Raigarh
Sign in to saveRaigarh is a city in northern Chhattisgarh known as the 'Cultural capital of Chhattisgarh'; Raigarh is famous for its dance form “SUWA” (as Raigarh Gharana) and classical music; Raigarh is also known as Sanskritidhani.
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- Locality
- Raigarh
- Region
- Chhattisgarh
- Country
- India
- Population
- 150,019
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
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Key facts
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- Raigarh
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
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- India Chhattisgarh#India
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- right
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- Raigarh map
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- Raigarh (Chhattisgarh)
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
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- District
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- Chhattisgarh
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- Raigarh
- Settlement.governing_body
- Raigarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
- Settlement.leader_party
- Bharatiya Janata Party
- Settlement.leader_title
- MLA
- Settlement.leader_name
- Om Prakash Choudhary
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- Metric
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 243.7
- Settlement.population_density_km2
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Raigarh is a city in northern Chhattisgarh known as the 'Cultural capital of Chhattisgarh'; Raigarh is famous for its dance form “SUWA” (as Raigarh Gharana) and classical music; Raigarh is also known as Sanskritidhani.
It is also known for its coal reserves and power generation for the state and the country. With a population of just about 150,019 (2011) it is a rapidly growing industrial city. Raigarh is one of the major rice-producing districts in India.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Raigarh” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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