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  Raipur - District in Chhattisgarh, India
Raipur district is situated in the fertile plains of Chhattisgarh Region.
The district occupies the south eastern part of the upper Mahanadi valley and the bordering hills in the south and the east.
With the death of Raghuji the III, the territory was assumed by the British Government from Bhonsla'a of Nagpur and Chhatisgarh was declared a seperate Commissionery with its Headquarters at Raipur in 1854.
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  Raipur - LoveToKnow 1911
RAIPUR, a town and district of British India, in the Chhattisgarh division of the Central Provinces.
The north-west corner of the district is crossed by the main line of the Bengal-Nagpur railway, and a narrow-gauge branch runs from Raipur town due south.
Raipur was governed by a branch of the Haihaivansi dynasty of Ratanpur for many centuries until their deposition by the Mahrattas in 1750.
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The city of Raipur is located near the centre of a large plain, sometimes referred as the "rice bowl of India" - where hundreds of varieties of rice are grown.
Raipur city is situated on the Mumbai-Howrah route of the Indian Railways and is well connected with important places like Mumbai, Howrah, Kolkata (Calcutta), Delhi, Amritsar, Pune, Kochi, Patna, Dhanbad, Secundrabad and Bangalore.
Raipur Airport is situated in the outskirts of the city, in the village of Mana and is popularly known as Mana Airport.
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 RAIPUR DISTRICT : Encyclopedia Entry   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Mahanadi River is the principal river of this district.
Raipur district was once part of Southern Kosal and considered to be under Maurya Kingdom.
Raipur city had been the capital of the Haihaya Kings, controlling the traditional forts of Chhattisgarh for a long time.
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 Raipur District - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Raipur district is administratively divided into 13 Tehsils and 15 revenue blocks.
Raipur district was once part of Southern Kosal and considered to be under Maurya Kingdom.
The town of Raipur has been in existence since the 9th century, the old site and ruins of the fort can be seen in the southern part of the city.
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  Raipur - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Maikal Hills rise on the north-west of Raipur; on the northwards, the land rises and merges with the Chota Nagpur Plateau, which extends northeast across Jharkhand state, India.
Raipur city is situated on the Nagpur-Bilaspur route of the Indian Railways and is well connected with important places like Mumbai, Howrah (Calcutta), Delhi, Amritsar, Pune, Cochin, Patna, and Dhanbad.
The airport in Raipur is situated in the outskirts of the city, in the village of Mana.
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 Raipur Summary
Raipur is the capital of the new state of Chhattisgarh, created in 2000 from territory formerly in the state of Madhya Pradesh.
The city, which is also the headquarters of the Raipur district, was founded in the fourteenth century by the by Rai Brahma Deo, ruler of the Ratunpur dynasty.
The airport in Raipur is situated in the outskirts of the city, in the village of Mana.
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 Raipur, India
Raipur is the capital city of the state of Chhattisgarh, India.
The city of Raipur is located near the centre of a large plain, sometimes referred as the “rice bowl of India” - where hundreds of varieties of rice are grown.
Raipur is one of India’s biggest iron market - there are about 170 steel rolling mills, 5 sponge iron plants and 17 ferro alloy plants in and around the city.
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The city of Raipur is located near the centre of a large plain, sometimes referred as the "rice bowl of India", where hundreds of varieties of rice are grown.
Raipur city is situated on the Mumbai-Howrah route of Indian Railways and is well connected with such important places as Mumbai, Howrah, Kolkata (Calcutta), Delhi, Amritsar, Pune, Kochi, Patna, Dhanbad, Secundrabad and Bangalore.
Raipur Airport is situated in the outskirts of the city, in the village of Mana, and is popularly known as Mana Airport.
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 Chhattisgarh
The Durg district is a populous district of Chhattisgarh.
The district lies between 20°47' to 21°31'30'' latitude and 82°00' to 83°15'45'' longitude, surrounded by districts of Raigarh and Raipur of Chhattisgarh State and Nawapara and Bargarh of Orissa.
The district Rajnandgaon came into existence on 26th Jan' 1973, by way of division of district Durg.The Rajnandgaon state was ruled by somvanshis, kalchuris and marathas.The palaces in the town of Rajnandgaon reveals its own tale of the rulers, their society & culture and the splendid tradition during that time.
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 District Bilaspur Chhattisgarh-At Glance
Bilaspur district is located in eastern part of Chhattisgarh and fall within latitude 21'47" to 23'8" and longitude 81'14" to 83'15".
Bilaspur district is surrounded by Koriya district in north, Shahdol district of Madhya Pradesh in South, Raipur district in East and Korba,Janjgir -Champa district in West.
The New Bilaspur district is hilly towards North and plane in South.
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 Raipur District of Chhattisgarh - Profile of Capital District Raipur
Mahanadi is the principal river of this district.
Mahanadi crosses the district diagonally from its south western corner to Northern boundaries.
The area to the west of the river comprising the North Eastern part of Dhamtari (now separated from the Raipur District), the whole of Raipur, Rajim Tehsil and the western part of Baloda Bazar Tehsil is a part of the open Chhattisgarh plain, gently sloping, thickly populated and closely cultivated and almost devoid of forests.
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 Raipur District in India
The district of Raipur is situated in the fertile plains of Chhattisgarh.
It is surrounded by Bilaspur District in the north, Bastar District and part of Orissa in the south, Raigarh District in the east and the district of Durg in the west.
Raipur occupies the south-eastern part of the upper Mahanadi valley and the bordering hills in the south and the east.
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 Raipur
Raipur District is situated in the fertile plains of Chhattisgarh Region.
The District is surrounded by District Bilaspur in North, District Bastar and part of Orissa state in South, District Raigarh and part of Orissa state in East and district Durg in West.
The district occupies the south eastern part of the upper Mahanadi valley and the bordering hills in the south and the east.
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 Dhamtari District Chhattisgarh - Profile
" District is situated in the fertile plains of Chhattisgarh Region.
As a result the boundaries of the Raipur district is converted into the districts e.g Raipur, Mahasamund and Dhamtari.
The chief crop of this region is Paddy.
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 Feature
Raipur and Durg have the maximum population comprising 14.4 and 13.6 per cent of the State’s entire population as in 1991.
The districts of Raipur, Durg and Janjgir Chhampa have less than twenty per cent tribals.There are a total of 42 tribes in Chhattisgarh, principal among then being the Gond tribe.
Raipur district has got the rare distinction of having the largest number of big and small-scale cement plants.
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 District Court Bilaspur - History of Civil District Bilaspur   (Site not responding. Last check: )
ü The Bilaspur District belonged to Chhattisgarh Division of the Central Provinces and is situated between 21 degree 37’’ and 23 degree 7” north and 81 degree 12” and 83 degree 40” east.
The district occupies in northern portion of the Chhattisgarh plain or upper basin of the Mahanadi and includes also a large track of hilly country to the north.
At the same time the part of the district lying to the south of the Mahanadi and Taraenga estate to the south of Shivnath were transferred to the Raipur District.
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 Chhattisgarh Forest Department / Nature Tourism
The nearest airport from the sanctuary is Raipur (85 km).
Raipur (330 km) is the nearest airport and Jagdalpur (27 km) is the nearest railhead and bus stand from the Kanger Valley National Park.
Raipur (486 km) is the nearest airport and Jagdalpur (168 km) is the nearest railhead from the Indravati National Park.
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 Raipur Travel Information, Places to See, Raipur Places to See, Tourist Places in Raipur, Raipur Travelers Places, ...
Mahamaya temple is located in Raipur old fort area near Maharajbandh tem.
The Mahadev ghat is located 5 kms from Raipur on the banks river Kharun.
The district of Raipur possesses 3 wild life sanctuaries
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 Raipur Archdiocese
Raipur was established as a Prefecture by the Papal Bull "Religio Vera Christique Salus" of Pope Paul VI on January 16, 1964, with territory taken from the Archdiocese of Nagpur, comprising the Districts of Raipur, Bilaspur and Durg, all in Madhya Pradesh.
On March 23, 1972 Bastar District was separated from Raipur Prefecture and established as an Exarchate (later Diocese of Jagdalpur) entrusted to the Congregation of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate.
Raipur was erected into a diocese on July 5, 1973 and Msgr John Weidner, sac, was nominated Apostolic Administrator on February 8, 1974.
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 Ethnologue report for India
Kerala, Ernakulam, Palakkad, and Trichur districts; Andhra Pradesh; Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore, Tiruchchirappalli and Thanjavur districts.
Kerala, Kozhikode, Ernakulam, Koliam, Trivandrum districts, Neyyattinkara and Nedumangadu taluks; Tamil Nadu, Kanniyakumari, and Tirunelveli districts, Tirunelveli District.
Gujarat, Dangs, and Valsad districts; Maharashtra, Dhule, Nasik, and Thane districts; Dadra and Nagar Haveli; Karnataka, Dakshina Kannada (Kanara) District; Rajasthan.
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 District Kanker Chhattisgarh - Profile
The Kanker District is situated in the southern region of the state Chhattisgarh.
Average rain of the district is 1492 mm.
The literacy percentage in district is 74.71 and the total population of the district is 651333.
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 Raipur india, Raipur Travel guide, Hotels in Raipur, Raipur travel agents, Himachal pradesh tourism, Travel to Raipur, ...
Raipur District is situated in the fertile plains of Chhattisgarh Region.
The District is surrounded by District Bilaspur in North, District Bastar and part of Orissa state in South, District Raigarh and part of Orissa state in East and district Durg in West.
The district occupies the south eastern part of the upper Mahanadi valley and the bordering hills in the south and the east.
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Raipur is the center for commercial and political activities for the entire Chhattisgarh State.
Raipur District has an area of 21,258 Sq.Kms with population of 39,01,042 (1991 Census).
This district has 1901 Grampanchayat villages and total number of villages in the district is 4018 out of which 159 villages are uninhabited.
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 Raipur . Chhattisgarh . Raipur District . Nagpur . Howrah . Delhi . Patna . Bhubaneshwar
Raipur is located near the centre of a large plain, sometimes referred as the “rice bowl of India” - where hundreds of varieties of rice are grown.
The river Mahanadi flows to the east of the city of Raipur and the southern side has dense forests.
Raipur city is situated on the Nagpur-Bilaspur Railway route and is well connected with important places like Mumbai, Howrah Calcutta, Delhi, Amritsar, Pune, Cochin, Patna, and Dhanbad.
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 Raipur Travel, Raipur Hotels, Raipur Travel Agent, Raipur Tours, Raipur Travel Guide, Raipur Tour Packages, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Location : The largest city and district centre of the state of Chhattisgarh, Raipur is District and is situated in the fertile plains of Chhattisgarh Region.
The District is land locked surrounded by various districts of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Orissa.
Today Raipur is fast becoming a developing town with most modern amenities and anything appropriate for a capital city to be.
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 Raipur District of Chhattisgarh - Sanctuaries available in Capital District Raipur
Raipur :- It is a Divisional Headquarters having circuit house, rest house and a number of Lodges.
By Rail The nearest Railway Station is at Dhamtari on Raipur - Dhamtari Narrow Gauge.
The Udanti Sanctuary occupies the South-Eastern portion of Gariaband Tehsil of Raipur District and adjoins Orissa State in Eastern side.
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 India Travel - Chhattisgarh tours & vacation guide - Chhattisgarh Hotels
The important tourist places in Bastar district are Chitrakot and Tiratgarh, Kotamsar and Kailash caves, Kanger Valley National Park etc.Indravati National Park, known for tigers and wild buffaloes is situated at a distance of 200 Kms, west of Jagdalpur, is another place worth seeing.
Raipur was founded by the Kalchuri King Ram Chandra of Raipur last quarter of the 14th century AD.
Now, Raipur is the Headquarters of the District and Division of the same name Centrally located in the newly formed State Chhattisgarh.
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 Rediff On The NeT: Constituency/ Raipur
The new Congress candidate is president of the Raipur district panchayat.
Raipur, the nerve centre of politics in the Chhattisgarh region, was once considered to be Congress stronghold till it fell to the Opposition for the first time during the Janata wave in 1977.
The eight assembly segments in the Raipur Lok Sabha constituency were, however, equally shared by BJP and Congress candidates..
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