Jagdalpur

Transport

Road transport

The road network in and around Jagdalpur can be seen from the road network map of the area.

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

NH 30 at Raipur connects Jagdalpur to Asian Highway 46 leading to Nagpur and Kolkata. NH 30 near Vijayawada connects Jagdalpur to NH 65 leading to Hyderabad and Pune.

Rail transport

Jagdalpur is connected by rail to the eastern part of India. There are trains connecting Jagdalpur railway station 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).

Jagdalpur-Rowghat Rail Line

BRPL and IRCON signed a project execution agreement in July 2017, under which IRCON will construct a railway line between Jagdalpur and Rawghat in Chhattisgarh. The railway line will have 13 new railway stations and the estimated project cost Rs 2,538 crore approximately.

Presently, the Detailed Project Report (DPR) for this section of the rail line has already been sanctioned by the Railways Board.

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, 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

Maa Danteshwari Airport has started daily flight services between Jagdalpur, Raipur, Hyderabad by Alliance Air under the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) – UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik) of Government of India. Jagdalpur Airport is spread over an area of 132 acres. IndiGo operates flights to Raipur and Hyderabad. Currently it is connected with Delhi via Jabalpur by Alliance Air.

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 38.1 °C. 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 | 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 = 32.8 | year record high C = 46.1 | 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 | 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 | access-date = 19 February 2020}} | access-date = 1 December 2022}}

Demographics

year 2021, town has a population of 325,463.{{cite web

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.

Hindi is the largest language, spoken by 54% of the population. Chhattisgarhi, Halbi, Bhatri and Gondi languages/dialects are also widely spoken. Odia is also spoken by the parts close to Odissa with heavy influence of Halbi.

Industry and economy

Jagdalpur has a primarily agrarian economy. It is the second biggest market after Raipur in the state. Furniture and rice mills are the largest industry. Nagarnar Steel Plant, set up at its outskirts, was completed in October 2018.

Notable sites

Important landmarks in Jagdalpur include 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, and the Sri Venkateshwara Swamy Temple.

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