Dhamtari
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Dhamtari धमतरी |
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 Dhamtari
Dhamtari
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| Coordinates: 20°43′N 81°33′E / 20.71°N 81.55°ECoordinates: 20°43′N 81°33′E / 20.71°N 81.55°E | |
| Country | India |
| District | Dhamtari |
| Elevation | 317 m (1,040 ft) |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 82,099 |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 493773, 4936XX,4937XX |
| Vehicle registration | CG |
| Website | www.dhamtari.gov.in |
Dhamtari is a municipal corporation and district in the state of Chhattisgarh, India, which is part of the Mahasamund Lok Sabha constituency formed on 6 July 1998.. The district is home to 3.13 percent of Chhattisgarh's total population.
Dhamtari's population was 17,278 in 1955. At that time, the town was part of Raipur District in the state of Madhya Pradesh. In 2000, it became part of the new Chhattisgarh state and headquarters for the Dhamtari tehsil. As a terminus of a narrow-gauge railway running 80 km (50 miles) north of Raipur on the main Bombay-Calcutta line of the Bengal Nagpur Railway, Dhamtari became a trade centre. Goods shipped from there included timber, shellac, morabulum nuts, beedi leaves(for cigarettes), rice and animal hides.
The American Mennonite Mission was established in Dhamtari in 1899. By 1952 the mission had merged with the Mennonite Church (MC) in India, 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 in the fertile plains of Chhattisgarh. The district's total area is 2,029 square kilometres (783 sq mi), and it is about 317 meters (1,040 feet) above sea level. It is bordered by the Raipur District to the north, the Kanker and Bastar Districts to the south, the State of Orissa to the east and the Durg and Kankar Districts to the west. The fertility of the land in the Dhamtari District is due to the Mahanadi River and its tributaries (Sendur, Pairy, Sondur, Joan, Kharun, and Shivnath).dhamtari is situated 65 km from capital raipur.
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