Balaghat District a district of Madhya Pradesh state of central India. The town of Balaghat serves as its administrative headquarters. Madhya Pradesh state is made up of 46 districts, which are grouped into seven divisions. ... , Madhya Pradesh (abbreviated as MP)   (HindÄ«: मध्य प्रदेश, English: , IPA: ), often called the Heart of India, is a state in central India. ... India is a federal republic comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. ... The geography of India is extremely diverse, with landscape ranging from snow-capped mountain ranges to deserts, plains, hills and plateaus. ... Balaghat is a city in Madhya Pradesh state of central India. ...

Geography

Balaghat District is located in the southern part of Jabalpur Division. It occupies the south eastern portion of the Satpura Range and the upper valley of the Wainganga River. The district extends from 21º19' to 22º24' north latitude and 79º31' to 81º3' east longitude. The total area of the district is 9,245 km². Balaghat District is bounded by Mandla District of Madhya Pradesh to the north, Dindori District to the northwest, Rajnandgaon District of Chhatisgarh state to the east, Gondiya and Bhandara districts of Maharashtra state to the south, and Seoni District of Madhya Pradesh to the west. Jabalpur division is an administrative geographical unit of Madhya Pradesh state of India. ... The Satpura Range is a range of hills in central India. ... The Wainganga is a river of India, which originates in the southern slopes of the Satpura Range, and flows south through Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra in a very winding course of approximatedly 360 miles. ... Mandla District is a district of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. ... Dindori District is a district of Madhya Pradesh state of central India. ... Rajnandgaon is a district of India. ... Chhattisgarh (छत्तीसगढ़), a state in central India, formed when the sixteen southeastern districts of Madhya Pradesh gained statehood on November 1, 2000. ... Gondia District, also known as Gondiya District, is an administrative district in the state of Maharashtra in India. ... Bhandara is an administrative district in the state of Maharashtra in India. ... , Maharashtra (Marathi: महाराष्ट्र , IPA:  , translation: Great Nation) is Indias third largest state in area and second largest in population after Uttar Pradesh. ... Seoni district is one of the districts of Madhya Pradesh state of India, and Seoni town is the district headquarters. ...

The Wainganga and its tributaries are the most important rivers in the district. The town of Balaghat is on the Wainganga, which flows north and south through the district and forms part of the boundary with Seoni District. The Bagh, Nahra and Uskal rivers are tributaries of the Wainganga. The Bawanthadi and Bagh rivers define the boundary with Maharashtra. The Wainganga is a river of India, flowing through the central provinces in a very winding course of approximatedly 360 meters. ...

Geographically the district is divided into three distinct parts:

• The southern lowlands, a slightly undulating plain, comparatively well cultivated and drained by the Wainganga, Bagh, Deo, Ghisri and Son rivers.
• The long narrow valley known as the Mau Taluka, lying between the hills and the Wainganga river, and comprising a long, narrow, irregular-shaped lowland tract, intersected by hill ranges and peaks covered with dense jungle, and running generally from north to south.
• The lofty plateau, in which is situated the Raigarh Bichhia tract, comprising irregular ranges of hills, broken into numerous valleys, and generally running from east to west. The highest points in the hills of the district are as follows: - Peaks above Lanji, 2300 or 2500 feet; Tepagarh hill, about 2600 ft.; and Bhainsaghat range, about 3000 ft. above the sea. The Banjar, Halon and Jamunia rivers, tributaries of the Narmada, drain a portion of the upper plateau.

Administratively, the district is divided into eight development blocks: Waraseoni, Balaghat, Katangi, Paraswada, Baihar, Khairlanji, Laanji, and Kirnapur. The Narmada River in central India The Narmada (Gujarati: નર્મદા Devanagri: नर्मदा or Nerbudda (Narbada) is a river in central India in Indian subcontinent. ...

Demography

The population of the district is 1,445,760, with an area of 9229 km²^{[citation needed]}, and a population density of 157 persons per km².

In the 1991 Census, the total population of the district was 1,365,870 out of which 1,236,083 was rural and 129,787 is urban. Out of the total population, 1,13,105 are scheduled caste and 298,665 are scheduled tribes. The no. of males was 682,260 and the no. of females is 683,610. The population density of the district was 148 persons per km² while the sex ratio is 1003 females per 1000 males. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes are communities that are accorded special status by the Constitution of India. ... Ä€divāsÄ«s (आदिवासी) or tribal peoples comprise a substantial minority of the population of India. ...

Transport

The Jabalpur-Gondia section of South East Central Railway runs north and south through the district, along the valley of the Wainganga. The line was formerly narrow gauge (2 ft 6 in (762 mm)) for its entire length, but the section between Balaghat and Gondia was converted to broad gauge in 2005-2006, connecting Balaghat to India's national broad gauge network for the first time. Work is underway to convert the Balaghat-Jabalpur section to broad gauge as well. A narrow gauge branch line runs west from Balaghat to Katangi and Ramrama Tola via Waraseoni. , Jabalpur (Hindi: जबलपुर, Urdu:جَبَل پُور ) is a city in the state of Madhya Pradesh in India. ... Gondia, also known as Gondiya, is a town in Maharashtra state of western India. ... The South East Central Railway is one of the 16 railway zones in India. ... Comparison of standard gauge (blue) and one common narrow gauge (red) width. ... For other uses, see Gauge. ... Katangi is a town and a nagar panchayat in Jabalpur district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. ...

Balaghat is directly connected by bus with larger cities such as Bhopal, Nagpur, Gondia, Jabalpur, Raipur, etc. The nearest airport is at Nagpur.

Forests and minerals

About 52% of the district's area is covered with forest. ^{[citation needed]} Teak (Tectona grandis), Sal (Shorea robusta), bamboo and saja are the main trees. Fauna includes tiger, leopard, bear, nilgai, deer, and gaur, and birds like peacock, Red Bulbul and Koyal. Kanha National Park lies partly within the district. Species Tectona grandis Tectona hamiltoniana Tectona philippinensis Teak (Tectona), is a genus of tropical hardwood trees in the family Verbenaceae, native to the south and southeast of Asia, and is commonly found as a component of monsoon forest vegetation. ... Binomial name Roth Sal (Shorea robusta) is a species of tree native to southern Asia, ranging south of the Himalaya, from Myanmar in the east to India, Bangladesh, and Nepal. ... For other uses, see Bamboo (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Tiger (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Leopard (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Bear (disambiguation). ... Binomial name Boselaphus tragocamelus Pall. ... This article is about the ruminant animal. ... Binomial name Bos gaurus H. Smith, 1827 Range map The Gaur (IPA gauɹ) (Bos gaurus, previously Bibos gauris) is a large, dark-coated ox of South Asia and Southeast Asia. ... Peacock re-directs here; for alternate uses see Peacock (disambiguation). ... Kanha National Park, part of Project Tiger, is located in Madhya Pradesh, India. ...

About 80% of the manganese production in India comes from Balaghat District. ^{[citation needed]} The recently discovered copper deposit at Malajkhand is regarded as the largest in the country.^{[citation needed]} Bauxite, Kyanite, and limestone are the other main minerals of the district. General Name, symbol, number manganese, Mn, 25 Chemical series transition metals Group, period, block 7, 4, d Appearance silvery metallic Standard atomic weight 54. ... For other uses, see Copper (disambiguation). ... Bauxite with penny Bauxite with core of unweathered rock Bauxite is an aluminium ore. ... Kyanite, whose name derives from the Greek, kyanos, meaning blue, is a typically blue silicate mineral, commonly found in aluminium-rich metamorphic pegmatites and/or sedimentary rock. ... For other uses, see Limestone (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Mineral (disambiguation). ...

History

At the beginning of the 18th century, the district was divided among two Gond kingdoms; the portion of the district west of the Wainganga was part of the Gond kingdom of Deogarh, while the eastern portion was part of the Garha-Mandla kingdom. Gondi refers to a people and their language in Central India. ... Deogarh, also known as Devgarh, is a village in Chhindwara District of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. ...

The Deogarh kingdom was annexed by the Bhonsle Marathas of Nagpur in 1743, and shortly thereafter conquered all but the northern section of the district. This section, together with the rest of the Garha-Mandla kingdom, was annexed in 1781 to the Maratha province of Saugor, then under control of the Maratha Peshwa. In 1798 the Bhonsles also obtained the former Garha-Mandla territories. The Bhonsle or Bhonsale were a prominent Maratha clan who served as rulers of several states in India . ... The Marāthās (Marathi: , also Mahrattas) form an Indo Aryan group of Hindu warriors and peasants hailing mostly from the present-day state of Maharashtra, who created a the expansive Maratha Empire, covering a major part of India, in the late 17th and 18th centuries. ... The Kingdom of Nagpur was a kingdom in east-central India founded by the Gond rulers of Deogarh in the early 18th century. ... // Events February 14 - Henry Pelham becomes British Prime Minister February 21 - - The premiere in London of George Frideric Handels oratorio, Samson. ... Sagar, or Saugor is a city in Madhya Pradesh state, India. ... The Maratha Empire at its peak in 1760 The Peshwa(Marathi:पेशवे or पेशवा) (also known in Marathi as Peshwe) were Brahmin Prime Ministers to the Maratha Chattrapatis (Kings), who began commanding Maratha armies and later became the hereditary rulers of the Maratha empire of central India from 1749 to 1818. ...

In 1818, at the conclusion of the Third Anglo-Maratha War, The Nagpur kingdom became a princely state of British India. In 1853, the Nagpur kingdom, including Balaghat District, was annexed by the British, and became the new province of Nagpur. Balaghat District was then divided among the British districts of Seoni and Bhandara. Nagpur Province was reorganized into the Central Provinces in 1861. The Third Anglo-Maratha War (1817 - 1818) was a final and decisive conflict between Britain and the Maratha empire in India, which left Britain in control of most of India. ... A princely state is any state under the reign of a prince and is thus a principality taken in the broad sense. ... Anthem God Save The Queen/King British India, circa 1860 Capital Calcutta (1858-1912), New Delhi (1912-1947) Language(s) Hindi, Urdu, English and many others Government Monarchy Emperor of India  - 1877-1901 Victoria  - 1901-1910 Edward VII  - 1910-1936 George V  - January-December 1936 Edward VIII  - 1936-1947 George... Nagpur Province was a province of British India that covered parts of present-day Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Chhattisgarh states. ... Seoni district is one of the districts of Madhya Pradesh state of India, and Seoni town is the district headquarters. ... Bhandara is an administrative district in the state of Maharashtra in India. ... A British Raj province comprising British conquests from the Mughals and Marathas in central India. ...

Balaghat District was constituted during the years 1867 by amalgamation of parts of the Bhandara, Mandla and Seoni districts. The headquarters of the district was originally called "Burha" or "Boora". Later, however, this name fell into disuse and was replaced by "Balaghat", which was originally the name of the district only. Administratively, the district was divided into two tehsils, Baihar tehsil in the north, which included the plateau region, and Balaghat tehsil, which included the more settled lowlands in the south. The new district was part of the Central Provinces' Nagpur Division. Nagpur Division is one of six administrative divisions of Maharashtra state in India. ...

In the middle of the 19th Century the upper part of the district was a lightly settled, but a handsome Buddhist temple of cut stone, belonging to some remote period, is suggestive of a civilization which had disappeared before historic times. The first Deputy-Commissioner of the district, Colonel Bloomfield, encouraged the settlement of Baihar tehsil with Ponwar Marathas from the Wainganga Valley. About that time one Lachhman Naik established the first villages on the Paraswara plateau.Malanjkhand is the most populer copper mine in Asian Region. The Ponwar (also Panwar or Pawar) are a Maratha clan that ruled the states of Chhatarpur, Dewas, Dhar, and Rajgarh in central India. ...

In 1968-9 the rains ceased a month before time, causing the failure of the lowland rice crop and a famine. The district suffered very severely from the famine of 1896-1897, when the output of all crops fell to only 17 percent of normal. The district suffered again in 1899-1900, when the rice crop failed again, falling to only 23 percent of normal. The population in 1901 was 326,521, having decreased 15% in the decade 1891-1901, due to the effects of famine.

At the beginning of the 20th Century, the district had only 15 miles of paved roads, together with 208 miles of unpaved roads. The Jabalpur-Gondia railway line through the district was completed in 1904, with six stations in the district.

After Indian Independence in 1947, the Central Provinces became the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. In 1956, Balaghat District became part of the Jabalpur Division of Madhya Pradesh, when the districts to the south of Balaghat, including Gondiya, Bhandara, and Nagpur districts, were transferred to Bombay State. , Madhya Pradesh (abbreviated as MP)   (HindÄ«: मध्य प्रदेश, English: , IPA: ), often called the Heart of India, is a state in central India. ... Jabalpur division is an administrative geographical unit of Madhya Pradesh state of India. ... Bombay state is a former state of India. ...

External links

• Balaghat District web site
• Balaghat District Map (ICA Online)

References

• Hunter, William Wilson, Sir, et al (1908). Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 6. 1908-1931; Clarendon Press, Oxford.

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