Jhagrakhand

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TOWN
Jhagrakhanda Location in Chhattisgarh, India
Coordinates: 23°11′16″N 82°10′20″E / 23.18785°N 82.17229°ECoordinates: 23°11′16″N 82°10′20″E / 23.18785°N 82.17229°E
Country	India
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Koriya
Government
• Type	democratic
• Body	nagar panchayat
Population (2013)
• Total	9,007
Languages
• Official	Hindi, Chhattisgarhi
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Vehicle registration	cg 16

Jhagrakhand is a town and a nagar panchayat in Koriya District in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,^[1] Jhagrakhand had a population of 7507. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Jhagrakhand has an average literacy rate of 63%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 72%, and female literacy is 54%. In Jhagrakhand, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Main places of Jhagrakhand

• Market Place :- market of the jkd is filled with the basic amenities, doctor clinic, cloth shops, restaurants, and basic goods shops. The basic feature of the market is that a huge place for marketing and a two way market so that there is no problem with traffic.
• Durga Pandal :- in the jkd there so many durga pandal but the beauty of the paldal which is situated in dafai no 7 is most beautiful among them all. rather than colony no 7 colony no 1, and in ravan ground also there are beautiful pandals .
• The head of heasdoe are the cgm . and other officer lives near colony no 7.
• Hospital :- There is a SECL managed hospital and several small clinics in this town.
• Main office(Mohara in local Lang.) :- The control office for WATER supply in the town. central bank of India is the only bank which is present here .
• Playing areas :- badi ground, sindhi society ground market ground, ravan ground, 2 no ground
• Colony Area :- Here the colonies are called as Dafai in local language. There are total 7 colonies (Dafai) starting from 1 to 7where there are quarters for SECL employees. There is a Kali Tample (Kali Badi), at dafai No. 7. in every amawasya there is a local fest .
• Schools :- Kendriya Vidyalaya(English medium), Marea School(Eng.med), Saint Joseph School(Eng. MED.), Higher Secondary School (Hin.Med.), High secondary girls school, Sindi society education.
• Siddh Baba :- There is a small Lord Siva temple at the top of the Siddh Baba Hill. Fair gets organised on Makar Sankranti and Maha Shivratri days, which is very famous in that area.
• Other beauti  :- magardaha nala, hasdeo river,

References

1. "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. Retrieved 2008-11-01.