Jagdalpur

Jagdalpur
State :	India
State :	Chhattisgarh
District :	Bastar
Location :	19 ° 5 '  N , 82 ° 1'  E Coordinates: 19 ° 5 '  N , 82 ° 1'  E
Height :	555 m
Area :	50.49 km²
Residents :	125,463 (2011)
Population density :	2485 inhabitants / km²
Website :	Jagdalpur
Jagdalpur - Palace

Jagdalpur ( Hindi जगदलपुर) is a city ( Municipal Corporation ) with about 125,000 inhabitants in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh . It is the administrative seat of the Bastar district and was formerly the capital of the former princely state of Bastar .

location

The city lies on the south bank of the Indravati River , a tributary of the Godavari , at an altitude of about 555 m above sea level. d. M. Raipur, the capital of the state, is approximately 285 km (driving distance) to the north. The climate is warm; Rain falls almost exclusively in the monsoon months from June to October.

population

Official population statistics have only been kept since 1991 and are published regularly. The increase in the population in recent decades is mainly due to the continued immigration of families from the surrounding area.

year	1991	2001	2011
Residents	66,154	87,521	125,463

Approx. 81.5% of the mainly Chhattisgarhi and Hindi- speaking inhabitants of Jagdalpur are Hindus , a good 9% are Christians and a good 5% are Muslims ; the remaining 4.5% are made up of Jains (1.8%), Sikhs (1.2%) and Buddhists (1.3%).

economy

The area around Jagdalpur is dominated by agriculture; Traders, craftsmen and service providers of all kinds have settled in the city itself; In the last decades of the 20th century, smaller industrial companies were added. Inner-Indian tourism also plays an important role in the city's economic life.

history

Various tribes have been settled in the area around Jagdalpur for thousands of years. The city could have been founded by Annama Deva , the brother of the last ruler of the Kakatiya dynasty from Warangal , who founded the small kingdom of Bastar in 1324 , which existed as a princely state until the end of the British colonial era and was only incorporated into the Indian Union in 1948 .

Attractions

• The Bastar Palace in Jagdalpur was the seat of the rulers of the Princely State of Bastar. The Bastar royal family still resides in this palace.
• Several regionally significant, but architecturally rather insignificant temples, in which the beliefs of the tribal population live on, are located in the city: Danteshwari Temple , Mavli Temple , Jagannath Temple , Hinglajin Temple and the like. a.
• A new archaeological museum has been set up and shows interesting sculptures from the 11th century.

Surroundings

Surroundings of Jagdalpur

The wooded area around Jagdalpur is very attractive to tourists.

• The Chitrakot waterfall on the Indravati, located almost 40 km to the northwest, is the widest waterfall in India and is therefore also called "Indian Niagara".
• A good 30 km south is the Kanger Ghati National Park with the up to 2000 m deep Kailash and Kotumsar caves, the approx. 91 m high Tirathgarh waterfall. The rare Großkantschil can be seen near the Kholaba River .
• The Danteshwari Temple , located almost 90 km southwest in the small town of Dantewada, is the temple of Danteshwari, a regionally revered goddess who is regarded as the incarnation of Shakti .
• The old temple town of Barsur is a good 90 km to the west .

Web links

Commons : Jagdalpur  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Jagdalpur and surrounding areas, attractions - Photos and brief information (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jagdalpur - data 2011
2. ↑ Jagdalpur - map with altitude information
3. ↑ Jagdalpur - climate tables
4. ↑ Jagdalpur - Census 1991–2011
5. ↑ Jagdalpur - Census 2011
6. ^ Jagdalpur - economy