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{{original research|date=September 2019}}

{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Jagdalpur
| native_name = 
| native_name_lang = Bastaria
| other_name = Jathuguda
| settlement_type = [[Metropolitan area|Metro]]
| image_skyline =
| image_caption =
| nickname = City of streets
| map_caption =
| pushpin_map = India Chhattisgarh#India
| coordinates = {{coord|19.18|N|81.92|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Administrative divisions of India|Division]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Chhattisgarh]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Bastar Division]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Bastar District]]
| established_title = 
| government_type =
| governing_body = Jagdalpur Nagar Nigam
| leader_party = [[INC]]
| leader_title1 = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name1 = Safira Sahu
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes = <ref name='Jagdalpur City'>{{cite web|title=Jagdalpur City|url=https://www.icra.in/Rationale/ShowRationaleReport/?Id=72170}}</ref>
| area_total_km2 = 183
| area_rank = 3rd(in chhattisgarh)
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 552
| population_total = 263000
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_footnotes = <ref name='Jagdalpur City'/>
| population_metro = 5,67,478
| population_metro_footnotes = <ref name=2015Cities/>
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_rank = 4th in( chhattisgarh) 155 in india
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 494001, 494005 (Dharampura)
| area_code = 07782-xxxxxx
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| registration_plate = CG-17
| unemployment_rate =
| website = {{URL|http://www.bastar.gov.in}}
| leader_title2 = Collector
| leader_name2 = Mr. Rajat Bansal (IAS)
| leader_title3 = Police commissioner
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| demographics1_title2 = Native
| demographics1_info2 = [[Halbi language|Halbi]], [[Bhatri language|Bhatri]], [[Gondi language|Gondi]]
| official_name = Jagdalpur city
}}

'''Jagdalpur''' is a city in [[Bastar district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Chhattisgarh]]. Jagdalpur is the administrative headquarters of [[Bastar District]] and [[Bastar Division]]. It was earlier the capital of the former [[princely state]] of [[Bastar state|Bastar]]. It is the fourth largest city of [[Chhattisgarh]].The city is commercial, financial and political center of hub for South [[Chhattisgarh]].

==Demographics==
[[File:Indravati River Jagdalpur Chhattisgarh India.jpg|thumb|Indravati River Jagdalpur Chhattisgarh India]]
{{As of|2016|alt=As of the}} year 2016, [[Jagdalpur Municipal Corporation]] had a population of 5,67,478.<ref name=2015Cities>{{cite web
|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_2_PR_Cities_1Lakh_and_Above.pdf|title=Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011; Cities having population 1 lakh and above|publisher=Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|access-date=27 March 2012}}</ref> The Municipal Corporation have a [[human sex ratio|sex ratio]] of 985 females per 1,000 males and 19.0% of the population were under six years old.<ref name="2015Cities" /> Effective literacy was 90.44%; male literacy was 92.51% and female literacy was 88.37%.<ref name=2015Cities />
{{bar box
|title=Religions in Jagdalpur (2011)<ref name="Religion">{{cite web |title=C-16 Population By Religion - Maharashtra|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01/DDW22C-01%20MDDS.XLS|website=census.gov.in}}</ref>
|titlebar=#FCD116
|left1=Religion
|right1=Percent
|float=left
|bars=
{{bar percent|[[Hindus]]|darkorange|81.80}}
{{bar percent|[[Christianity in Chhattisgarh|Christians]]|dodgerblue|9.44}}
{{bar percent|[[Muslims]]|#008000|5.32}}
{{bar percent|[[Jainism|Jains]]|brown|1.81}}
{{bar percent|[[Sikhs]]|darkkhaki|1.27}}
{{bar percent|Other or not stated|black|0.36}}
}}
At the time of the 2011 census, 81.80% of the population were Hindus, 9.44% Christians, 5.32% Muslims, 1.81% Jains, 1.27% Sikhs.<ref name="Religion"/>

Hindi is the largest language, spoken by 54% of the population.
{{See also|List of cities in Chhattisgarh}}

==Industry and economy==
Jagdalpur has a primarily agrarian economy, it is the second biggest market after Raipur in state, although it also has many small scale and a few large scale industries as well. Furniture Industries and rice mills are the most common industries in this region. [[Nagarnar Steel Plant]], being set up at its outskirts, is at an advanced construction and is slated for commissioning in October 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.patrika.com/bastar-news/by-the-end-of-the-year-bastar-will-come-good-days-read-this-news-1-2519071/|title=nagarnar to implant new|work=patrika|access-date=7 April 2018}}</ref><ref name=DailyPioneer>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/raipur/nmdcs-nagarnar-steel-plant-to-start-op-in-oct-cmd.html|title=NMDC's Nagarnar Steel Plant to Start Op in Oct: CMD|website=DailyPioneer|date=25 April 2018}}</ref>

'''[[Nagarnar Steel Plant]]'''

[[National Mineral Development Corporation]] (NMDC), as part of its diversification, value addition and forward integration programme is setting up a 3 MTPA capacity greenfield Integrated Steel Plant based on HiSmelt technology in Nagarnar, located 16 km from Jagdalpur in [[Chhattisgarh]] state with an estimated outlay of Rs 20000 crore.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.navpradesh.com/business/nmdc-ias-n-baijendra-kumar-mines-lease-renewal/|title=एनएमडीसी के 'संकट' मोचक बने आईएएस एन. बैजेंद्र कुमार|language=hi|trans-title=IAS N. becomes NMDC's 'crisis' freer Baijendra Kumar|date=November 19, 2019}}</ref>

Construction work for the project is in progress and around 90.59% of civil work, 79.01% structural erection, 60.36% equipment erection have been completed as on
31 December 17.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://steel.gov.in/sites/default/files/annual_Report_English_07March2018.pdf| title=Steel Ministry Annual Report 2017-18 presentation| website=IICHE| date=7 March 2018}}</ref>

Baijendra Kumar, Chairman cum managing director, [[National Mineral Development Corporation|NMDC]] has set October 2018 as the deadline to commission the plant.<ref name=DailyPioneer/>

==Places of Interest==
The contribution of Tourism in the Economy of Jagdalpur Tourism is one of the main sources of income for the city. The city is rightly said to be the paradise of tourists looking for fun and frolic in Jagdalpur. The city is an abode of many wildlife, temples, waterfalls, caves, lakes, museums, historic monuments and what not. Some of the must-visit places in Jagdalpur are [[Chitrakote Falls]], [[Teerathgarh Falls]], [[Kotumsar Cave]], [[Tamda Ghumar]] waterfalls, [[Mendri Ghumar]] waterfalls, [[Kanger Ghati National Park]], [[Indravati National Park]], [[Danteshwari Temple]], the historic Temples in Barsoor, Jagannath temple, Mavli temple, Laxmi-Narayan temple, The Sri Venkateshwara Swamy Temple and more.<ref>{{Cite report|url=http://dcmsme.gov.in/dips/bastar.pdf|title=Brief Industrial Profile of Bastar District|publisher=MSME-Development Institute, Raipur (Ministry of MSME, Govt. of India)|access-date=4 April 2018}}</ref>

The Ministry of Tourism, Government of [[India]] has identified Jagdalpur-[[Teerathgarh Falls|Teerathgarh]]-[[Chitrakote Falls|Chitrakoot]]-Barsur-[[Dantewada]]-[[Teerathgarh Falls|Teerathgarh]] Circuit as one of the 45 Mega Tourist Destinations/Circuits in India on the basis of footfalls and their future tourism potential.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=79829|title=Development of Mega Destination and Tourist Circuit|website=PIB|date=28 April 2018}}</ref>

==Transport==

===Road Transport===
Road network in and around Jagdalpur can be seen from the [http://maps.google.co.in/maps?hl=en&sugexp=cfis&cp=6&gs_id=n&xhr=t&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&biw=1280&bih=685&q=jagdalpur&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x3a30126bc5ae6beb:0xcae4d4ac10952ba7,Jagdalpur,+Chhattisgarh&gl=in&ei=rjWBT6-aFsitrAengunZBQ&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=image&resnum=1&sqi=2&ved=0CDYQ8gEwAA/ road network map] of the area.

The [[National Highway (India)|National Highways]] passing through Jagdalpur are [[National Highway 30 (India)|NH 30]] (connecting [[Raipur]] to [[Vijaywada]] in [[Andhra Pradesh]] via [[National Highway 65 (India)|NH 65]]), and [[National Highway 63 (India)|NH 63]] (connecting Jagdalpur to [[Nizamabad, Telangana|Nizamabad]] in [[Telangana]]) while passing through [[Maharashtra]].

[[National Highway 30 (India)|NH 30]] at [[Raipur]] connects Jagdalpur to [[AH46|Asian Highway 46]] leading to [[Nagpur]] and [[Kolkata]].
[[National Highway 30 (India)|NH 30]] near [[Vijayawada]] connects Jagdalpur to [[National Highway 65 (India)|NH 65]] leading to [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]] and [[Pune]].

===Rail Transport===
Jagdalpur is connected by rail line with the eastern part of India. There are trains connecting Jagdalpur to [[Howrah]], [[Bhubaneshwar]] and [[Visakhapatnam]]. The rail connectivity of Jagdalpur to [[Durg]] via [[Rayagada]] and [[Raipur]] is about 658 km long and takes 14.5 hours of travel time as compared to that by road which takes about 6–7 hours (distance 300 km).<ref>{{cite web| url=https://indiarailinfo.com/departures/jagdalpur-jdb/2006| title=Train Departures from Jagdalpur| website=IndianRailInfo| date=28 April 2018}}</ref>

'''Jagdalpur-Rowghat Rail Line Status'''

NMDC, IRCON, SAIL and CMDC have signed an agreement on 20 January 2016 and pursuant to the same, a company named Bastar Railway Private Limited (BRPL) has already been formed on 5 May 2016 <ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.tofler.in/bastar-railway-private-limited/company/U74900CT2016PTC007251| title=BASTAR RAILWAY PRIVATE LIMITED| website=Toefler| date=28 December 2017}}</ref> for undertaking implementation of the railway line from Jagdalpur to Rowghat.

NDMC has the biggest shareholding in BRPL at 43 percent while SAIL, IRCON & Govt. of Chhattisgarh have shareholding of 21 percent, 26 percent and 10 percent respectively.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/raipur/nmdc-spending-rs-5036-cr-for-railway-track-doubling-work.html| title=NMDC SPENDING RS 50.36 CR FOR RAILWAY TRACK DOUBLING WORK| website=Dailypioneer.com| date=15 November 2017}}</ref>

BRPL and IRCON have signed a project execution agreement in July 2017, under which IRCON will construct the railway line between Jagdalpur and Rawghat in [[Chhattisgarh]]. The railway line will have 13 new Railway stations and the estimated project cost of this Rail corridor is Rs 2,538 crore approximately.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.railnews.in/bastar-railway-private-ltd-ircon-ink-mou-for-laying-jagdalpur-rawghat-rail-line-in-chattisgarh-nmdc/| title=NMDC JV to construct Rs 2,538 Crore rail corridor project with IRCON| website=Railnews.in| date=21 July 2017}}</ref>

Presently,{{when|date=September 2019}} the Detailed Project Report (DPR) for this section of the rail line has already been sanctioned by the Railways Board.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://thehitavada.com/Encyc/2018/4/26/Centre-gives-nod-to-3-new-trains-for-C-garh.aspx| title=Centre gives nod to 3 new trains for C'garh| website=Hitavada| date=26 April 2018| access-date=28 April 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180429024123/http://thehitavada.com/Encyc/2018/4/26/Centre-gives-nod-to-3-new-trains-for-C-garh.aspx| archive-date=29 April 2018| url-status=dead}}</ref>

Survey work is currently underway and the target was earlier set to complete survey work of Jagdalpur-Kondagaon-Narayanpur by the month of March 2016 and of Narayanpur-Rowghat section by the month of May 2016, but there have been delays reported. In a government review carried out in February 2018,<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/raipur/complete-all-survey-work-for-rly-project-by-march-15.html| title=COMPLETE ALL SURVEY WORK FOR RLY PROJECT BY MARCH 15| website=Daily Pioneer| date=25 February 2018}}</ref> it was reported that the survey work for Jagdalpur to Kondagaon railway track laying comprising length of 91.76 km had been completed for Jagdalpur-Rowghat Railway project. It was also reported that the survey work for Kondagaon to Rowghat for the 91.6 km to 140 km distance in under progress. The project team was directed by government to complete all the survey work for the project by 15 March 2018.

===Air Transport===
In the name of [[Jagdalpur Airport|Maa Danteshwari Airport, Jagdalpur]] has started daily flight services between Jagdalpur, [[Raipur]], [[Hyderabad]] by [[Alliance Air (India)|Alliance Air]] under the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) – UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik) of Government of [[India]].<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.punjabkesari.in/business/news/direct-flights-to-three-cities-from-may-15-790950| title=Direct flights to three cities from May 15| website=PunjabKesari| date=24 April 2018}}</ref> [[Jagdalpur Airport]] is spread over an area of 132 acres.

==Climate==
Jagdalpur has a [[tropical savanna climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification]] ''Aw'') with three main seasons: summer, monsoon, and winter. Summers last from March to May and are hot, with the average maximum for May reaching {{convert|38.1|°C|°F}}. The weather cools off somewhat for the monsoon season from June to September, which features very heavy rainfall. Winters are warm and dry.

{{Weather box
| location = Jagdalpur (1981–2010, extremes 1909–2012)
| metric first = Y
| single line = Y
| Jan record high C = 34.8
| Feb record high C = 38.7
| Mar record high C = 40.6
| Apr record high C = 43.3
| May record high C = 46.1
| Jun record high C = 45.5
| Jul record high C = 38.9
| Aug record high C = 39.8
| Sep record high C = 34.2
| Oct record high C = 36.1
| Nov record high C = 34.1
| Dec record high C = 32.2
| year record high C = 46.1
| Jan high C = 28.7
| Feb high C = 31.5
| Mar high C = 35.2
| Apr high C = 37.6
| May high C = 38.0
| Jun high C = 33.3
| Jul high C = 29.1
| Aug high C = 28.5
| Sep high C = 30.2
| Oct high C = 30.6
| Nov high C = 29.3
| Dec high C = 28.2
| year high C = 31.7
| Jan low C = 11.7
| Feb low C = 14.5
| Mar low C = 18.6
| Apr low C = 22.2
| May low C = 24.1
| Jun low C = 23.8
| Jul low C = 22.7
| Aug low C = 22.5
| Sep low C = 22.3
| Oct low C = 19.8
| Nov low C = 15.2
| Dec low C = 11.2
| year low C = 19.0
| Jan record low C = 2.8
| Feb record low C = 5.0
| Mar record low C = 8.5
| Apr record low C = 13.9
| May record low C = 17.2
| Jun record low C = 14.5
| Jul record low C = 18.3
| Aug record low C = 16.7
| Sep record low C = 17.6
| Oct record low C = 11.1
| Nov record low C = 5.6
| Dec record low C = 3.9
| year record low C = 2.8
| rain colour = green
| Jan rain mm = 12.6
| Feb rain mm = 10.1
| Mar rain mm = 17.4
| Apr rain mm = 41.1
| May rain mm = 78.5
| Jun rain mm = 230.0
| Jul rain mm = 358.5
| Aug rain mm = 360.6
| Sep rain mm = 195.7
| Oct rain mm = 88.5
| Nov rain mm = 27.4
| Dec rain mm = 6.9
| year rain mm = 1427.4
| Jan rain days = 0.8
| Feb rain days = 1.0
| Mar rain days = 1.6
| Apr rain days = 3.2
| May rain days = 5.7
| Jun rain days = 10.3
| Jul rain days = 17.1
| Aug rain days = 18.0
| Sep rain days = 11.7
| Oct rain days = 5.0
| Nov rain days = 1.6
| Dec rain days = 0.5
| year rain days = 76.3
|time day = 17:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| Jan humidity = 47
| Feb humidity = 38
| Mar humidity = 33
| Apr humidity = 36
| May humidity = 43
| Jun humidity = 66
| Jul humidity = 81
| Aug humidity = 83
| Sep humidity = 79
| Oct humidity = 70
| Nov humidity = 62
| Dec humidity = 55
|year humidity = 58
|source 1 = [[India Meteorological Department]]<ref name=IMDnormals>
{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205040301/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf
| archive-date = 5 February 2020
| url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf
| title = Station: Jagdalpur Climatological Table 1981–2010
| work = Climatological Normals 1981–2010
| publisher = India Meteorological Department
| date = January 2015
| pages = 341–342
| access-date = 19 February 2020}}</ref><ref name=IMDextremes>
{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205042509/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf
| archive-date = 5 February 2020
| url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf
| title = Extremes of Temperature & Rainfall for Indian Stations (Up to 2012)
| publisher = India Meteorological Department
| date = December 2016
| page = M41
| access-date = 19 February 2020}}</ref>
}}

==See also==
* [[Chitrakote Falls]]
* [[Danteshwari Temple]]
* [[Indravati National Park]]
* [[Kanger Ghati National Park]]
* [[Kotumsar Cave]]
* [[Mendri Ghumar]]
* [[Tamda Ghumar]]
* [[Teerathgarh Falls]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{wikivoyage|Jagdalpur}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20020406145058/http://bastar.nic.in/ Bastar District Website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110515143111/http://www.chhattisgarh.nic.in/ Official Website Govt. of Chhattisgarh]

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