Kanker district

Kanker District is located in the southern region of the state of Chhattisgarh, India within the longitudes 20.6-20.24 and latitudes 80.48-81.48. The total area of the district is 5285.01 square kilometers. The population is 651,333.

History

What is now Kanker District was a part of old Bastar district. In 1999 Kanker received its identity as an independent district. Now it is surrounded by five other districts of Chhattisgarh state: Bastar District, Dhamtari District, Durg District,Narayanpur and Rajnandgaon District. [cite web
url=http://kanker.gov.in/
title=Kander District Website
publisher=
accessdate = 2006-09-22 ]

Description

Five river flow through the district. These are the Mahanadi River, Doodh River,
Hatkul River, Sindur River and Turu River. This district is made up of small pockets of hills.

History

According to the Kanker District Website, the area has been inhabited since the stone age but that it was always an independent state. In 106 AD the Kanker state was under the Satvahan dynasty whose king was Satkarni. After this dynasty, the state was under the control of Nags, Vakataks and Gupt dynasties at differenct times. Next, the rulers were the Kanker dynasty and after their downfall came the Chandra dynasty. This was followed by the Marathas and the British. [cite web
url=http://kanker.gov.in/history.htm
title=History
publisher=
accessdate = 2006-09-22 ]

Economy

The district's economy is based on agriculture. This is the main work of tribes. Because the land is hilly and forested, trees must be cut and the land ploughed before the rainy season begins. The land is planted with rice or other grains, in an agricultural practice called Marham or Dippa. After a year or two, the land is deserted and new land prepared for planting.

Rice is the main crop of area. However wheat, sugar cane, chana, Kodo, Moong, Tilli, bhutta are the also important crops along with many types of vegetables and fruits such as mangoes and bananas. [cite web
url=http://kanker.gov.in/resources.htm
title=Resources and Economy
publisher=
accessdate = 2006-09-22 ]

Art and culture

The Kanker District Website also describes the art and culture of the area, as well as the important festivals. It says that approximately fifty percent of the population is tribal, so tribal culture dominates. Many wonderful forms of local handicrafts, including wood crafts and bamboo crafts are described and pictured. [cite web
url=http://kanker.gov.in/culture.htm
title=Art and Culture
publisher=
accessdate = 2006-09-22 ] There are also photographs of the district on this webpage.

Attractions

Kanker District has the following attractions: [cite web
url=http://kanker.gov.in/tourism.htm
title=Tourism
publisher=
accessdate = 2006-09-22 ]
*The Gadiya Mountain
*Tank on mountain
*Malanjhkudum Water fall
*Charre-Marre Water fall
*Shivani Maa temple in Kanker city

Notes

External links

* [http://kanker.gov.in/ Kander District Website]
* [http://kanker.gov.in/photogal.htm District Photo Gallery]
* [http://cgwbraipur.gov.in/NCCR/Kanker.htm#quality Government Water Quality Website]