Jagdalpur

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City in Chhattisgarh, India

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::summary City in Chhattisgarh, India ::

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photo5aMendri-Ghumar Waterfalls taken on 27 Aug 2017.jpg
photo6aBastar Dusshera Unexplored Bastar.jpg
photo6bNagarnar Steel Plant - নগরনার ইস্পাত কারখানা ১.jpg
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Mumbai of Chhattisgarh,
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area_total_km2193
area_rank3rd(in chhattisgarh)
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Jagdalpur is a city located in the southern part of Chhattisgarh state in India. It is the administrative headquarters of the Bastar district and Bastar division. Before the independence of India, it also served as the capital of the erstwhile princely state of Bastar. It is the fourth largest city of Chhattisgarh.

Bastar district has multiple scenic waterfalls that are popular for tourists throughout India. The Ministry of Tourism, Government of India 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.

Transport

Road transport

The road network in and around Jagdalpur can be seen from the road network map of the area.

The National Highways passing through Jagdalpur are NH 30 (connecting Raipur to Vijaywada in Andhra Pradesh via NH 65), and NH 63 (connecting Jagdalpur to Nizamabad in Telangana) while passing through Maharashtra.

NH 30 at Raipur connects Jagdalpur to Asian Highway 46 leading to Nagpur and Kolkata. NH 30 near Vijayawada connects Jagdalpur to NH 65 leading to Hyderabad and Pune.

Rail transport

Jagdalpur is connected by rail to the eastern part of India. There are trains connecting Jagdalpur railway station to Howrah, Bhubaneshwar and Visakhapatnam. The rail connectivity of Jagdalpur to Durg via Rayagada and Raipur 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).

Jagdalpur-Rowghat Rail Line

BRPL and IRCON signed a project execution agreement in July 2017, under which IRCON will construct a railway line between Jagdalpur and Rawghat in Chhattisgarh. The railway line will have 13 new railway stations and the estimated project cost Rs 2,538 crore approximately.

Presently, the Detailed Project Report (DPR) for this section of the rail line has already been sanctioned by the Railways Board.

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, 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.

Air transport

Maa Danteshwari Airport has started daily flight services between Jagdalpur, Raipur, Hyderabad by Alliance Air under the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) – UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik) of Government of India. 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 by Alliance Air.

Climate

Jagdalpur has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen climate classification Aw) 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. The weather cools off somewhat for the monsoon season from June to September, which features very heavy rainfall. Winters are warm and dry.{{Weather box | location = Jagdalpur (1991–2020, extremes 1909–2020) | metric first = Y | single line = Y | Jan record high C = 34.8 | Feb record high C = 38.7 | Mar record high C = 40.6 | Apr record high C = 43.3 | May record high C = 46.1 | Jun record high C = 45.5 | Jul record high C = 38.9 | Aug record high C = 39.8 | Sep record high C = 34.2 | Oct record high C = 36.1 | Nov record high C = 34.1 | Dec record high C = 32.8 | year record high C = 46.1 | Jan high C = 28.8 | Feb high C = 31.6 | Mar high C = 35.2 | Apr high C = 37.2 | May high C = 37.9 | Jun high C = 33.3 | Jul high C = 29.2 | Aug high C = 28.7 | Sep high C = 30.2 | Oct high C = 30.8 | Nov high C = 29.7 | Dec high C = 28.5 | year high C = 31.7 | Jan mean C = 20.3 | Feb mean C = 23.1 | Mar mean C = 27.1 | Apr mean C = 29.7 | May mean C = 31.0 | Jun mean C = 28.4 | Jul mean C = 25.9 | Aug mean C = 25.5 | Sep mean C = 26.3 | Oct mean C = 25.4 | Nov mean C = 22.7 | Dec mean C = 19.8 | year mean C = | Jan low C = 11.8 | Feb low C = 14.7 | Mar low C = 18.8 | Apr low C = 22.4 | May low C = 24.2 | Jun low C = 23.9 | Jul low C = 22.8 | Aug low C = 22.5 | Sep low C = 22.4 | Oct low C = 20.1 | Nov low C = 15.6 | Dec low C = 11.3 | year low C = 19.2 | Jan record low C = 2.8 | Feb record low C = 5.0 | Mar record low C = 8.5 | Apr record low C = 13.9 | May record low C = 17.2 | Jun record low C = 14.5 | Jul record low C = 18.3 | Aug record low C = 16.7 | Sep record low C = 17.6 | Oct record low C = 11.1 | Nov record low C = 5.6 | Dec record low C = 3.9 | year record low C = 2.8 | rain colour = green | Jan rain mm = 10.7 | Feb rain mm = 6.8 | Mar rain mm = 18.8 | Apr rain mm = 54.4 | May rain mm = 79.4 | Jun rain mm = 234.9 | Jul rain mm = 369.1 | Aug rain mm = 366.8 | Sep rain mm = 246.4 | Oct rain mm = 93.5 | Nov rain mm = 22.4 | Dec rain mm = 4.7 | year rain mm = 1508.0 | Jan rain days = 0.9 | Feb rain days = 0.6 | Mar rain days = 1.4 | Apr rain days = 3.7 | May rain days = 5.3 | Jun rain days = 10.1 | Jul rain days = 17.4 | Aug rain days = 18.2 | Sep rain days = 11.7 | Oct rain days = 4.9 | Nov rain days = 1.3 | Dec rain days = 0.5 | year rain days = 75.9 | time day = 17:30 IST | Jan humidity = 48 | Feb humidity = 39 | Mar humidity = 34 | Apr humidity = 38 | May humidity = 45 | Jun humidity = 67 | Jul humidity = 82 | Aug humidity = 83 | Sep humidity = 79 | Oct humidity = 70 | Nov humidity = 62 | Dec humidity = 55 | year humidity = 58 | source 1 = India Meteorological Department | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205042509/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf | archive-date = 5 February 2020 | url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf | title = Extremes of Temperature & Rainfall for Indian Stations (Up to 2012) | publisher = India Meteorological Department | date = December 2016 | page = M41 | access-date = 19 February 2020}} | source 2 = Tokyo Climate Center (mean temperatures 1991–2020) | url = https://ds.data.jma.go.jp/gmd/tcc/tcc/products/climate/normal/parts/NrmMonth_e.php?stn=43041 | title = Normals Data: Jagdalpur – India Latitude: 19.08°N Longitude: 82.03°E Height: 554 (m) | publisher = Japan Meteorological Agency | access-date = 1 December 2022}}

Demographics

|title=Religions in Jagdalpur (2011) |titlebar=#FCD116 |left1=Religion |right1=Percent |float=left |bars= year 2021, town has a population of 325,463.{{cite web |url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_2_PR_Cities_1Lakh_and_Above.pdf|title=Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011; Cities having population 1 lakh and above|publisher=Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|access-date=27 March 2012}} The Municipal Corporation have a sex ratio of 985 females per 1,000 males and 19.0% of the population were under six years old. Effective literacy was 90.44%; male literacy was 92.51% and female literacy was 88.37%.

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.

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.

Industry and economy

Jagdalpur has a primarily agrarian economy. It is the second biggest market after Raipur in the state. Furniture and rice mills are the largest industry. Nagarnar Steel Plant, set up at its outskirts, was completed in October 2018.

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Notable sites

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Important landmarks in Jagdalpur include Chitrakote 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, and the Sri Venkateshwara Swamy Temple.

References

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