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Raigarh is a city in Eastern Chhattisgarh.

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Raigarh
City
Raigarh
From top, left to right : Raigarh Railway Station , Hemu kalani chowk raigarh, Kelo-River, River flows through Raigarh city, TV tower, Sunrise in Raigarh.
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Coordinates: 21.8°N 83.3°E / 21.8; 83.3
Country	India
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Raigarh
Government
• Body	Raigarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
• MLA	Prakash Naik (Indian National Congress)
Elevation	219 m (719 ft)
Population	137,126
• Rank	India 290th
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	496 001 (Raigarh)[1]
Area code	7762
Vehicle registration	CG 13
Sex ratio	1000/985 ♂/♀
Website	www.raigarh.gov.in

History

The tradition preserved by the ruling family of the erstwhile state of Raigarh maintains that the Raj Gond family migrated to this region from Bairagarh/Wariagarh of Chanda district of Maharashtra state about the beginning of the eighteenth century and first stayed at Phuljhar in Raipur district. From there Madan Singh, head of the family migrated to Banda of the present-day Raigarh. The successor kings of Raigarh state after Maharaja Madan Singh were Maharaja Takhat Singh, Maharaha Beth Singh, Maharaja Dilip Singh, Maharaja Jujhar Singh, Maharaja Devnath Singh, Maharaja Ghansyam Singh, Maharaja Bhupdev Singh, Maharaja Natwar Singh, and Maharaja Chakradhar Singh. Truly speaking music, dance, and literature got fillip during the reign of Maharaja Bhupdev Singh and developed further during the rule of Maharaja Chakradhar Singh.[2] Prior to Indian Independence, Raigarh was capital of Princely State of Raigarh.[3]

Geography and climate

Raigarh is located at 21.9°N 83.4°E / 21.9; 83.4.[4] It has an average elevation of 215 metres (705 feet). The Kelo river flows through the city, which is one of its main water sources.[5]

The minimum-maximum temperature range is 29.5 - 49 °C in summer, and 8 - 25 °C in winter.

Language and demographics

Languages spoken are Chhattisgarhi Hindi, and Odia. The demographics of the city consist mainly of people from Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Haryana and Bihar. A sizeable community of Bengali, Telugu and Marathi speaking people also live here.

As of 2001^[update] India census,[8] Raigarh district had a population of 12,69,925,[9] and the city of Raigarh a population of 364,287. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Raigarh has an average literacy rate of 71%, male literacy is 79%, and female literacy is 62%. About 80% of the population are Hindus, 15% Christians, and the remaining 5% are other religions. In Raigarh, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Education

The average literacy rate in Raigarh district as per census 2011 is 85.22 % of which males and females are 92.01 % and 78.09 % literates respectively. As of the 2011 Census of India, Raigarh had 55 primary schools, 37 middle schools, 9 secondary schools and 16 senior-secondary school, along with 2 arts and commerce colleges (including Kirodimal Government Arts and Science College), 1 law college, 1 Medical College(Late Shri Lakhiram Agrawal Medical College), 1 polytechnic college.[10] O.P. Jindal University and Kirodimal Institute of Technology are newer institutions in the city.^{[citation needed]}

References

External links

• Official government website

На других языках

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[de] Raigarh (Stadt)

Raigarh ist eine Stadt (seit 2001 Municipal Corporation) des zentralindischen Bundesstaates Chhattisgarh mit etwa 137.000 Einwohnern (Volkszählung 2011).

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- [en] Raigarh

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[ru] Райгарх

Райгарх (англ. Raigarh, хинди रायगढ) — город в Индии, в штате Чхаттисгарх. Является административным центром одноимённого округа. Население — 149 991 чел. (по переписи 2011 года)[1].

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