in river Shivnath,
whereas Phen,Halon,Banjar and Jamunia rivers flowing towards
west fall in river Narmada. There is no all weather rivulet except
Saliha Nala in the district.
The climate of District Kawardha is
moderate, where the maximum temperature in summer is 42'c and the
minimum temperature in winter goes to the lowest of 15'c only, where
intense cold is experienced from about December 20 to January 15
only. From the point of view of rain also this district lags behind
other districts. The average rainfall here is 990 m.m.
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