Naila-Janjgir
| Naila-Janjgir जांजगीर |
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| State : | Chhattisgarh | ||
| District : | Janjgir-Champa | ||
| Location : | 22 ° 0 ′ N , 82 ° 35 ′ E | ||
| Height : | 280 m | ||
| Area : | 19.36 km² | ||
| Residents : | 40,561 (2011) | ||
| Population density : | 2095 inhabitants / km² | ||
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Naila-Janjgir , sometimes just Janjgir ( Hindi जांजगीर), is a city with about 42,000 inhabitants in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh .
location
The city is located approx. 170 km northeast of Raipur and approx. 45 km east of Bilaspur at an altitude of approx. 280 m above sea level. d. M. The climate is warm; Rain falls almost exclusively in the monsoon months from June to September.
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 | 24,754 | 32,513 | 40,561 |
Approx. 94.5% of the mainly Chhattisgarhi and Hindi- speaking residents of Janjgir are Hindus , a good 1.5% are Christians and a good 3.5% are Muslims ; the remaining 0.5% is accounted for by Jains , Sikhs and Buddhists .
economy
The area around Janjgir 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.
history
Janjgir was an economic and cultural center in the surrounding area, which is otherwise characterized by tribal traditions. By connecting the small town of Naila, where the train station is located, today's Naila-Janjgir was created.
Attractions
The only sight of Janjgir is the temple , built in the 12th century and dedicated to the Hindu god Vishnu . It is the only temple in the entire state of Chhattisgarh whose architecture and sculptural decorations are nearly state-of-the-art. The temple, standing on a large platform ( jagati ) and raised again by a base zone, consists of a small closed anteroom ( antarala ) and a slightly larger and externally strongly structured cella ( garbhagriha ), the tower structure ( shikhara ) of which, however, has remained unfinished. The decorative figures on the outer walls include images of gods (including Brahma , Narasimha, etc.), “Heavenly Lovers” ( mithunas ), “Beautiful girls” ( surasundaris ) and - downgraded - half-naked ascetics and rising lion monsters ( yalis ). A circumferential elephant frieze is integrated into the base zone, which means that the entire building - in a sovereign sense - is supported by elephants. On both sides of the portal there are three life-size figures, the two inner ones can be identified as female river deities Ganga and Yamuna ; the four outer ones are male and marked as guardians ( dvarapalas ) by their weapons .
Web links
- Naila-Janjgir - Photos and brief information (English)
- Janjgir, Vishnu Temple - Information (English)
- District Janjgir-Champa temple - Photos and brief information (English)