Chhuikhadan

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Chhuikhadan
city
Chhuikhadan is located in Chhattisgarh
Chhuikhadan
Chhuikhadan
Location in Chhattisgarh, India
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Country  India
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Elevation 337 m (1,106 ft)
Population (2001)
 • Total 6,418
Languages
 • Official Hindi, Chhattisgarhi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)

Chhuikhadan is a town and a nagar panchayat in Rajnandgaon District in the state of Chhattisgarh, India.

Geography

Chhuikhadan is located at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found..[1] It has an average elevation of 337? metres (1105 ft).

History

Chhuikhadan served as capital of princely state of Chhuikhadan State It had an area of 153 square miles (400 km2). In 1941 the state had a population of 32,731 people.[2]

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,[3] Chhuikhadan had a population of 6418. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Chhuikhadan has an average literacy rate of 71%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 79% and female literacy of 63%. 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

References

Dr.Sanjay Alung-Chhattisgarh ki Riyaste/Princely stastes aur Jamindariyaa (Vaibhav Prakashan, Raipur1, ISBN 81-89244-96-5)

Dr.Sanjay Alung-Chhattisgarh ki Janjaatiyaa/Tribes aur Jatiyaa/Castes (Mansi publication, Delhi6, ISBN 978-81-89559-32-8)

  1. Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Chhuikhadan
  2. Columbia-Lippincott Gazeteer (New York: Columbia University Press, 1952) p. 389
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