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Kondagaon a
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about 70 kilometers from Jagdalpur city is the headquarter of
Kondagaon district Kondagaon district is a district of Chhattisgarh, India, and separated from Bastar district on 24 January 2012. with headquarters in Kondagaon. It is mostly renowned for its bell metal craft and other art forms native to the tribal of Bastar. It ...
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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 ...
. It is the third largest city of Bastar division. Kondagaon separated from
Bastar district Bastar is a district in the state of Chhattisgarh in Central India. Jagdalpur is the district headquarters. Bastar is bounded on the northwest by Narayanpur District, on the north by Kondagaon district, on the east by Nabarangpur and Koraput ...
on 24 January 2012 and formed as 27th district of the Chhattisgarh state. It is mostly renowned for its bell metal craft and other art forms native to the tribal of Bastar. Also known as the Shilp sheher (lit. craft city) of Chhattisgarh owing to the variety of indigenous crafts produced in the area. MLA - Ms Lata Usendi (BJP) Collector - Mr Kunal (IAS) Dudawat SP - Y Akshay Kumar (IPS) CEO - Nupur Rashi Panna (IAS)


Background

Kondagaon is located at . It has an average elevation of 593 metres (1945 feet). India
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, Kondagaon had a population of 40,921. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Kondagaon has an average literacy rate of 64%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 73%, and female literacy is 55%. In Kondagaon, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age. Kondagaon lies on the NH 30 highway and can be reached from either
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 ...
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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 ...
. Frequent bus services are available to Kondagaon from Raipur and Jagdalpur. The nearest railway station is Jagdalpur. A Helicopter strip was temporarily constructed in the playground adjacent to the government college campus, which is occasionally used in Kondagaon. The town is known for the foodies, being migrants and settlers from various parts of India including the south and the north. Lala Hotel is the oldest hotel in the city, operating through the post-independence era when Kondagaon was as much of a small city. Kondagaon is situated on banks of the river Narangi.


Industries


Art and craft

The bell metal craft practiced by most of the craftsmen in the town and the adjacent villages is a form of almost extinct wax sculpting art. Some of the celebrated craftsmen of the bell-metal art forms are the late Dr. Jaidev Baghel (a national awardee), Sushil Sakhuja, Sukchand, and Suresh Baghmare. The government endow various schemes and policies to promote these art forms and artisans including sponsoring a select few second or third generation artisans for training in the national institute of design, enabling them to keep abreast with the trends and also widening the scope of their art forms.


Timber

Kondagaon is famous for timber mills, as the division hosts one of the largest forest division in the Indian subcontinent.


Tourism

A couple of hillocks that skirt the eastern outskirts of the town (Kondagaon) have been revamped as a tourist park by the forest department. The park would host relocated common wild animals and fowl of the Bastar region. Most of the hill has been turned into a recreational zone. The Coconut Development Board located in the southern frills of the town is a central government coconut development farm, sprawling across acres of coconut and assorted plantations. In the Keshkal block of district Kondagaon there are more a dozen of waterfalls and few caves. Some of the known waterfalls, caves, valleys and archeological sites are:


Waterfalls

* Katulkasa Waterfall, Honhed * Bijkudum Waterfall, Uper-murvend * Umradah Waterfall * Ling-Darha Waterfall * Amadarha-1 Waterfall * Amadarha-2 Waterfall * Hankhi-kudum Waterfall * Ghumur Waterfall * Kudarwahi Waterfall * Uperbedi Waterfall * Mirde Waterfall * Mutte-Khadka Waterfall * Cherbeda Waterfall


Caves

* Alor cave * Bijkudum cave * Katthan-gundi cave *Satnam hathi pahad


Valleys

* Keshkal Valley


Archeological sites

* Gobrahin * Garh-dhanora * Amrawati *Manjhingarh


Megalithic sites

Rock paintings have been found at the following: * Umrada * Hata Pathra * Lingo-Dhara Waterfall


References


External links


Metal art of Bastar video
{{Bastar district Cities and towns in Kondagaon district