Dhamtari
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Dhamtari is a district in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. It was officially formed on July 6, 1998, from an amalgamation of Dhamma and Tarai (hence the name).
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[edit] Demographics
This District is situated between 20o42' N Latitude and 81o33' Longtitude. Dhamtari district is officially formed on 6 July, 1998 dividing the Raipur district currently the capital of Chhattisgarh along with Mahasamund. As a result the boundaries of the Raipur district is converted into the districts Raipur, Mahasamund and Dhamtari. Dhamtari, Kurud and Nagari are included in Dhamtari district as tehsils, and Dhamtari, Kurud, Nagari and Magarlod are included as blocks. The district headquarter is itself Dhamtari.
The total area of the district is 2029 km², and its altitude is 305 m above sea level. It is surrounded by Raipur district to the north and south, and by part of Orissa to the east and west.
Dhamtari district falls between two Lok Sabha Constituencies (Kanker and Mahasamund) and three Assembly constituencies: Dhamtari, Kurud, and Sihawa.
[edit] Geography
Mahanadi is the principal river of this district and Mahanadi is so far named as Kankannadi, Chitrotpala, Neelotpala, Mandvahini, Jairath etc. Its tributaries are Sendur, Pairy, Sondur, Joan, Kharun and Shivnath. The fertility of lands of Dhamtari district can be attributed to the presence of these rivers. The chief crop of this region is Paddy. Mahanadi one of the major river in central India originates in the hills of Sihawa flows in the direction of East into the Bay of Bengal. The national highway No. 43 Raipur – Vijaynagaram (Andhra Pradesh) passes through Dhamtari. Raipur is 78 km from Dhamtari.
[edit] Economy
Dhamtari has over 106 rice mills.
In the east, Satpura range is located. It is popularly known as Sihawa pahad. In west lies district of Kanker. In North lies Raipur, the heart and capital city of Chhattisgarh. Southwards lies the boundary of Orrisa state. Ravishankar Sagar dam that irrigates almost 570 square kilometres of land and also acts as a main supply unit of safe drinking water resource for state capital Raipur as well as supply to Bhilai Steel Plant lies at almost 11 km from the District capital. Work of 10 MW hydro-electric power plant is progressing and is likely to be completed very soon.
Asia's first ever Syphen dam was built in the year 1914 at Madamsilli. Besides Madamsilli, Sondhur dam, Dudhawa dam are the major projects.
