Dhamtari is a

municipal corporation Municipal corporation is the legal term for a local governing body, including (but not necessarily limited to) cities, counties, towns, townships, charter townships, villages, and boroughs. The term can also be used to describe municipally o ...

and headquarters of the

Dhamtari district Dhamtari is a district of the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. This district is situated at 20°42' N latitude and 81°33' E longitude. Dhamtari district was officially formed on 6 July 1998 by trifurcating Raipur district into Raipur, Dhamtari and ...

in the state of

Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh (; ) is a landlocked States and union territories of India, state in Central India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, ninth largest state by area, and with a population of roughly 30 million, the List ...

, India, which is part of the Mahasamund Lok Sabha constituency formed on 6July 1998. The district is home to 3.13 percent of Chhattisgarh's total population.

History

Dhamtari's population was 17,278 in 1955. At that time, the town was part of

Raipur District Raipur district is a district in the Chhattisgarh state of India. Its administrative headquarters is the city of Raipur. The district is rich in mineral resources and there are many wildlife sanctuaries. With a population of 2 million, it is the ...

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 ...

. In 2000, it became part of the new

state and headquarters for the Dhamtari

tehsil A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a Zila (country subdivision), district including the designated populated place that ser ...

. As a terminus of a narrow-gauge railway running north of Raipur on the main

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line of the

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, Dhamtari became a trade centre. Goods shipped from there included

timber Lumber is wood that has been processed into uniform and useful sizes (dimensional lumber), including beams and planks or boards. Lumber is mainly used for construction framing, as well as finishing (floors, wall panels, window frames). ...

shellac Shellac () is a resin secreted by the female Kerria lacca, lac bug on trees in the forests of India and Thailand. Chemically, it is mainly composed of aleuritic acid, jalaric acid, shellolic acid, and other natural waxes. It is processed and s ...

, morabulum nuts,

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leaves (for cigarettes),

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and animal hides. The American Mennonite Mission was established in Dhamtari in 1899. By 1952 the mission had merged with the Mennonite Church in India (MC), which had its headquarters in Dhamtari. In 1955 the 558-member congregation was one of several missionary groups in Dhamtari, including the Dhamtari Christian Academy, Dhamtari Christian Hospital, the Samuel Burkhard Memorial Boys' Orphanage and a nursing school. At the present Dhamtari is a "Nagar Nigam" .Dhamtari is also famous for its Maratha community which Is one of the biggest gathering of Maratha's in any state of India

Geography

Dhamtari is in the fertile plains of Chhattisgarh. The district's total area is , and it is about 317 meters (1,040 feet) above sea level. It is bordered by the

Raipur Raipur ( ) is the capital city of the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. Raipur is also the administrative headquarters of Raipur district and Raipur division, and the largest city of the state. It was a part of Madhya Pradesh before the state of Chh ...

and

Durg Durg is a city in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh, east of the Shivnath River and is part of the Durg- Bhilai urban agglomeration. With an urban population of 1,064,077, Durg- Bhilai is the second largest urban area in Chhattisgarh after Rai ...

districts to the north, the Gariaband district to the east, the Kondagaon district and the State of Orissa to the south and the Balod and Kanker districts to the west. The fertility of the land in the Dhamtari District is due to the

Mahanadi River The Mahanadi River is a major river in East Central India. It drains an area of around and has a total length of . Mahanadi is also known for the Hirakud Dam which was the first major multipurpose river valley project after India's independence ...

and its tributaries (Sendur, Pairy, Sondur, Joan, Kharun, and Shivnath).dhamtari is situated 65 km from capital

Economy

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deposits exist in the district. Most of the city's workforce is involved in the timber industry or rice or flour milling (Dhamtari has more than 200 rice mills), with the chemical industry also a significant presence. The Ravishankar Sagar Dam ( Gangrel Dam) irrigates nearly of land, and is the primary supplier of potable water to the state capital of Raipur and the steel plant at Bhilai. The dam is about from the district capital. Asia's first siphon dam was built in 1914 at Madamsilli; the Sondhur and Dudhawa Dams are other important works.

List of mayors

Education

Schools * Anjuman Higher Secondary School, * Azim Premji School, Shankardah, * Delhi Public School * Govt. Boys Higher Secondary School, * Govt. Girls Higher Secondary School, * Hari Om Higher Secondary School, *

Kendriya Vidyalaya The Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan () is a system of Government of India, central government schools in India. Governed by the Ministry of Education (India), Ministry of Education, Government of India. , it has a total of 1,257 schools in India, ...

* Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya * Mennonite Senior Secondary School, * Model English Higher Secondary School, * Nutan Higher Secondary School, * Saraswati Shishu Mandir Higher Secondary School, * Saraswati Shishu Vidya Mandir, * Sarvoooodaayaa Hindi School, * St. Marys English Medium School, * St. Xaviers School, * Vidya Kunj Memorial school. Colleges * Comp tech Degree College * Genesis College * Govt. Girls College * Govt. P.G. College * Govt. Polytechnic College * KL College of Horticulture * Vandemataram College

Transport

Railways and bus

Dhamtari situated at

Jagdalpur 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 erstw ...

national highway

National Highway 30 (India) National Highway 30 (NH 30) is a primary national highway in India. NH 30 connects Sitarganj in Uttarakhand with Ibrahimpatnam, Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh. The total length of this highway is . It starts at the junction of NH 9 at Sitar ...

, where majorly flawless fast Bus services is available almost 24 hours in every 5–15 minutes. Raipur to Dhamtari narrow-gauge line, now defunct provided service to the area, soon to be replaced by

broad-gauge railway A broad-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge (the distance between the rails) broader than the used by standard-gauge railways. Broad gauge of , more known as Russian gauge, is the dominant track gauge in former Soviet Union countrie ...

tracks.

Healthcare

* Dhamtari Christian Hospital (DCH) * Dhamtari District Hospital (DDH)

Media

Newspapers * Prakhar Samachar

Places of interest

* Gangrel Dam RAVISHANKAR_SAGAR_PROJECT_GANGREL-_2

*Khubchand Baghel (Rudri) barrage *Bilai Mata Mandir (Vindhyavasini Mata) *

Notable people associated with Dhamtari

* Babu Chhote Lal Shrivastava *

References

External links

Official Dhamtari government site
{{Authority control Cities and towns in Dhamtari district