Dhamtari is a

municipal corporation A municipal corporation is the legal term for a local governing body, including (but not necessarily limited to) cities, counties, towns, townships, charter townships, villages, and boroughs. The term can also be used to describe municipally owne ...

and headquarters of the

Dhamtari district Dhamtari is a district of the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. This district is situated at 20°42' N latitude and 81°33' E longitude. Dhamtari district was officially formed on 6 July 1998 by trifurcating Raipur district into Raipur, Dhamtari and ...

in the state of

Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh (, ) is a landlocked state in Central India. It is the ninth largest state by area, and with a population of roughly 30 million, the seventeenth most populous. It borders seven states – Uttar Pradesh to the north, Madhya Prade ...

, India, which is part of the Mahasamund Lok Sabha constituency formed on 6July 1998.. The district is home to 3.13 percent of Chhattisgarh's total population.

History

Missionaries in Dhamtari, India, 1932 (17054525312)

Dhamtari's population was 17,278 in 1955. At that time, the town was part of

Raipur District Raipur district is a district in the Chhattisgarh state of India. Its administrative headquarters is the city of Raipur. The district is rich in mineral resources and there are many wildlife sanctuaries. With a population of 2 million, it is the m ...

in the state of

Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, and Rewa being the other major cities. Madhya Pradesh is the seco ...

. In 2000, it became part of the new

state and headquarters for the Dhamtari

tehsil 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 ...

. As a terminus of a narrow-gauge railway running north of Raipur on the main

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line of the

Bengal Nagpur Railway The Bengal Nagpur Railway was one of the companies which pioneered development of the railways in eastern and central India. It was succeeded first by Eastern Railway and subsequently by South Eastern Railway. History The opening of the ...

, Dhamtari became a trade centre. Goods shipped from there included

timber Lumber is wood that has been processed into dimensional lumber, including beams and planks or boards, a stage in the process of wood production. Lumber is mainly used for construction framing, as well as finishing (floors, wall panels, wi ...

shellac Shellac () is a resin secreted by the female lac bug on trees in the forests of India and Thailand. It is processed and sold as dry flakes and dissolved in alcohol to make liquid shellac, which is used as a brush-on colorant, food glaze and ...

, morabulum nuts,

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leaves (for cigarettes),

rice Rice is the seed of the grass species ''Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice) or less commonly ''Oryza glaberrima ''Oryza glaberrima'', commonly known as African rice, is one of the two domesticated rice species. It was first domesticated and grown i ...

and animal hides. The American Mennonite Mission was established in Dhamtari in 1899. By 1952 the mission had merged with the

Mennonite Church in India The Mennonite Church in India (Bharatiya Mennonite Church in India ki Pratinidhi Sabha) is a Mennonite denomination of India. The number of its members is about 3,500. It has 19 congregations. Its bishop has his seat at the town of Dhamtari in C ...

(MC), which had its headquarters in Dhamtari. In 1955 the 558-member congregation was one of several missionary groups in Dhamtari, including the Dhamtari Christian Academy, Dhamtari Christian Hospital, the Samuel Burkhard Memorial Boys' Orphanage and a nursing school. At the present Dhamtari is a "Nagar Nigam" .Dhamtari is also famous for its Maratha community which Is one of the biggest gathering of Maratha's in any state of India

Geography

Dhamtari is in the fertile plains of Chhattisgarh. The district's total area is , and it is about 317 meters (1,040 feet) above sea level. It is bordered by the

Raipur Raipur ( ) is the capital city of the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. Raipur is also the administrative headquarters of Raipur district and Raipur division, and the largest city of the state. It was a part of Madhya Pradesh before the state of Chh ...

and

Durg Durg is a city in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh, east of the Shivnath River and is part of the Durg-Bhilai urban agglomeration. With an urban population of 1,064,077, Durg-Bhilai is the second largest urban area in Chhattisgarh after Raipur ...

districts to the north, the

Gariaband district Gariaband District is one of the 33 districts of Chhattisgarh. It has its headquarters at Gariaband town. The district was carved out of Raipur district in 2012. History The earliest history of the district is associated with Rajim. At the Raj ...

to the east, the

Kondagaon district Kondagaon district is a district of Chhattisgarh, India, and separated from Bastar district on 24 January 2012. with headquarters in Kondagaon.It is mostly renowned for its bell metal craft and other art forms native to the tribal of Bastar. Als ...

and the State of Orissa to the south and the Balod and Kanker districts to the west. The fertility of the land in the Dhamtari District is due to the

Mahanadi River The Mahanadi is a major river in East Central India. It drains an area of around and has a total length of . Mahanadi is also known for the Hirakud Dam. The river flows through the states of Chhattisgarh and Odisha and finally merged with Bay o ...

and its tributaries (Sendur, Pairy, Sondur, Joan, Kharun, and Shivnath).dhamtari is situated 65 km from capital

Economy

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deposits exist in the district. Most of the city's workforce is involved in the timber industry or rice or flour milling (Dhamtari has more than 200 rice mills), with the chemical industry also a significant presence. The Ravishankar Sagar Dam ( Gangrel Dam) irrigates nearly of land, and is the primary supplier of potable water to the state capital of Raipur and the steel plant at Bhilai. The dam is about from the district capital. Asia's first siphon dam was built in 1914 at Madamsilli; the Sondhur and Dudhawa Dams are other important works.

List of mayors

Education

Schools * Anjuman Higher Secondary School, * Azim Premji School, Shankardah, * Delhi Public School * Govt. Boys Higher Secondary School, * Govt. Girls Higher Secondary School, * Hari Om Higher Secondary School, *

Kendriya Vidyalaya The Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan () is a system of central government schools in India that are instituted under the aegis of the Ministry of Education, Government of India. , it has a total of 1,248 schools in India, and three abroad in Moscow ...

* Mennonite Senior Secondary School, * Model English Higher Secondary School, * Nutan Higher Secondary School, * Saraswati Shishu Mandir Higher Secondary School, * Saraswati Shishu Vidya Mandir, * Sarvoooodaayaa Hindi School, * St. Marys English Medium School, * St. Xaviers School, * Vidya Kunj Memorial school. Colleges * Comp tech Degree College * Genesis College * Govt. Girls College * Govt. P.G. College * Govt. Polytechnic College * KL College of Horticulture * Vandemataram College

Transport

Narrow Gauge Train in Chhattisgarh, India

Railways and bus

Dhamtari situated at

to Jagdalpur national highway

National Highway 30 (India) National Highway 30 (NH 30) is a primary national highway in India. NH 30 connects Sitarganj in Uttarakhand with Ibrahimpatnam, Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh. The total length of this highway is . It starts at the junction of NH 9 at Sitarga ...

, where majorly flawless fast Bus services is available almost 24 hours in every 5–15 minutes. Raipur to Dhamtari narrow-gauge line,now defunct provided service to the area, soon to be replaced by

broad-gauge railway A broad-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge (the distance between the rails) broader than the used by standard-gauge railways. Broad gauge of , commonly known as Russian gauge, is the dominant track gauge in former Soviet Union (CIS ...

tracks.

Healthcare

* Dhamtari Christian Hospital (DCH) * Dhamtari District Hospital (DDH)

Media

Newspapers * Prakhar Samachar

Places of interest

* Gangrel Dam RAVISHANKAR_SAGAR_PROJECT_GANGREL-_2

*Khubchand Baghel (Rudri) barrage *Bilai Mata Mandir (Vindhyavasini Mata) *

Notable people associated with Dhamtari

* Babu Chhote Lal Shrivastava *

References

External links

Official Dhamtari government site
{{Authority control Cities and towns in Dhamtari district