{{Short description|City in Uttar Pradesh, India}} {{About|the municipality in Uttar Pradesh|other uses|Chitrakoot (disambiguation)}} {{more citations needed|date=August 2022}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Chitrakoot Dham | native_name = | native_name_lang = | other_name = | settlement_type = City | image_skyline = {{Photomontage |photo1a = Government Polytechnic - Bargarh - Chitrakoot 2014-07-06 7257.JPG |photo2a = Chitrakoot bathing ghats on the Mandakini River INDIA.jpg |photo1b = 100 Bedded Hospital - Chitrakoot - Uttar Pradesh - 2014-07-04 5725.JPG | spacing = 6 | position = | color_border = Black | color = white | size = 280 | foot_montage = }} | image_alt = | image_caption = Polytechnic college, Karwi, Ramghat at Chitrakoot (top); Hospital at Chitrakoot (bottom) | nickname = City of many Hills | image_map = | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = India Uttar Pradesh | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|25.2|N|80.9|E|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = India | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = Uttar Pradesh | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Chitrakoot | established_title = <!-- Established --> | established_date = | founder = | named_for = | government_type = | governing_body = Municipal Council | leader_title1 = Chairman | leader_name1 = Narendra Gupta | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = | area_rank = | area_total_km2 = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 137 | population_total = 66426 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_rank = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | population_footnotes = | demographics_type1 = | demographics1_title1 = Official | demographics1_info1 = <nowiki>Hindi</nowiki> | timezone1 = IST | utc_offset1 = +5:30 | postal_code_type = PIN | postal_code = 210205 | area_code_type = +915198 | area_code = +915198 | registration_plate = UP-96 | website = https://chitrakoot.nic.in/ | footnotes = | official_name = | leader_name = Anil Pradhan | leader_title = MLA | leader_party = Samajwadi Party | elevation_max_m = 700 }}
'''Chitrakoot Dham''' is a city in the Chitrakoot district, in the India state of Uttar Pradesh. It is the headquarters of the Chitrakoot district. Situated in the Baghelkhand 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|date=August 2023}} It is connected to the town of Chitrakoot, situated in the Satna district of Madhya Pradesh.<ref>"[https://books.google.com/books?id=qzUqk7TWF4wC Uttar Pradesh in Statistics]," Kripa Shankar, APH Publishing, 1987, ISBN 9788170240716</ref><ref>"[https://books.google.com/books?id=S46rbUL6GrMC Political Process in Uttar Pradesh: Identity, Economic Reforms, and Governance] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170423083533/https://books.google.com/books?id=S46rbUL6GrMC|date=23 April 2017}}," Sudha Pai (editor), Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Pearson Education India, 2007, ISBN 9788131707975</ref>
==Geography== 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|date=July 2023}}
==Demographics== 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%.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.census2011.co.in/data/town/801059-chitrakoot-dham.html|title=Chitrakoot Dham Population Census 2011 – 2020|website=census2011.co.in|access-date=2018-01-26}}</ref>
==Educational institutes== * Baijnath Bharadwaj Saraswati Vidya Mandir * Chitrakoot Inter College (CIC) * Gyan Bharti School * Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped University, Sitapur * Sanskrit College, Taronha<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Colleges/Universities {{!}} District Chitrakoot, An Official Website of District Chitrakoot {{!}} India |url=https://chitrakoot.nic.in/public-utility-category/colleges/ |access-date=2023-06-20 |language=en-US}}</ref> * Goshwami Tulshidas Government College, Bedi Pulia<ref name=":0" /> * Mahatma Gandhi Chitrakoot Gramodaya University * Seth Moolchand Vidya Mandir * St Thomas Sr. Sec. school
==Hospitals== * District Hospital Chitrakoot<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hospitals {{!}} District Chitrakoot, An Official Website of District Chitrakoot {{!}} India |url=https://chitrakoot.nic.in/public-utility-category/hospitals/ |access-date=2023-06-20 |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Transport==
=== Roads === 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 296 km long expressway, connected to the Agra–Lucknow Expressway, which connects to Delhi.
=== Railways === 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.
=== Airport === Chitrakoot Airport is the nearest airport to the city.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V10_306.gif ''Chitrakoot, Karwi tehsil'', The Imperial Gazetteer of India, 1909, v. 10, p. 300]
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