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Raipur
Metropolitan City
Raipur
Coordinates:
21.21N 82.30ECoordinates:
21.21N 82.30E
India
Chhattisgarh
Raipur
Country
State
District
Government
Type
Mayor
Area
Metropolitan City
Elevation
Population (2011)[1]
Metropolitan City
Local Government
Shri Pramod Dubey
226 km2 (87 sq mi)
298.15 m (978.18 ft)
1,010,087
Rank
Density
Metro[2]
Languages
Official
Time zone
PIN
Vehicle registration
Website
45th
4,500/km2 (12,000/sq mi)
1,122,555
Hindi, Chhattisgarhi, English
IST (UTC+5:30)
492001
CG-04
www.raipur.gov.in
Contents
1 History
2 Demographics
4 Transport
o 4.1 Railways
o 4.2 Roads
o 4.3 Airport
o 4.4 Local transport
5 Economy
6 Education
o 6.1 Primary and secondary education
o 6.2 Universities and deemed universities
o 6.3 Engineering and management colleges
o 6.4 Medical colleges
8 Media
o 8.1 News channels
o 8.2 Newspaper
o 8.3 Radio
9 Entertainment
o 9.1 Shopping malls
13 Naya Raipur
14 See also
15 References
16 External links
History
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Raipur has been in existence since the 9th century; the old site and ruins of the fort can be seen in
the southern part of the city. Raipur district is important historically and as a point of interest
archeologically. This district was once part of southern Kosal[disambiguation needed] and considered part
of the Maurya Empire. Raipur has been the capital of the Haihaya Dynasty Kalchuri kings,
controlling the forts of Chhattisgarh for a considerable period. Satawahana kings ruled this part
until the 2nd3rd century.
The 4th century AD king Samudragupta conquered this region and established his domination
until the fifthsixth century when the area came under the rule of Sarabhpuri kings. For some
time in the fifth and sixth centuries, Nala kings dominated this area. Later on Somavanshi kings
took control and ruled with Sirpur ("City of Wealth") as their capital. Mahashivgupt Balarjun
was the mightiest emperor of this dynasty. His mother, the widow queen of Harshgupta of the
Somavansh, Rani Vasata built the brick temple of Lakshman. Kalachuri dynasty kings of
Tumman ruled the area for a long period making Ratanpur the capital. The old inscriptions of
Ratanpur, Rajim and Khallari refer to the reign of Kalchuri kings. It is believed that King
Ramachandra of this dynasty established the city of Raipur and subsequently made it the capital
of his kingdom.
Another story about Raipur is that King Ramachandra's son Brahmdeo Rai had established
Raipur. His capital was Khalwatika (now Khallari). The newly constructed city was named after
Brahmdeo Rai as 'Raipur'. It was during his reign in 1402 that Hajiraj Naik the temple of
Hatkeshwar Mahadev was constructed on the banks of the Kharun River. The decline of this
dynasty's rule came with the death of King Amarsingh Deo. This region had become the domain
of Bhosle kings after Amarsingh Deo's death. With the death of Raghuji III, the territory was
assumed by the British government from Bhonsla'a of Nagpur and Chhatisgarh was declared a
separate division, the Chhattisgarh Division of the Central Provinces, with its headquarters at
Raipur in 1854. At the time of the independence of India Raipur district was included in the
Central Provinces and Berar.
Demographics
See also: List of cities in Chhattisgarh
As of the 2011 census, Raipur Municipal Corporation had a population of 785,829[1] and the
urban agglomeration had a population of 10,10,087.[4] The Municipal Corporation had a sex ratio
of 946 females per 1,000 males and 12.3% of the population were under six years old.[1]
Effective literacy was 86.90%; male literacy was 92.39% and female literacy was 81.10%.[1]
As an important regional centre and a city with a history stretching back more than a thousand
years, Raipur has attracted people from different parts of Madhya Pradesh and neighbouring
states. The population includes local ethnic Chhattisgarhis, North Indians, South Indians, and a
few people from the North East. Local ethnic Chhattisgarhi comprises Kalar, Kurmi, Swarnkar,
Teli, Koshta and Satnami communities. The city is also inhabited by the trading communities
like Jayaswals, Baniyas, Agarwals, Jains, Gujaratis, and Marwaris. Due to close proximity with
Odisha there are large numbers of Oriya speaking population found in the city as well as in the
state. The city is also home to an immigrant population that includes Sindhis. It also has a sizable
Bengali, Telugu, Malayalee and Maharashtrian population. Majority of the population in Raipur
is Hindu. Muslims, sikhs and Christians are minorities. Muslims primarily reside in such areas as
Moudhapara (occupied by the immigrants from UP and Bihar), Baijnathpara, Chota Para,Raza
Talab,Sanjay Nagar, Momin Para (Shia Islam community) and Byron Bazaar (which is named
after a Briton who is supposed to have formed the place; Byron Bazar was once mostly inhabited
by the Muslims from the "Madras Paltan" i.e. those serving in the British Army (Madras
Regiment), and had occupied Byron Bazaar as a result of their regiment getting disbanded).The
sikhs residing at pandri, govindnagar, shyamnagar & tatibandh areas. The Christian population is
scattered around the city. This city is also populated by the people of Kanwar and Gond
community who are primarily tribals.
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Geography
Raipur is located near the centre of a large plain, sometimes referred as the "rice bowl of India",
where hundreds of varieties of rice are grown.[5] The Mahanadi River flows to the east of the city
of Raipur, and the southern side has dense forests. The Maikal Hills rise on the north-west of
Raipur; on the north, the land rises and merges with the Chota Nagpur Plateau, which extends
north-east across Jharkhand state. On the south of Raipur lies the Deccan Plateau.
Climate
Raipur has a tropical wet and dry climate, temperatures remain moderate throughout the year,
except from March to June, which can be extremely hot. The temperature in AprilMay
sometimes rises above 48 C (118 F).These summer months also have dry and hot winds. In
summers, the temperature can also go up to 50 C. The city receives about 1,300 millimetres
(51 in) of rain, mostly in the monsoon season from late June to early October. Winters last from
November to January and are mild, although lows can fall to 5 C (41 F).
[hide]Climate data for Raipur City
Month
Jul
Average high 27 30 35 39 45 36
C (F)
(81) (86) (95) (102) (113) (97)
30
(86)
30
(86)
31
(88)
31
(88)
28
(82)
26
(79)
32
(90)
Average low
C (F)
23
(73)
23
(73)
22
(72)
21
(70)
16
(61)
14
(57)
20
(68)
13
(55)
15
(59)
20
(68)
24
(75)
27
(81)
26
(79)
Average
10
17
14
13
18 239 383
364 197 50
11
16 1,330
precipitation
(0.39) (0.67) (0.55) (0.51) (0.71) (9.41) (15.08) (14.33) (7.76) (1.97) (0.43) (0.63) (52.36)
mm (inches)
Source: [6]
Transport
Railways
Raipur is situated on the Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai line of the Indian Railways (via Bhusawal,
Nagpur, Gondia, Bilaspur, Kharagpur) and is connected with some major cities like New Delhi,
Mumbai, Bhopal, Jabalpur, Saugor, Katni, Itarsi, Gondia, Kolkata, Jamshedpur, Chennai,
Hyderabad, Bangalore, Kota, Ahmedabad, Jaipur e.t.c. Raipur still lacks direct rail connectivity
with Indore Junction, Ujjain, Ratlam Junction, Kolhapur, Jodhpur etc. A branch line from Raipur
to Vizianagaram via Mahasamund - Titlagarh originates from here and maximum export of
Chattisgrah viaVishakhapatnam by this Rly Line. Also there is a narrow gauge line connecting
Raipur to Rajim and Dhamtari via Abhanpur. This narrow gauge line is being converted into
broad gauge line and realigned to serve the city of Naya Raipur as well.
Suburbs Rly Station Of Raipur
Urkura
Mandir Hasoud
Roads
National Highways connecting Raipur to various cities are as under:[7]
National Highways
number
NH 6
NH 43
NH 200
NH 217
NH 12A
Connecting cities
Hajira-Dhule-Nagpur-Raipur- Mahasamund - Sambalpur - BaharagoraCalcutta
Raipur-Vizianagaram Junction with National Highway No. 5 near
Natavalasa
Raipur-Bilaspur-Raigarh-Kanaktora-Jharsuguda-Kochinda-DeogarhTalcher-Chandhikhol
Raipur- Mahasamund - Gopalpur
Raipur-Jhansi
Airport
Local transport
A city bus service is provided by Raipur City Bus Limited (RCBL) for the intra-city travel.
Raipur Municipal Corporation launched the Raipur City Bus service on 25 February 2008. The
company runs 40 buses out of which 32 are low floor Tata Starbus. Paratransit in the form of
auto-rickshaws and tuk-tuk are available all over the city. 100 new city buses under JNNURM
have been inducted by Raipur Nagar Nigam Transport Limited (RNNTL), which serve the
Raipur and connect Naya Raipur also.
Economy
Historically, when Raipur was a part of Madhya Pradesh, it was the second major commercial
centre in Madhya Pradesh after Indore. Traditionally, Raipur's economy has been based on
agricultural-processing, Steel, Cement, Alloy, Poha and Rice. The city is located centrally in the
state of Chhattisgarh, and now serves as a regional hub for trade and commerce for a variety of
local agricultural and forest products.
The traditional face of city has changed with Raipur becoming an important regional commercial
and industrial destination for the coal, power, plywood, steel and aluminium industries. Raipur is
the largest market of steel in India. Raipur is among the richest cities and Indias biggest iron
market; there are about 200 steel rolling mills, 195 sponge iron plants, more than 6 steel plants,
more than 60 plywood factories, 500 agro-industries and more than 35 ferro-alloy plants. There
are more than 800 rice milling plants, and all major and local cement manufacturing companies
(Century Cement, Ambuja, Grasim, Lafarg) have a presence in the city.
Raipur also has a big chemical plant which produces formalin and distributes throughout the
country.
Raipur has a wagon repair shop, where wagons of goods trains are repaired. A heavy machinery
plant of Jindal Group is situated in Raipur. Sponge iron plants of major steel companies
including Monnet, Jayaswal Neco Steel Plant, and Drolia Electrosteels are situated in raipur.
LPG bottling plants of Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum are also present in the city.
The industrial areas of Raipur are: Urla and Siltara (heavy and medium scale industries),
Bhanpur, Birgaon, Gondwara (medium and small scale industries). The head office of
"Spongytech Consulting Engineers Private Limited", a world class engineering consulting group,
is in Raipur.
Bharti Walmart Private Limited, the joint venture between Bharti Enterprises and Walmart Stores
Inc for wholesale, opened its first Best Price Modern Wholesale cash and-carry store in
Chhattisgarh's Raipur in June 2011. The Best Price Modern Wholesale store situated at Bhanpuri,
Bhilai Bilaspur Bye Pass Road, Ring Road No 2, Raipur, is spread over 53,000 square feet and
stocks over 5,500 items.
Education
NIT Raipur
Raipur is well known as a hub for education in the region as number of institutes of national
repute have come up.
DPS, Raipur
Chhattisgarh University
ITM UNIVERSITY
Medical colleges
Mahamaya Temple
Kali Badi
St Paul Church
Sadani Darbar
St Joseph Cathedral
Khanqah of Raipur
Media
News channels
Many local news channels are telecast from Raipur in Hindi :
News Channels
CG 24 news channel CG
IBC 24
Khabar Bharati
Grand News (Cable Network)
ETV MP Chhattisgarh
Sadhna News
Sahara Samaye
Zee MP CG
India News MP CG
Bansal News
Abhi Tak (Cable Network)
Language
Notes
Hindi
Hindi
Hindi
Hindi
Hindi
Hindi
Hindi
Hindi
Hindi
Hindi
Hindi
Newspaper
Many national and local newspapers are published from Raipur both in Hindi and English:
Newspaper
Dainik Bhaskar
Patrika
Nava Bharat
Deshbandhu
Nai Duniya
Haribhoomi
The Central Chronicle
Language
Hindi
Hindi
Hindi
Hindi
Hindi
Hindi
English
Notes
Newspaper
The Times of India
Hindustan Times
Hindustan
The Hitavada
The Pioneer
Business Standard
Business Bhaskar
Language
English
English
Hindi
English
English
English, Hindi
English, Hindi
Notes
Radio
Raipur has 6 Radio stations & from the beginning MY FM is leading the private FM Radio
space :
Radio station name
Akashwani Raipur (All India Radio)
Radio Mirchi
My FM
Rangila FM
Radio Tadka
Vividh Bharti
Radio frequency
981 kHz
98.3 MHz
94.3 MHz
104.8 MHz
95 MHz
101.6 MHz
Entertainment
Shopping malls
Name
Ambuja City Centre
City Mall 36
Magneto, The Mall
R.K. Mall
Chhattisgarh City Center
Lalganga Colors Mall
Vicon Infiniti Mall (Upcoming)
SBPL City Center (Upcoming)
Treasure Island (upcoming)
Mosaic Mall (upcoming)
Location
Vidhansabha Road
G.E Road, Telibandha
G.E Road, Telibandha
Amanaka Railway crossing
Devendra Nagar, Pandri
Pachpedi Naka
Tatibandh
Parsoda, Naya Raipur
NH 6,Near Agri University
Old Dhamtari road
Multiplex
INOX-2[8]
INOX
PVR Cinemas
Glitz Cinemas
CineMAX
Glitz Cinemas -2
Not disclosed
Not disclosed
Fun Republic
Not disclosed
Mahant Ghasidas Museum, built in 1875 by Raja Mahant Ghasidas, king of the
erstwhile Rajnandgaon state.
Guru Tegh Bahadur Museum, built in honour of Sikh Guru Tegh Bahadur situated near
Ghasidas museum.
Shabari handicrafts emporium and Chhattisgarh Haat, works by local artist and
craftsman.
Vivekananda Sarovar (Budha Talab), a lake which is as old as the city. A 37 feet
(11 m) high statue of Swami Vivekananda stands in the lake. This statue has been added
to the Limca Book of Records as the 'largest model for a statue'. The lake has color-light
fountains[9]
Nandanvan, a mini zoo on the western fringes of the city on the banks of river Kharoon
Nagar Ghadi (City Clock Tower), a clock tower situated in one of the busiest squares of
the city. This clock plays a different local folk tune every hour (24 tunes in a day).
Gaurav path (The pride way), a stretch of G.E road within the city which has been
decorated with sculpture and plantation on both sides.
Rajiv Smriti Van and Urja Park (Energy Park), a theme park built in memory of Rajiv
Gandhi. The unique feature here is that everything runs on solar energy.
Shaheed Smarak Bhavan, an art gallery and an auditorium dedicated to the freedom
fighters of India
MM Funcity, a water cum amusement park in the eastern outskirts of the city .
Water World Resort, a water park on the banks of River Kharoon in the south-western
part of the city.
Raipur Municipal Corporation Building (White House), a new building of the Raipur
Municipal Corporation. It a 7 storeyed building built with a mix of ancient and modern
architecture. The building is illuminated in blue light at night.
Mahavir Park (Anupam Garden), a city park with illuminated trees and fountains. It
also has a battle tank provided by the Indian Army on display.
5D shows, Raipur is one of the few cities in India which have three 5D theatres. These
are located in Magneto Mall, City Mall 36 and CG City Centre
Amarkantak
Bhoramdeo Temple
Dongargarh
Sirpur
Champaran
Rajim
Chitrakot Falls
Gangrel Dam
Swami Vivekananda spent 2 years of his teenage in Raipur from 1877 till 1879 when his
father was transferred here.[10]
Ravishankar Shukla, the 1st Chief Minister of the state of Madhya Pradesh, spent his
childhood and was educated in Raipur.
Justice Mohammad Hidayatullah, former Chief Justice of India and acting President of
India, received his primary education at the Government High School of Raipur till 1922.
Veer Narayan Singh,[11][12] Freedom fighter, He was jailed at Raipur by British Army.
Osho started his teaching career as a lecturer in Raipur Sanskrit College in 1957.[13]
Habib Tanvir, noted theatre artist and playwright, was born in Raipur in 1923.
K. S. Sudarshan, the former chief of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, was born in
Raipur in 1931.Coincidentally he also died in Raipur on 15 Sep 2012
Vidya Charan Shukla, former Union Minister and 9 times parliamentarian, was born in
Raipur.
Harshad Mehta, the infamous stock broker, spent his childhood in Raipur after his parents
shifted here from Mumbai. He received his education from Holy Cross English School,
Byron Bazar.[citation needed]
Lucky Ali, noted Bollywood singer/composer/actor did a part of his schooling from
Rajkumar College, Raipur[14]
Anurag Basu, noted Bollywood movie director was born in Raipur and later moved to the
neighbouring city of Bhilai
Naya Raipur
Naya Raipur (New Raipur) is the new city of Chhattisgarh.[15] Located between National
Highways NH-6 and NH-43. It is 17 km away in the south-east direction from the current capital
Raipur. Swami Vivekananda Airport separates the old and new cities. Naya Raipur is serving as
the administrative capital of the State and also cater to the infrastructural needs of industry and
trade in the region.
Naya Raipur spreads over an area of about 8000 hectares. It includes 41 villages out of which 27
villages form the core of the Naya Raipur. The population of just one village has been displaced
in this renovation of villages for the construction of Naya Raipur. About half of the total acquired
land is being used for afforestation, roads, parks, public conveniences, water facilities-canals,
green belts etc. 23 percent of the land would be reserved for educational institutions, government
offices and public auditoriums etc. 30 percent of the land will be used for residential and
economical purposes. Naya Raipur is India's fourth planned capital city after Gandhinagar in
Gujarat; Chandigarh serting both Punjab and Harayana; and Bhubaneshwar in Odisha.
The ongoing project is likely to cost anywhere between Rs 1,500 and 2,000 crore. The city is
expected to house about 4.5 lakh people within a decade and provisions, in the form of future
infrastructure upgradation, have been made for its expansion.
Recently, a delegation consisting of Chhattisgarh housing minister Rajesh Munat gave
presentation to Union Minister for Urban Development and Housing M Venkaiah Naidu to
develop Naya Raipur as Smart City.
See also
Raipur district
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