Mahasamund
Sign in to saveMahasamund is a city in Mahasamund District in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. It is situated on the Mumbai-Kolkata and Raipur-Visakhapatnam National Highways. It is one of the largest (ranked 11th) and most important cities in the State. The city is divided into 30 wards and 5 zones and is also the biggest city in the Trans-Mahanadi area. It is also the administrative headquarters of the Mahasamund District and part of the proposed new Mahasamund Municipal Corporation. The current mayor is Prakash Chandrakar.
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Place details
- Locality
- Mahasamund
- Region
- Chhattisgarh
- Country
- India
- Population
- 54,413
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Mahasamund
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Chhattisgarh#India
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Chhattisgarh, India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Chhattisgarh
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Mahasamund
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 318
- Settlement.population_total
- 54413
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.demographics_type1
- Languages
- Settlement.demographics1_title1
- Official
- Settlement.demographics1_info1
- Hindi, Chhattisgarhi
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Mahasamund district
- Population
- 47203
- Elevation
- 318
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Capital of
- Mahasamund district
- Dialing code
- 7723
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- postal code
- 493445
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Mahasamund is a city in Mahasamund District in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. It is situated on the Mumbai-Kolkata and Raipur-Visakhapatnam National Highways. It is one of the largest (ranked 11th) and most important cities in the State. The city is divided into 30 wards and 5 zones and is also the biggest city in the Trans-Mahanadi area. It is also the administrative headquarters of the Mahasamund District and part of the proposed new Mahasamund Municipal Corporation. The current mayor is Prakash Chandrakar.
==History== The territory where Mahasamund is located was once controlled by the Kalachuri dynasty and the Maratha Empire.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mahasamund” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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