Chhapara or Seoni Chhapara is a town and a

Nagar Panchayat A nagar panchayat (town panchayat; ) or Notified Area Council (NAC) in India is a settlement in transition from rural to urban and therefore a form of an urban political unit comparable to a municipality. An urban centre with more than 12,000 ...

in Seoni District of Madhya Pradesh.

History

Chhapara was part of gond and marathas kingdoms. It'was one of the garhi of maratha kingdom.Bakht Buland Shah gave the Dongaratal region to Raj Khan, an Afghan adventurer, as governor. He also put his relative Raja Ram Singh in charge of Seoni region, who built a fort at Chhapra. Raj Khan took part of modern Bhandara district .

Geography

Chhapara is located on 22.39°N 79.54°E.It has an average elevation of 741 metres (2,431 feet). It's situated 35 km away from Seoni. Wainganga river flows from here.

Population

Chhapara Town has population of 15,371 of which 7,844 are males while 7,527 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.

Administration

Chhapara is a tehsil headquarter and a development block. Total 157 villages in this tehsil. Chhapara is a Nagar Panchayat city in district of Seoni, Madhya Pradesh. The Chhapara city is divided into 15 wards for which elections are held every 5 years.

Tourism in Chhapara

* Wainganga River *

Bheemgarh Dam Bheemgarh dam or Bhimgarh, officially the Upper Wainganga (Sanjay Sarovar) Dam, is built across the Wainganga river in Chhapara tehsil of Seoni district of Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The structure is 3,871 m long. The Bhimgarh Sanjay Sar ...

Chhapara * Banjari Devi Temple Chhapara * Chhapara Garhi

Transportation

Chhapara is located on NH 44. It's well connected with roads. It's connected

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, Lakhnadon, Mandla and

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. Daily bus runs from Chhapara.

References

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