Balrampur-Ramanujganj district is a district in the

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Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh (; ) is a landlocked States and union territories of India, state in Central India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, ninth largest state by area, and with a population of roughly 30 million, the List ...

. It came into existence on 17 January 2012 and was formerly part of

Surguja district Surguja district is a district of the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. The district is one of the oldest districts of Chhattisgarh. The headquarters of the district is Ambikapur, Chhattisgarh, Ambikapur. The district lies in its eponymous Surguja d ...

. Balrampur-Ramanujganj district is the northernmost district of Chhattisgarh. Its seat is Balrampur. Ramanujganj is one of the historical places in Balrampur district. It is the most populous town of the Balrampur district. Ramanujganj is the border town of Chhattishgarh-

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State. The nearest airports are

Ranchi Ranchi (; ) is the capital city and also the largest district by population of the Indian state of Jharkhand. Ranchi was the centre of the Jharkhand movement, which called for a separate state for the tribal regions of South Bihar, northern ...

and

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 ...

. The nearest railway stations are Garhwa and Ambikapur. Balrampur district borders Jharkhand in the east,

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in the north, Madhya Pradesh in the west. 63% population are from Scheduled Tribes.

Geography

Balrampur district is mainly mountainous. In the south-west of the district is part of the Surguja Plateau. In the north of the district there are a set of parallel ranges. To the south of these ranges are several of the ''pats'' that make Surguja unique, which are some of the highest points in Chhattisgarh. On the border with Jharkhand are several more pats. There are several rivers in Balrampur district. The Kanhar river, a tributary of the Son, has its source near Kusmi in the south of the district and forms much of its border with Jharkhand.

Tourism

Major tourist attractions include: *

Dipadih Dipahdih is an archaeological place of Balrampur district, Chhattisgarh, India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area ...

(Ancient Sculptors) *

Rakasganda The Rakasganda Fall is a tourist spot situated in Surajpur district, Chhattisgarh, India. This fall is on Rihand River, and it is around from Ambikapur, India, Ambikapur and around from Wadraf Nagar, which is a small city and tehsil located ami ...

, * Tatapani (hot spring)

Education

The only university in Balrampur-Ramanujganj district is Sarguja University created on 2 September 2008.

Administration

Blocks/Mandals

Balrampur-Ramanujganj district consists of 10 Tehsils. The following are the list of the Tehsils of Balrampur district: * Balrampur * Rajpur * Shankargarh * Kusmi * Ramanujganj * Wadrafnagar *Chando *Daura-Kochli *Ramchandrapur *Raghunathnagar

Demographics

As of the 2011 census, the population of Balrampur district was 730,491, of which 34,683 (4.75%) live in urban areas. Balrampur district has a sex ratio of 973 females per 1000 males. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 4.48% and 62.83% of the population respectively. According to the 2011 census, 32.92% of the population spoke Surgujia, 26.43% Sadri, 12.32%

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, 8.76%

Bhojpuri Bhojpuri may refer to: * Bhojpuri language, an Indo-Aryan language of India and Nepal * Bhojpuri grammar, grammatical rules of the language * Bhojpuri nouns, nouns of the language * Bhojpuri people, people who speak the language * Bhojpuri region ...

, 7.35% Kurukh, 1.84% Korwa, 1.58% Gondi, 1.37% Bengali and 0.93% Pandwani as their first language.

References

External links

* Districts of Chhattisgarh {{Chhattisgarh-geo-stub