Chitrakoot Dham

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Chitrakoot Dham
City
Nickname:  City of many Hills
Chitrakoot Dham
Coordinates: 25°12′N 80°54′E / 25.2°N 80.9°E / 25.2; 80.9
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Chitrakoot
Government
• Body	Municipal Council
• MLA	Anil Pradhan (Samajwadi Party)
• Chairman	Narendra Gupta
Elevation	137 m (449 ft)
Highest elevation	700 m (2,300 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	66,426
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	210205
+915198	+915198
Vehicle registration	UP-96
Website	https://chitrakoot.nic.in/

Chitrakoot Dham is a city in the Chitrakoot district, in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is the headquarters of the Chitrakoot district. Situated in the Bundelkhand region, it holds great cultural, historical, religious and archaeological importance and it is said that Rama, a major deity in Hinduism, spent 11 years of exile in Chitrakoot.^{[citation needed]} It is connected to the town of Chitrakoot, situated in the Satna district of Madhya Pradesh.^[1][2]

The city is bounded by Kaushambi in the north, Satna (M.P.) and Rewa (M.P.) in the south, Prayagraj and Banda in the east and west respectively. Chitrakoot Dham is situated on the bank of the Mandakini (Payaswini) river, with mountainous terrain.^{[citation needed]}

As of the 2011 census, Chitrakoot Dham had a population of 66,426, with 54% being male, and 46% female. The city has an average literacy rate of 67%, with male literacy at 75% and female literacy of 58%.^[3]

• Baijnath Bharadwaj Saraswati Vidya Mandir
• Chitrakoot Inter College (CIC)
• Gyan Bharti School
• Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped University, Sitapur
• Sanskrit College, Taronha^[4]
• Goshwami Tulshidas Government College, Bedi Pulia^[4]
• Mahatma Gandhi Chitrakoot Gramodaya University
• Seth Moolchand Vidya Mandir
• St Thomas Sr. Sec. school

• District Hospital Chitrakoot^[5]

The National Highway 35 (NH35) and National Highway 731A (NH731A) runs through Chitrakoot Dham Karwi. NH35 gives connectivity to Varanasi and Jhansi. NH731A gives connectivity to Kausambi, Pratapgarah, and Raebareli. The Bundelkhand Expressway begins in the city, a 296km long expressway, connected to the Agra–Lucknow Expressway, which connects to Delhi.

Chitrakutdham Karwi railway station is part of the Manikpur–Jhansi/Kanpur main line, served by the North-Central division of Indian Railways. It to Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bhopal, Raipur, Jabalpur, Kanpur, Khajuraho, Lucknow, Durg and Varanasi.

Chitrakoot Airport is the nearest airport to the city.

• Chitrakoot, Karwi tehsil, The Imperial Gazetteer of India, 1909, v. 10, p. 300