| Census
2011
District population : 7,99,781
Growth : 13.19%
Sex Ratio : 1010
Literacy : 78.36
Brief About Dhamtari District
Dhamtari is abbreviated from "Dhamma"+"Tarai"
District is situated in the fertile plains of Chhattisgarh Region.
This District is situated between 20042' N Latitude and 81o33' Longtitude.
Dhamtari district is officially formed on 6th July 1998 dividing
the Raipur district currently the capital of Chhattisgarh along
with Mahasamund . As a result the boundaries of the Raipur district
is converted into the districts e.g Raipur, Mahasamund and Dhamtari.
Dhamtari, Kurud and Nagari are included in Dhamtari district as
Tehsils and Dhamtari, Kurud, Nagari and Magarlod are included as
blocks. The district headquarter is itself Dhamtari. The total area
of the district is 2029 Sq.Km. and 305 Meter above the sea.The District
is surrounded by District Raipur in North & South, part of Orissa
state in East & West.Mahanadi is the principal river of this
district and Mahanadi is so far named as Kankannadi, Chitrotpala,
Neelotpala, Mandvahini, Jairath etc.
Its tributaries being Sendur, Pairy, Sondur, Joan,
Kharun and Shivnath. The fertility of lands of Dhamtari district
can be attributed to the presence of these rivers. The chief crop
of this region is Paddy. Mahanadi one of the major river in central
India originates in the hills of Sihawa flows in the direction of
East into the Bay of Bengal.
Dhamtari district falls between two Lok Sabha Constituencies
(Kanker and Mahasamund) and three Assembly constituencies ( Dhamtari,
Kurud, Sihawa).The national highway No. 43 Raipur – Vijaynagaram
(Andhra Pradesh) passes through Dhamtari. Raipur is 78 Km. from
Dhamtari.
Unique features of Dhamtari is the total number
of Rice Mills that is more than 106.
Unique features of Dhamtari is the total number
of Rice Mills that is more than 106. DETAILED PHYSICAL In the east,
Satpura range is located. It is popularly known as Sihawa pahad.
In west lies district of Kanker. In North lies Raipur, the heart
and capital city of Chhattisgarh. Southwards lies the boundary of
Orrisa state. Ravishankar Sagar dam that irrigates almost 57000
Hectare of land and also acts as a main supply unit of safe drinking
water resource for state capital Raipur as well as supply to Bhilai
Steel Plant lies at almost 11 Km from the District capital . Work
of 10 MW hydro-electric power plant is progressing and is likely
to be completed very soon. |
