Ratanpur
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| State : | Chhattisgarh | ||
| District : | Bilaspur | ||
| Location : | 22 ° 17 ′ N , 82 ° 10 ′ E | ||
| Height : | 300 m | ||
| Residents : | 24,636 (2011) | ||
Ratanpur is a city in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh .
population
In the 2011 census, the population was 24,636. 94% of them were Hindus and just under 5.5% Muslims . The literacy rate was 76.76%. The gender distribution was 950.
location
Ratanpur is located in the Bilaspur district , 23.5 km north of the district capital, Bilaspur . Both cities are connected to each other by the national road NH 111 . The Khutaghat Dam lies northeast of the city.
history
Ratanpur was the capital of the former kingdom of Chhattisgarh until 1818 . In the Middle Ages there were several gemstone cutters that worked the stones found here (mainly from the chalcedony and jasper mines ) and delivered pearls. Now the city lives mainly from the cultivation of agricultural products, such as the cultivation of mangoes .
Worth seeing
The main attraction of the city is an old royal palace. Other sights include a fort and several Hindu temples, including the Mahamaya Temple, the Bhudha Mahadev and the Ramteki Temple.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.census2011.co.in
- ↑ a b c d www.census2011.co.in
- ^ Max Bauer: Edelsteinkunde , Verlag CH Tauchnitz, 1896
- ↑ Communications from the Anthropological Society in Vienna, Volume 29 , Anthropological Society in Vienna, Verlag F. Berger & Söhne, 1899, page 266
- ^ News about German Antiquities , Volume 32, Berlin Society for Anthropology, Ethnology and Prehistory, Limbach Verlag, 1900, page 223