Chichli is a

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Narsimhapur district Narsinghpur district (; also referred to Narsimhapur district) is a district of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. Vindhyachal is on its northern border and the Satpura range extends along its entire length on the southern border. In the north ...

in the state of

Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (; ; ) is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and the largest city is Indore, Indore. Other major cities includes Gwalior, Jabalpur, and Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, Sagar. Madhya Pradesh is the List of states and union te ...

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Geography

Chichli is located at . It has an average elevation of 349 metres (1,145 feet). Chichli is located at about 200 km from Bhopal the capital of the state of Madhya Pradesh and 9 km from Gadarwara. The Sakkar and Seeta Reva rivers flow through it rendering the surrounding farmland fertile. The larger

Narmada River The Narmada River, previously also known as ''Narbada'' or anglicised as ''Nerbudda'', is the 5th longest river in India and overall the longest west-flowing river in the country. It is also the largest flowing river in the state of Madhya Prade ...

is 26 km away. Gadarwara lies on the main road from Jabalpur to Mumbai 30 miles west of Narsinghpur civil station.

History

This area was not too active in the Indian struggle for independence. There are a few notable cases. During the mass demonstration of satyagraha at Chichli in 1932, Mansharam and Gauradevi lost their lives during a police firing.

Industry

Chichli is famous for making brass pots, also called ''Brass Township'' because all types of metal pots are made here.

Places of interest

Chougan Kila {{more citations needed, date=June 2009 250px, Jaisinghpur's chaugan Chaugan is the term used in Himachal for plains. The chaugan of Himachal Pradesh are at Chamba district, Sujanpur, and at Jaisinghpur. Chaugan (region) Chaugan, which is ...

Historical destination. From Chichli 20 km/2 hours journey. *

Rani Dahar ''Rani'' () is a female title, equivalent to queen, for royal or princely rulers in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It translates to 'queen' in English. It is also a Sanskrit Hindu feminine given name. The term applies equally to a ...

Nature destination. From Chichli 10 km/2 hours journey. *

Luck Mahadev Luck is the phenomenon and belief that defines the experience of improbable events, especially improbably positive or negative ones. The naturalistic interpretation is that positive and negative events may happen at any time, both due to ran ...

Religious destination. From Chichli 18 km/2 hours journey. *

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Nature destination. From Chichli 10 km/2 hours journey. *

Damru ghati A damaru (, ; Tibetan ཌ་མ་རུ་ or རྔ་ཆུང) is a small two-headed drum, used in Hinduism and Tibetan Buddhism. In Hinduism, the damaru is known as the instrument of the Hindu deity Shiva, associated with Tantric tradit ...

Gadarwada Mandir destination. From Chichli 15 km/2 hours journey

Transport

Rail

A distance of 9 km away is the

Gadarwara Gadarwara is a city and municipality since 1867 in Narsinghpur district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. Gadarwara's Pigeon pea, Toor Dal brand has a unique identity in the country Geography Gadarwara is located at . It has an average ...

Railway Station.

Local transport

Chichli has a public transport system. Local transport also includes

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, van and local city buses called Nagar Seva. Many cab services have recently started serving the town.

Sport

Kabaddi is known game of Chichli, Every year an organized Dolgyaras fair in

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takes place.

Demographics

India

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, Chichli had a population of 9250. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Chichli has an average literacy rate of 66%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 71% and female literacy of 59%. 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.

References

{{Jabalpur Division Cities and towns in Narsinghpur district