Dhamtari

This article is about the municipality in India. For its namesake district, see Dhamtari district.

Dhamtari
City
Dhamtari Location in Chhattisgarh Dhamtari Dhamtari (India)
Coordinates: 20.71°N 81.55°E / 20.71; 81.55
Country	India
District	Dhamtari
Government
• Body	Nagar Nigam Dhamtari
• Mayor	Vijay Dewangan (INC)
Area
• Total	34.94 km2 (13.49 sq mi)
Elevation	317 m (1,040 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	101,677
• Density	2,900/km2 (7,500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	493773, 4936XX,4937XX
Vehicle registration	CG05
Website	www.dhamtari.gov.in

Dhamtari is a municipal corporation and district in the state of Chhattisgarh, India, which is part of the Mahasamund Lok Sabha constituency formed on 6 July 1998.. The district is home to 3.13 percent of Chhattisgarh's total population.

History

Missionaries in Dhamtari, India, 1932

Dhamtari's population was 17,278 in 1955. At that time, the town was part of Raipur District in the state of Madhya Pradesh. In 2000, it became part of the new Chhattisgarh state and headquarters for the Dhamtari tehsil. As a terminus of a narrow-gauge railway running 80 km (50 miles) north of Raipur on the main Bombay-Calcutta line of the Bengal Nagpur Railway, Dhamtari became a trade centre. Goods shipped from there included timber, shellac, morabulum nuts, beedi leaves (for cigarettes), rice and animal hides.

The American Mennonite Mission was established in Dhamtari in 1899. By 1952 the mission had merged with the Mennonite Church in India (MC), which had its headquarters in Dhamtari. In 1955 the 558-member congregation was one of several missionary groups in Dhamtari, including the Dhamtari Christian Academy, Dhamtari Christian Hospital, the Samuel Burkhard Memorial Boys' Orphanage and a nursing school. At the present Dhamtari is a "Nagar Nigam" .Dhamtari is also famous for its Maratha community which Is one of the biggest gathering of Maratha’s in any state of India

Geography

Dhamtari is in the fertile plains of Chhattisgarh. The district's total area is 2,029 square kilometres (783 sq mi), and it is about 317 meters (1,040 feet) above sea level. It is bordered by the Raipur District to the north, the Kanker and Bastar Districts to the south, the State of Orissa to the east and the Durg and Kankar Districts to the west. The fertility of the land in the Dhamtari District is due to the Mahanadi River and its tributaries (Sendur, Pairy, Sondur, Joan, Kharun, and Shivnath).dhamtari is situated 65 km from capital raipur.

Economy

Lead deposits exist in the district. Most of the city's workforce is involved in the timber industry or rice or flour milling (Dhamtari has more than 150 rice mills), with the chemical industry also a significant presence. The Ravishankar Sagar Dam (Gangrel Dam) irrigates nearly 57,000 hectares (140,000 acres) of land, and is the primary supplier of potable water to the state capital of Raipur and the steel plant at Bhilai. The dam is about 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) from the district capital. Asia's first siphon dam was built in 1914 at Madamsilli; the Sondhur and Dudhawa Dams are other important works.

List of Mayors

Term of office	Name	Party	Notes
1922-1926	Narayanrao Meghawale	Indian National Congress
1932-1934	Natthurao Jagtabh	Indian National Congress
1934-1936	Khammanlal Saw	Indian National Congress
1936-1937	Chhotelal Ji Dau	Indian National Congress
1937-1939	Babu Chhote Lal Shrivastava	Indian National Congress
1941-1946	Ramgopal Sharma	Indian National Congress
1946-1950	Giridhari lal mishra	Indian National Congress
1951-1952	Ramgopal Sharma	Indian National Congress	Nominated
1952-1954	Radheshyam Khare	Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1955-1957	Radheshyam Khare	Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1969-1971	Hanuman Prasad Mishra	Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1971-1974	Pandri Rao Pawar	Indian National Congress
1984-1987	Karishn Kumar Dhandh	Indian National Congress	Nominated
1995-2000	Narayan Prasad Gupta	BJP
2000-2005	Janki Pawar	BJP
2005-2010	Tarachand Hinduja	BJP
2010-2015	Narayan Prasad Gupta	BJP
2015-2020	Archana Choubey	BJP
2020-	Vijay Dewangan	Indian National Congress

Education

Schools

• Anjuman Higher Secondary School,
• Azim Premji School, Shankardah,
• Delhi Public School
• Govt. Boys Higher Secondary School,
• Govt. Girls Higher Secondary School,
• Hari Om Higher Secondary School,
• Kendriya Vidyalaya
• Mennonite Senior Secondary School,
• Model English Higher Secondary School,
• Nutan Higher Secondary School,
• Saraswati Shishu Mandir Higher Secondary School,
• Saraswati Shishu Vidya Mandir,
• Sarvodaya Higher Secondary School,
• St. Marys English Medium School,
• St. Xaviers School,
• Vidya Kunj Memorial school.

Colleges

• Comp tech Degree College
• Genesis College
• Govt. Girls College
• Govt. P.G. College
• Govt. Polytechnic College
• KL College of Horticulture
• Vandemataram College

Transport

Dhamtari-Raipur narrow-gauge train

Railways & Bus

Dhamtari situated at Raipur to Jagdalpur national highway National Highway 30 (India), where majorly flawless fast Bus services is available almost 24 hours in every 5-15 minutes. Raipur to Dhamtari narrow-gauge line,now defunct provided service to the area, soon to be replaced by broad-gauge railway tracks.

Healthcare

• Dhamtari Christian Hospital (DCH)
• Dhamtari District Hospital (DDH)

Media

Newspapers

• Prakhar Samachar

Places of interest

• Gangrel Dam

  

  Gangrel Dam

• Rudri barrage
• Bilai Mata Mandir (Vindhyavasini Mata)

Notable people associated with Dhamtari

• Babu Chhote Lal Shrivastava
• Heera Lal Kavyopadhyay
• Kunwar Bai

External links

• Official Dhamtari government site