Dhamtari district

Dhamtari is a district in the n of. It was officially formed on, , from an amalgamation of and  (hence the name). Dhamtari District is located in the state of  in. he district headquarter is. It is situated between 20042' N Latitude and 81o33' Longtitude. The total area of the district is 2029 km² and it is 305 meters above the sea level. In the east, Satpura range is located. It is popularly known as  Sihawa pahad.

Demographics
This District is situated between 20°42' N latitude and 81°33' longitude. Dhamtari district was officially formed on, 1998 dividing the district currently the capital of Chhattisgarh along with Mahasamund. Raipur district was broken up into the districts of Raipur, Mahasamund and Dhamtari. Dhamtari, Kurud and Nagari are included in Dhamtari district as s, and blocks.

The total area of the district is 2029 km², and its altitude is 305 m above. The district is surrounded by to the north  and south, and  part of  state to the east and west.

Dhamtari district falls between two constituencies (Kanker and Mahasamund) and three Assembly constituencies: Dhamtari, Kurud, and Sihawa.

Geography
is the principal river of this district and till this area it is named as Kankannadi, Chitrotpala, Neelotpala, Mandvahini, Jairath etc. Its tributaries are Sendur, Pairy, Sondur, Joan, Kharun and Shivnath. The fertility of lands of Dhamtari district can be attributed to the presence of these rivers. The chief crop of this region is paddy. Mahanadi one of the major river in central India originates in the hills of Sihawa flows in an easterly direction into the Bay of Bengal.

The national highway No. 43 Raipur – Vijaynagaram (Andhra Pradesh) passes through Dhamtari. Raipur is 78 km from Dhamtari. thankyou

Economy
Dhamtari has over 106 rice mills.

Ravishankar Sagar dam that irrigates  almost  570 square kilometres of land and also acts as a main  supply unit of safe drinking  water  resource  for  state capital Raipur as well as supply  to Bhilai Steel  Plant  lies almost 11 km from the district capital. Work of 10 MW hydro-electric power plant is  progressing and is likely to be completed very soon.

Asia's first ever Syphen dam was built in the year 1914 at Madamsilli. Besides Madamsilli, Sondhur dam, Dudhawa dam are the major projects.

Approximately 52 percent of the  geographic area is covered by forests. The district has a tropical climate.