Seoni Chhapara | |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | India Madhya Pradesh |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Madhya Pradesh, India |
Coordinates: | 22.39°N 79.54°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Madhya Pradesh |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Seoni District |
Government Type: | Nagar panchayat |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Hindi |
Population Total: | 15,371 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Registration Plate: | MP 22 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 480884 |
Chhapara or Seoni Chhapara is a town and a Nagar Panchayat in Seoni District of Madhya Pradesh.[1]
Chhapara was part of gond and marathas kingdoms. It'was one of the garhi of maratha kingdom.Bakht Buland Shah gave the Dongaratal region to Raj Khan, an Afghan adventurer, as governor. He also put his relative Raja Ram Singh in charge of Seoni region, who built a fort at Chhapra. Raj Khan took part of modern Bhandara district.
Chhapara is located on 22.39°N 79.54°E.It has an average elevation of 741 metres (2,431 feet). It's situated 35 km away from Seoni. Wainganga river flows from here.
Chhapara Town has population of 15,371 of which 7,844 are males while 7,527 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.[2]
Chhapara is a tehsil headquarter and a development block. Total 157 villages in this tehsil. [3]
Chhapara is a Nagar Panchayat city in district of Seoni, Madhya Pradesh. The Chhapara city is divided into 15 wards for which elections are held every 5 years.
Chhapara is located on NH 44.It's well connected with roads. It's connected Seoni, Jabalpur, Lakhnadon, Mandla and Narsinghpur. Daily bus runs from Chhapara.