Jagdalpur

Jagdalpur is a city in Bastar district in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. Jagdalpur hosts one of 52 shakti peeths called Danteswari Shakti Peeth and also has religiously significant shiv linga in Kotumsar Cave. Jagdalpur is the administrative headquarters of Bastar District and Bastar Division. It was earlier the capital of the former princely state of Bastar. Bastar district has multiple scenic waterfalls that is popular for tourists throughput India. It is the fourth largest city of Chhattisgarh.The city is one of the most important commercial, financial and political hub in Chhattisgarh. The Ministry of Tourism, Government of India has identified Jagdalpur-Teerathgarh-Chitrakoot-Barsur-Dantewada-Teerathgarh Circuit as one of the 45 Mega Tourist Destinations/Circuits in India on the basis of footfalls and their future tourism potential. 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 . The weather cools off somewhat for the monsoon season from June to September, which features very heavy rainfall. Winters are warm and dry. year 2021,town has a population of 114,345. The Municipal Corporation have a sex ratio of 985 females per 1,000 males and 19.0% of the population were under six years old. Effective literacy was 90.44%; male literacy was 92.51% and female literacy was 88.37%. 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. Bengali, Oriya, Malayalam and Telugu are also widely spoken. List of cities in Chhattisgarh Jagdalpur has a primarily agrarian economy, it is the second biggest market after Raipur in state, although it also has many small scale and a few large scale industries as well. Furniture Industries and rice mills are the most common industries in this region.