Bhedaghat

Bhedaghat भेड़ाघाट
city
File:Madhya Pradesh districts location map big.svg Bhedaghat Location in Madhya Pradesh, India
Coordinates:
Country	India
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Jabalpur
Population (2001)
• Total	1,840
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)

Bhedaghat (Hindi: भेड़ाघाट) is a town and a nagar panchayat in Jabalpur district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. It is situated by the side of river Narmada and is approximately 20 km from Jabalpur city. Its most famous sights are the Dhuandhar Falls, Marble Rocks, and the Chaunsath Yogini temple

The temple is one of the four major extant temples containing carvings of sixty four yogini, female yoga mystics. It was built in the 10th century under the Kalachuri empire. It commands a view of the whole area around and of the river flowing through the marble rocks.

Its major attraction is a waterfall known as Dhuandhar, which looks like smoke coming out of the river and therefore it got its name as "Dhuan(smoke)-dhar(flow of water)". Another major attraction is 'Bandar Kodini', when one travels in between the marble rocks in a boat, the mountains at both the sides at one point come so close that the monkeys are able to jump across them, hence the name "Bandar Kodini". In a moonlit night, the travel between the marble rock mountains in a boat on the river Narmada is one of the popular tourist attractions here.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, Bhedaghat had a population of 1840. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Bhedaghat has an average literacy rate of 63%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 71% and female literacy of 53%. 16% of the population is under 7 years of age.

Transport

The nearest railway station is Bhedaghat Raiway station. It is possible to take a tempo (auto-rickshaw) from Jabalpur to Bhedaghat. Its distance from main City is about 28 km.

Trivia

• The song "Raat Ka Nasha Abhi" from the Hindi film Asoka was shot in Bhedaghat among the marble rocks by the Narmada River.
• In 1961, a hit song of the film Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai was also shot at Bhedaghat. This song featured Raj Kapoor and Padmini.
• Another movie, Pran Jaye Vachan Na Jaye, also used Bhedaghat as its location.

Politics

in 2011 assembly elections, congress registered a win here.

Gallery

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  Dhuandhar Falls

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  The river Narmada flowing downstream after the Dhuandhar falls.

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  Dhuandhar Bhedaghat

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  Dhuandhar Bhedaghat

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  Side view of the Dhuandhar Falls seen during the monsoon season.

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  Marble rocks alongside Narmada River

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  The river Narmada flowing downstream after the Dhuandhar falls.

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  River Narmada flowing through Bhedaghat

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