Balaghat district
Balaghat district | |
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Balaghat | |
Area | |
• Total | 9,245 km2 (3,570 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 1,701,698 |
• Density | 180/km2 (480/sq mi) |
Demographics | |
• Literacy | 78.29% |
• Sex ratio | 1021 |
Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
Major highways | NH 12A, SH 26, SH 11, SH 53 |
Website | balaghat |
Balaghat district is a
Balaghat is known for its tile factories, rice mills and forests.[1]In MP Balaghat district has significant mineral deposits and a number of forests.[2] Balaghat comes under the Bhandara dist. Raghuji is the first Maratha who came to this place from Kirnapur Side.
History
At the beginning of the 18th century, the district was divided among two
The Deogarh kingdom was annexed by the
In 1818, at the conclusion of the
Balaghat District was constituted during the years 1867 - 1873 by amalgamation of parts of the Bhandara, Mandla and Seoni districts. The headquarters of the district was originally called "Burha" or "बूढ़ा". Later, however, this name fell into disuse and was replaced by "Balaghat", which was originally the name of the district only. Administratively, the district was divided into only two tehsils, Baihar tehsil in the north, which included the plateau region, and Balaghat tehsil in south, which included the more settled lowlands in the south. The new district was part of the Central Provinces
After Indian Independence in 1947, the Central Provinces became the Indian state of
Balaghat name signifies “above the ghats” and is due to the fact that the original purpose of Government in constituting the District was to effect the colonization of the tracts above the ghats.
In the middle of the 19th century, the upper part of the district was a lightly settled, and an ancient Buddhist temple of cut stone is suggestive of a civilization which had disappeared before historic times.[4] The first Deputy-Commissioner of the district, Colonel Bloomfield is believed as the pioneer or the creator of Balaghat District whom encouraged the settlement of Baihar tehsil with Powar from the Wainganga Valley. About that time one Lachhman Powar established the first villages on the Paraswada plateau. Malanjkhand is a copper mine in the region.[3]
In 1868-1869 the rains ceased a month before time, causing the failure of the lowland rice crop and a famine.[3] The district suffered very severely from the famine of 1896-1897,[4] when the output of all crops fell to only 17 percent of normal. The district suffered again in 1899-1900, when the rice crop failed again, falling to only 23 percent of normal. The population in 1901 was 326,521, having decreased 15% in the decade 1891-1901, due to the effects of famine.[3]
At the beginning of the 20th century, the district had only 15 miles (24 km) of paved roads, together with 208 miles (335 km) of unpaved roads. The Jabalpur-Gondia railway line through the district was completed in 1904, with six stations in the district.[3]
Balaghat District is currently a part of the
In 1845, Lord Dalhousie started the tradition of adoption (गोद लेने की प्रथा ). Through this tradition states of the Gond rulers were added to the British states, at that time the actual name of this place was BARAHGHAT. For the fixing of this name the name a proposal was sent to the capital of that time Calcutta before 1911. The name Barahghat drives because all the names of hills contain the word ghat, In which Masen Ghat, Kanjai Ghat, Ranrama Ghat, Basa Ghat, Dongri Ghat, Selan Ghat, Bhaisana Ghat, Saletekri Ghat, Dongaria Ghat, Kavahrgarh ghat, Ahmadpur ghat, Teepagarh Ghat are important. When this word was sent to Calcutta it merged with ANGL word and the name was Baraghat. When this was returned from there the name changed "L" as Balaghat means in the position of "R" which was permitted and the District got its name as Balaghat. On 1 November 1956 it was declared as Independent District of newly created State of Madhya Pradesh.
Geography
Balaghat District is located in the southern part of
in the southern part of district.The
The southern part of the Vindhyan Range up to Katangi is called Lower Bhander Range. Beyond this point the escarpment enclosing the land-locked valley of Sirampur and the hill range in continuation is called the Kaimur Range.[6]
Geographically the district is divided into three parts:
- The southern lowlands, a slightly undulating plain, cultivated and drained by the Wainganga, Bagh, Deo, Ghisri and Son rivers.[4]
- The long narrow valley known as the Mau Taluka, lying between the hills and the Wainganga river, and comprising a long, narrow, irregular-shaped lowland tract, intersected by hill ranges and peaks covered with dense jungle, and running generally from north to south.[4]
- The plateau, in which is situated the Raigarh Bichhia tract, comprising irregular ranges of hills, broken into numerous valleys, and generally running from east to west. The highest points in the hills of the district are as follows: - Peaks above Lanji, 2300 or 2,500 feet (760 m); Tepagarh hill, about 2,600 ft (790 m).; and Bhainsaghat range, about 3,000 ft (910 m). above the sea. The Banjar, Halon and Jamunia rivers, tributaries of the Narmada, drain a portion of the upper plateau.[4]
Economy
About 33% of the manganese production in India comes from Balaghat District. [citation needed] The recently discovered copper deposit at Malanjkhand is regarded as the largest in the country.[citation needed] Bauxite, Kyanite, Marble, Dolomite, Clay and limestone are the other main minerals of the district.
In 2006 the
Divisions
Administratively, the district is divided into eleven development blocks/Tehsils viz :
.Transport
The
Balaghat is directly connected by bus with larger cities such as Bhopal, Nagpur, Indore Jabalpur, Sagar, Raipur, Durg etc.
Demographics
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1901 | 399,934 | — |
1911 | 475,924 | +1.75% |
1921 | 511,634 | +0.73% |
1931 | 561,602 | +0.94% |
1941 | 634,350 | +1.23% |
1951 | 693,379 | +0.89% |
1961 | 806,702 | +1.53% |
1971 | 977,583 | +1.94% |
1981 | 1,147,810 | +1.62% |
1991 | 1,365,870 | +1.75% |
2001 | 1,497,968 | +0.93% |
2011 | 1,701,698 | +1.28% |
source:[8] |
According to the
The major hindu castes include Powar, Brahmin, Rajput, Lodhi, Kunbi, Teli etc.
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 125,426 (7.37%) and 383,026 (22.51%) of the population respectively.[9]
Hindus are 89.29%, Buddhists are 4.24% and Muslims are 2.26%. Other religions (mainly tribal tradition) is 3.41%.[12]
At the time of the
As per the 2001 Census, the total population of the district is 1,497,968, of which 1,236,083 is rural population and 129,787 is urban. Out of the total population, 113,105 are
In the 1991 Census, the total population of the district was 1,365,870.[citation needed]
Tourist places
- kanha National Park
- Pench National Park
- Gangulpara Dam
- Lanji Temple/Fort
- Dhuty Dam
Villages
- Rampayli
- Seoti
- Kokna
- Dhoriya Padaswada
- Binora
- Jamdi
- Kandri
- Bhanegaon
- Hirri
- Kirnapur
- Hatta
- Kinhi
- Kalkatta
- Palhera
- Bhanegaon
- Borgaon
Flora and fauna
About 80% of the district's area is covered with forest. it is also the District of Madhya Pradesh which has maximum Forest Density.
(Mukki) lies in the district.Notes
- ^ "District Balaghat, Government of Madhya Pradesh | India". Retrieved 2023-04-10.
- ^ DIRECTORATE OF CENSUS OPERATIONSMADHYA PRADESH. "DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK BALAGHAT" (PDF). CENSUS OF INDIA 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Hunter 1908, [page needed].
- ^ a b c d e f Chisholm 1911.
- ^ "83 districts under the Security Related Expenditure Scheme". IntelliBriefs. 2009-12-11. Archived from the original on 2011-10-27. Retrieved 2011-09-17.
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- ^ a b Ministry of Panchayati Raj (September 8, 2009). "A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme" (PDF). National Institute of Rural Development. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 5, 2012. Retrieved September 27, 2011.
- ^ "Table A-02 Decadal Variation in Population Since 1901: Madhya Pradesh" (PDF). census.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
- ^ a b c d e f "District Census Handbook: Balaghat" (PDF). Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
- ^ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2011-10-01.
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- ^ "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 2013-10-19. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
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- ^ a b "Table C-01 Population by Religion: Madhya Pradesh". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
- ^ a b "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Madhya Pradesh". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
References
- Hunter, William Wilson (Sir); et al. (1908). Imperial Gazetteer of India. Vol. 6. 1908-1931. Oxford: Clarendon Press. pp. ??.
External links
- Balaghat district website
- Balaghat map (ICA Online)
- Attribution
- public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Balaghat". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the