Bemetara
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Bemetara | |
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Town | |
Nickname: Bemitra | |
Coordinates: 21°42′N 81°32′E / 21.70°N 81.53°E | |
Country | India |
State | Chhattisgarh |
District | Bemetara |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Body | Municipal Council of Bemetara |
• President | |
Area UTC+5:30 (IST) | |
PIN | 491335 (Bemetara)[2] |
Telephone code | 07824 |
Vehicle registration | CG-25 |
Website | www |
Bemetara is a municipality in Bemetara district (formed in 2012 after partition of Durg) of Indian state of Chhattisgarh.[1]
Demographics
Bemetra is also known as Fauji District. As of the[update] 2011 census Bemetara is a city governed by the Bemetara Municipality, Bemetara district, in the state of Chhattisgarh. The total population in Bemetara city/town is 28,536 as per the survey of census during 2011 by Indian Government.
- There are 5,800 House Holds in Bemetara.
- There are 14,280 males (50%);
- There are 14,256 females (50%).
- Scheduled Cast are 2,398 (8%)
- Total Scheduled Tribe are 884 (3%).
- Literates in the city/town are 20,012 (70%).
- There are 8,524 total Illiterates (30%).
- Literates are 20,012 (70%) and total Illiterates 8,524 (30%) in Bemetara.
- Bemetara Workers are 10,923 (38%). ** 9,718 are regular Workers and 1,205 are Irregular Workers.
- There are total of 17,613 Non Workers (62%) in Bemetara.
Being an important regional centre and a city with a history stretching back more than a hundreds years, as attracted people from different parts of
Geography and climate
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Geography
BEMETARA is located near the centre of a large plain, sometimes referred as the "rice bowl of India", where hundreds of varieties of rice are grown.[3] The Shivnath River flows to the east of the city of bemetara, and the southern side has dense forests. The Maikal Hills rise on the north-west of Bemetara; on the north, the land rises and merges with the Chota Nagpur Plateau, which extends north-east across Jharkhand state. On the south of Bemetara lies the Deccan Plateau.
Climate
Bemetara has a
Climate data for Bemetara City | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 27 (81) |
30 (86) |
35 (95) |
39 (102) |
45 (113) |
36 (97) |
30 (86) |
30 (86) |
31 (88) |
31 (88) |
28 (82) |
26 (79) |
32 (90) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 13 (55) |
15 (59) |
20 (68) |
24 (75) |
27 (81) |
26 (79) |
23 (73) |
23 (73) |
22 (72) |
21 (70) |
16 (61) |
14 (57) |
20 (68) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 10 (0.4) |
17 (0.7) |
14 (0.6) |
13 (0.5) |
18 (0.7) |
239 (9.4) |
383 (15.1) |
364 (14.3) |
197 (7.8) |
50 (2.0) |
11 (0.4) |
16 (0.6) |
1,330 (52.4) |
Source: [4] |
City structure
It is the largest town amongst other towns in the scenario in the land & population, it is also surrounded by trees. The city has a total of 18 wards.
Allons Public School is one of the earliest established CBSE English medium school in the region.Academic World School is the second established CBSE school in Bemetara District and it is the largest school in Bemetara district with a strength of around 2000. It also has hostel facility for boys and girls. List of Wards in Nagar Palika Parishad Bemetara :
1* RAMDAS WARD रामदास वार्ड
2* SARDAR VALLABH BHAI PATEL WARD सरदार वल्लभ भाई पटेल वार्ड
3* SHAHID HEMOO KALANI WARD शहीद हेमू कलाणी वार्ड
4* PT. DINDYAL UPADHYAYA WARD पं. दीनदयाल उपाध्याय वार्ड
5* CHANDRASHEKHR AZAD WARD चन्द्रशेखर आजाद वार्ड
6* INDIRA GANDHI WARD इंदिरा गांधी वार्ड
7* GURU GOVIND SINGH WARD गुरू गोविन्द सिंह वार्ड
8* DR. BHIMRAV AMBEDKAR WARD डा.भीमराव अंबेडकर वार्ड
9* BABA RAMDEV WARD बाबा रामदेव वार्ड
10* SHAHID BHAGAT SINGH WARD शहीद भगत सिंह वार्ड
11* KARMA MATA WARD कर्मा माता वार्ड
12* PT. JAWAHAR LAL NEHRU WARD पं. जवाहर लाल नेहरू वार्ड
13* PARSHURAM WARD परशुराम वार्ड
14* RAJIV NAGAR WARD राजीव नगर वार्ड
15* MATA BHADRAKALI WARD माता भद्रकाली वार्ड
16* RAM MANDIR WARD राम मंदिर वार्ड
17* KABEER WARD कबीर वार्ड
18* MASJID WARD मस्जिद वार्ड
Administration
On 1 January 2012, Bemetara became a district Headquarters of Bemetara district. At present Dr. Basaw Raju is Collector of Bemetara and Ms Parul Mathur is the Superintendent of Police and Mr. Ashish Chhabra is currently MLA of Bemetara. President of municipal council is Vijay Sinha
Transportation
Roads
Bemetara city is well connected to Raipur, Jabalpur, Bilaspur, Durg and Kawardha by roadways. NH-12 A passes through the heart of city which is one of the busiest road in the state. This highway connects state capital Raipur to one of the major city of Madhya Pradesh, Jabalpur. There are two state highway passing through Bemetara that are Durg to Bemetara and Kumhari – Bemetara – Mungeli.
Railway
There is no railway line in Bemetara district and the nearest Railway station is Tilda(35 km) and major station are Raipur (66 km) and Durg about 72 km .
A new railway line survey has been proposed for Durg-Bemetara-Mungeli-Bilaspur railway line.
References
- ^ a b c "District Census Handbook – Durg" (PDF). Census of India. The Registrar General & Census Commissioner. p. 22. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
- ^ Bemetara
- ^ "Chhattisgarh Details, Chhattisgarh Online, Chhattisgarh Information, Chhattisgarh State". Walkincg.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
- ^ "Historical Weather for Bemetara, Assam, India". Whetherbase. Retrieved 18 July 2012.