Pandariya

Pandariya Pandaria
town
Pandariya Location in Chhattisgarh, India Pandariya Pandariya (India)
Coordinates: 22.23°N 81.42°E / 22.23; 81.42 Major highway = 130A subdivision_type = IndiaCountry
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Kabirdham
Government
• Type	Legislative Assembly
• Body	Nagar Panchayat
Area
• Total	12 km2 (5 sq mi)
• Rank	1st in area
Elevation	348 m (1,142 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	23,175
• Rank	2nd in Kabirdham district
• Density	1,900/km2 (5,000/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Hindi, Chhattisgarhi, English language
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	CG 09

Pandariya is a town and nagar panchayat and development block in Kabirdham district in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. This block is famous for the Dewanpatpar magnetic hill, 40 km north of Pandariya, which has an optical illusion of a gravity hill where vehicle seems to defy the gravity and roll up hill.

Geography

Pandariya is located at 22.23°N 81.42°E / 22.23; 81.42. It has an average elevation of 348 m (1,142 ft).It is situated at the maikal range mountains and is surrounded by lush green Dense forest and only river (half nadi) is located in this city which is the lifeline for farmers of near by villages that comes under pandaria block. this town also have plenty of education institutions and a govt sugar factory to avail benefits to the farmers near by cause this place is known for its farming and sugar producing .

Demographics

As of 2011 India census, Pandariya had a population of 16,165; 8,173 males and 7,992 females, giving a sex-ratio of 978. Pandariya had an average literacy rate of 70.28, whilst 16% of the population (2,577) were children 0–6.

Gravity hill optical illusion

See also: List of gravity hills in India

Dewanpatpar magnetic hill, sometimes also called Pandariya magnetic hill and Kawardha magnetic hill, near Dewanpatpar village on "State Highway SH5" 40 km north of Pandariya in Kabirdham district (formerly called Kawardha district) has an optical illusion of a gravity hill where vehicle seems to defy the gravity and roll from down slope to up the slope. It is 70 km north of Kawardha city on SH5, 130 km northwest of Bilaspur via NH130A, 260 km northwest of Raigarh, 280 km southwest of Ambikapur city, 110 km south of Shahdol, 210 km southeast of Jabalpur, 44 km south of Gadasarai near Chhattisgarh-Madhaya Pradesh border. Another nearest magnetic hill is 300 km away at Ulta pani at Mainpat hill station in Surguja district.