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{{Infobox settlement<br />
|name = Onakona<br />
|other_name = Ona Kona, Odemadih<br />
|settlement_type = village<br />
|image_skyline = Onakona Rudra Temple Chhattisgarh 15.jpg<br />
|caption = The Shiva temple at Onakona<br />
|pushpin_map = India Chhattisgarh#India<br />
|pushpin_map_caption = Location in Chhattisgarh, India<br />
|coordinates = {{coord|20.581|81.442|display=inline,title}}<br />
|subdivision_type = Country<br />
|subdivision_name = [[India]]<br />
|subdivision_type1 = State<br />
|subdivision_name1 = [[Chhattisgarh]]<br />
|subdivision_type2 = District<br />
|subdivision_name2 = [[Dhamtari District]]<br />
|subdivision_type3 = [[Tehsil]]<br />
|subdivision_name3 = Gurur<br />
|governing_body = [[Panchayati raj in India|Panchayat]]<br />
|area_total_km2 = 3.3673<br />
|population_footnotes = <ref name="census_2011"/><br />
|population_as_of = 2011<br />
|population_total = 182<br />
|population_density_km2 = auto<br />
|timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
|utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
|postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN code]]<br />
|postal_code = 491226<br />
}}<br />
'''Onakona''', also known as '''Odemadih''', is a village in the [[Durg District]] of [[Chhattisgarh]], India.<ref name="census_2011"/><br />
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Onakona is located on the banks of the [[Gangrel Dam]] reservoir, built on the [[Mahanadi River]]. In the 21st century, Tirath Raj Futan of [[Dhamtari]] commissioned the construction of a [[Shiva]] temple at Onakona, modeled after the [[Trimbakeshwar Shiva Temple]] in [[Maharashtra]].<ref>{{cite news |title=ओनाकोना बनेगा पर्यटन स्थल |newspaper=Dainik Bhaskar |language=Hindi |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/news/MAT-CHH-OTH-c-206-82046-NOR.html |access-date=2022-12-08 }}</ref> The temple is surrounded by a hill on one side, and the reservoir on the other, with a waterfall pond nearby, making it a popular tourist spot.<ref>{{cite news |title=नया साल मनाने के लिए जिले में है कई खूबसूरत स्थान |newspaper=Nai Dunia |date=2021-12-27 |language=Hindi |url=https://www.naidunia.com/chhattisgarh/balod-there-are-many-beautiful-places-in-the-district-to-celebrate-the-new-year-7209589 |access-date=2022-12-08 }}</ref><br />
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Onakona is located in the [[Gurur]] [[tehsil]], and comes under the administration of the Karrajhar [[gram panchayat]].<ref>{{cite news |title=बालोद के पर्यटन व धार्मिक स्थलों पर नए वर्ष में आज जुटेंगे पर्यटक |newspaper=Dainik Bhaskar |language=Hindi |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/news/CHH-OTH-MAT-latest-dallirajhara-news-031503-1701920-NOR.html |access-date=2022-12-08 }}</ref> As of 2011, the village has a population of 182 people, including 95 males and 87 females, who live in 38 houses. The effective literacy rate, that is the literacy rate of population aged 7 years and above, is 72.53%.<ref name="census_2011">{{cite web |title=PCA: Primary Census Abstract C.D. Block wise, Chhattisgarh - District Durg - 2011 |publisher=Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/41087 |access-date=2022-12-08 }}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Villages in Durg district]]<br />
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