Chatikona is a small village of

Rayagada district Rayagada district is a district in southern Odisha, a state in India, which became a separate district in October 1992. Its population consists mainly of tribes, primarily the Khonds and the Soras. In addition to Odia, Kui and Sora are s ...

in the state of

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, India. It is one of the identified Tourist Centres (scenic spot) of Odisha.

Introduction

The village is surrounded by the famous

Niyamgiri The Niyamgiri is a hill range situated in the districts of Kalahandi and Rayagada in the south-west of Odisha, India. These hills are home to Dongria Kondh indigenous people. The hills have one of India's most pristine forests in the interior ...

hills in its three directions. Every year, on the festival of

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, people from all nook and corner of Odisha come to visit this place as there is a beautiful

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(Lord Pataleswar) temple at Chatikona. Beside the temple of Lord

Chatikona Falls Chatikona is a small village of Rayagada district in the state of Odisha, India. It is one of the identified Tourist Centres (scenic spot) of Odisha. Introduction The village is surrounded by the famous Niyamgiri hills in its three directions. ...

enhance the scenic beauty of the place. Numerous waterfalls and streams flow from the hills of Niyamgiri. Bissam

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railway station is, in fact, situated at Chatikona village and hence the village is well connected with railways.

Geography

Chatikona is situated about 48 km from the district headquarters i.e. Rayagada. Chatikona is situated at lat.19° 28′N and lon. 83° 27′E. The nearest villages are Kurli, Khambesi, Kiyapadu and Khajuri.

Demography

Majority of the population at and nearby Chatikona are primitive tribal known as Dongaria

kondha Khonds (also spelt Kondha, Kandha etc.) are an indigenous Adivasi tribal community in India. Traditionally hunter-gatherers, they are divided into the hill-dwelling Khonds and plain-dwelling Khonds for census purposes; All the Khonds identify ...

. As per census 2011 available in th
"Official website of census india"
the population of Chatikona is 2183 out of which male population is 1067 and female population is 1116.

Educational institutions

Maa Markama college, Bissamcuttack is the nearest college to Chatikona. Besides, the following educational institutions are situated at Chatikona. *The Niyamgiri High School *Govt. M.E.School *Govt. U.P.School *Railway U.P.School *Ambedkar English Medium U.P. *Nalini Vidya Mandira (Residential school) at Bariguda *D.K.D.A. Ashrama School *Saraswati Sishu Mandir

Tourist attraction

The temple of Lord Shiva (Pataleswar) with a beautiful water fall beside, is a picnic spot and a place of tourist attraction of Rayagada district. Besides, there is a tribal museum of Dongaria Kondha culture organized by D.K.D.A.CHATIKONA. An Oriya film namely "Jianta Bhoota" produced in the year 2011 by Akhaya Kumar parija and directed by Prasanta Nanda which is based on the lives of Dongaria Kondha of this area won National Film Awards under National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Environment/Conservation/Preservation Film category."Jianta bhoota-Odia film"
/ref> Other tourist attractions around the place is the

Maa Markama Temple Maa Markama Temple located at Bissam Cuttack village of Rayagada district is a place of tourist interest. It is the only shrine (Shakti Peethas) of Devi Maa Markama and Maa karkama in the Indian state of Odisha. The temple of Maa Karkama (believ ...

, Laxminarayana Temple at

Therubali Therubali is a village in Rayagada district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Odisha. IMFA's main plant is located at Therubali. Demographics In 2011, Therubali had population of 1783 of which male and female were 920 and ...

and the Shiva temple at

Paikapada, Rayagada Paikapada is located near Therubali in the Rayagada district, in the Indian state of Odisha. It is most famous for the Pataleshwar Shiva temple, one of the tourist attractions of the district.it was built by Danaranva Deva of Eastern Ganga Dynas ...

. The weekly Wednesday market at Chatikona is also worth seeing. Here highly ornamented Dongaria Kondha and Desia Kondha villages of Niyamagiri area bring their produce to sell.

References

External links

Official website of Rayagada district

"Tourist places of Rayagada district:Atithi.org"
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