Key facts
- Country
- India
- State
- Chhattisgarh
- Division
- Durg
- Headquarters
- Kawardha
- Tehsils
- Kawardha Pandaria Bodala Lohara Rengakhar
- Total
- 4,447 km (1,717 sq mi)
- Density
- 185.0/km (479.0/sq mi)
- Literacy
- 61.95%
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30 ( IST )
- Pin
- 491xxx (Kabirdham)
- Major highways
- NH 30 and NH 130A
- Website
- kawardha .nic .in
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
कबीरधाम ,छत्तीसगढ़ सरकार | Culture Heritage of Chhattisgarh | India
Culture Heritage of Chhattisgarh
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Encyclopedic overview
Kabirdham district is one of the 33 administrative districts of Chhattisgarh state in central India. The district was earlier known as Kawardha district. The district is located between 21.32' to 22.28' north latitude and 80.48' to 81.48' east longitude. The district covers an area of 4,447.5 km (1,717.2 sq mi). The city of Kawardha is its administrative headquarters. This district is known for the Bhoramdeo temple (which is also known by the sobriquet, "the Khajuraho of Chhattisgarh") located at a distance of 18 km from the district headquarters, Kawardha and its surrounding Bhoramdev Wildlife Sanctuary.
The boundaries of the district are Dindori District of Madhya Pradesh to the north, Mungeli and Bemetara districts to the east, Rajnandgaon District to the south, Balaghat and Mandla districts of Madhya Pradesh to the west. The northern and western parts are surrounded by the Maikal mountain ranges of Satpura.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kabirdham district” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.