Bijapur is a town in
Bijapur district,
Chhattisgarh,
India
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. It is the seat of the district and one of the 4
taluk
A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...
s in Bijapur district. The Bijapur taluk has an area of 928 km
2 and 60,055 inhabitants (2001 census).
It is situated on the
National Highway 16
Route 16, or Highway 16, can refer to:
International
* Asian Highway 16
* European route E16
* European route E016
Australia
- Thompsons Road (Victoria)
- South Australia
Canada
;Parts of the Trans-Canada Highway:
*Yellowhead H ...
which connects
Nizamabad in
Telangana
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with
Jagdalpur in southeastern Chhattisgarh.
References
Cities and towns in Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh
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