Chitrakoot Dham (Karwi)

Chitrakoot Dham (Karwi)
—  city  —
Coordinates
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District(s)	Chitrakoot
Population	48,853 (2001[update])
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)

For a town in Satna district, Madhya Pradesh, see Chitrakuta.

Chitrakoot Dham (Karwi) is a city and a municipal board in Chitrakoot district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.

Demographics

As of 2001^[update] India census,^[1] Chitrakoot Dham (Karwi) had a population of 48,853. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Chitrakoot Dham (Karwi) has an average literacy rate of 67%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 75% and female literacy of 58%. 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.Is District Head Quarter of Chitrakoot district, which came into existence in 1997.Earlier it was a tehsil under Banda district. Distance Covered by district from east to west is 62 Km. & north to south is 57.5 Km. It is bounded in the north by Kaushambi, in the south by Satna(M.P.) & Rewa (M.P.) , in the east by Allahabad (PrayagRaj), in the west by Banda. Area of District is 345291 Sq. Kilometer. District is linked with Roadways to all adjoining districts of Banda, Allahabad, Satna, Rewa & Kaushambi. There are two tehsils namely Karwi and MAU and five blocks Chitrakoot Dham Karwi, Ramnagar, Mau, Manikpur, Pahadi in the district. There is Chitrakoot Intermediate College which is one the oldest and prominent school of the region.

References

1. ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999. Retrieved 2008-11-01. 

External links

• Chitrakoot, Karwi tehsil, The Imperial Gazetteer of India, 1909, v. 10, p. 300

Coordinates: 25°12′00″N 80°54′00″E / 25.2000°N 80.9000°E / 25.2000; 80.9000