# Chhatarpur

Chhatarpur is a city and a municipality in Chhatarpur district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Chhatarpur District.

## History

Chhatarpur was founded in 1785 and is named after leader Chhatrasal, the founder of Bundelkhand, and contains his cenotaph. The state was ruled by his descendants until 1785. At that time the Ponwar clan of the Rajputs took control of Chhatarpur. The state was guaranteed to Kunwar Sone Singh Ponwar in 1806 by the British Raj. In 1854 Chhatarpur would have lapsed to the British government for want of direct heirs under the doctrine of lapse, but was conferred on Jagat Raj as a special act of grace. The Ponwar Rajas ruled a princely state with an area of 1,118 square miles (2,900 km$^2$), and population of 156,139 in 1901, which was part of the Bundelkhand agency of Central India.
In 1901 the town of Chhatarpur had a population of 10,029, a high school and manufactured paper and coarse cutlery. The state also contained the British cantonment of Nowgong.

### Rajas

* 1785–1816 Kunwar Sone Shah (d. 1816)
* 1816–1854 Partab Singh (d. 1854)
* 1854–1867 Jaghat Singh (b. 1846 – d. 1867)
* 1867–1895 Vishvanath Singh (b. 1866 – d. 1932)

### Maharajas

* (4 May 1649 – 20 December 1731) Maharaja Chhatrasal
* 1895–1932 Vishvanath Singh (b. 1866 – d. 1932)
* 1932–1947 Bhawani Singh (b. 1921 – d. 2006)
After the independence of India in 1947, the Rajas of Chhatarpur acceded to India, and Chhatarpur, together with the rest of Bundelkhand, became part of the Indian state of Vindhya Pradesh. Vindhya Pradesh was later merged into the state of Madhya Pradesh in 1956.

## Geography

Chhatarpur is located at 24°33′00″N 79°21′10″E﻿ / ﻿24.5500°N 79.3527°E﻿ / 24.5500; 79.3527. It has an average elevation of 305 metres (1,000 feet). It is located on the far north-east border of Madhya Pradesh.

## Places to visit

Places of interest in chhatarpur are Bageshwar dham (25 km from city) Khajuraho temples (40 km) Kutni dam (40 km ) Dhubela measuem (5) Jatashankar temple (40) Hanuman toriya

## Climate

Chhatarpur has humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cwa) with hot summers, a somewhat cooler monsoon season and cool winters. Heavy rainfall occurs in the monsoon season from June to September.
Climate data for Chhatarpur :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 32.3 (90.1) | 35.0 (95.0) | 39.1 (102.4) | 42.8 (109.0) | 45.0 (113.0) | 47.0 (116.6) | 40.0 (104.0) | 35.3 (95.5) | 38.1 (100.6) | 36.0 (96.8) | 34.6 (94.3) | 30.6 (87.1) | 47.0 (116.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 24.5 (76.1) | 26.7 (80.1) | 32.2 (90.0) | 37.8 (100.0) | 40.6 (105.1) | 37.2 (99.0) | 30.2 (86.4) | 28.6 (83.5) | 30.4 (86.7) | 31.6 (88.9) | 28.7 (83.7) | 25.1 (77.2) | 31.1 (88.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 17.3 (63.1) | 19.9 (67.8) | 25.3 (77.5) | 30.6 (87.1) | 33.5 (92.3) | 31.4 (88.5) | 26.7 (80.1) | 25.6 (78.1) | 26.3 (79.3) | 25.9 (78.6) | 22.4 (72.3) | 18.3 (64.9) | 25.3 (77.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 10.2 (50.4) | 13.0 (55.4) | 18.3 (64.9) | 23.3 (73.9) | 26.3 (79.3) | 25.4 (77.7) | 23.2 (73.8) | 22.5 (72.5) | 22.1 (71.8) | 20.2 (68.4) | 16.0 (60.8) | 11.5 (52.7) | 19.3 (66.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 1.0 (33.8) | 4.9 (40.8) | 9.8 (49.6) | 14.3 (57.7) | 18.3 (64.9) | 18.1 (64.6) | 19.9 (67.8) | 16.6 (61.9) | 17.0 (62.6) | 12.1 (53.8) | 9.1 (48.4) | 1.2 (34.2) | 1.0 (33.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 25 (1.0) | 10 (0.4) | 9 (0.4) | 3 (0.1) | 5 (0.2) | 92 (3.6) | 321 (12.6) | 400 (15.7) | 179 (7.0) | 27 (1.1) | 13 (0.5) | 10 (0.4) | 1,094 (43) |
| Average rainy days | 2.3 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 9.6 | 16.5 | 19.7 | 10.0 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 67.6 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 49 | 43 | 32 | 25 | 29 | 55 | 81 | 86 | 75 | 52 | 43 | 49 | 52 |
| Source: NOAA (1971–1990) ||||||||||||||

## Demographics

As of 2011 India census, Chhatarpur had a population of 99 519. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Chhatarpur has an average literacy rate of 69%: with male literacy of 75% and female literacy of 62%. 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Religion in Chhatarpur (2011) :
| Religion | Religion | | |
| Hinduism | Hinduism | 79.86% | 79.86% |
| Islam | Islam | 17.50% | 17.50% |
| Others | Others | 2.30% | 2.30% |

## Economy

There is no large scale industry in Chhatarpur apart from a few small scale industries available, but these industries are not sufficient for giving enough employment to local people. The economy is mostly dependent on farming. The city however, has a growing private commercial sector, mainly retail businesses. There are many granite mining and polishing industries operating in Chhatarpur district. Chhatarpur furniture industry also a big employment to local people.
Most depend for their livelihood on farming. This region is in a drought-affected area, so the whole district faces a water crisis for farming and potable drinking water.
There is a proposal to set up a solar plant in Barethi village, 20 kilometers away from Chhatarpur. The capacity of the plant is 550 MW.

## Administration

Chhatarpur Police is a Law enforcing unit of MP Police which protects the world heritage "Khajuraho Group of Monuments". The district is divided into 5 police subdivisions, with 34 Police Stations and 21 outposts.

## Education

India's largest chain schooling Kendriya Vidyalaya is situated here.
Most of the colleges in Chhatarpur district are affiliated to Maharaja Chhatrasal Bundelkhand University, Chhatarpur. They offer graduate and post-graduate courses in the faculties of Arts, Science, Commerce, Education and Law. Government Maharaja P.G. College, Government Girls P.G. College and Digital Institute of Science & Technology are the premier institutions of graduate and post-graduate education in the city. chhatarpur medical college is under construction.Christian English College is the only CISCE- affiliated school of the city. Swami Pranawanand Homeopathic Medical College is affiliated to Madhya Pradesh Medical Science University, Jabalpur.

## Transportation

Chhatarpur can be reached by road and railway. Chhatarpur railway station has been started in 2017 which is connected to prayagraj lucknow, nagpur, mumbai, Surat ,Ahmedabad,indore, bhopal, delhi, jaipur, prayagraj, Patna and cities with continuously increasing trains. Delhi vande Bharat also passess from here.It is nearest station to reach bageshwar dham which became it one of busiest station in region. Nearest major railway station are jhansi (130) and satna (140).
Chhatarpur is situated on intersection of nh 34 and nh 39 which became it one of major road junction . It is 550 km from national capital delhi and 330 km from state capital bhopal. Kanpur (200) Jabalpur (250) nagpur (500) prayagraj (280) indore (500) lucknow (300)km from here .buses are available for these cities and other regional cities such as jhansi gwalior sagar satna banda.
Khajuraho Airport nearest airport which serve khajuraho and chhatarpur but only limited flight are available from here. Major airport is jabalpur and kanpur.

## Radio and television station

Chhatarpur has got its own radio station of All India Radio (आकाशवाणी) under Prasar Bharati. It transmits at 675 kHz. Chhatarpur also has a Doordarshan's Hi power transmitter for TV which is located at Deri Road.

## Tourism
### Religious Tourism

* Khajuraho, group of monuments is a group of Hindu temples and Jain temples
* Nainagiri, group of Jain temples built in 11th century
* Hanuman Tauria, a Hanuman temple
* Bambar Baini, Ancient Durga temple of on a hill in Lavkushnagar
* Jatashankar, a cave temple dedicated to Shiva

### Nature tourism

* Khajwa Kutni Dam, Kutni dam is the largest dam in Chhatarpur district.
* Bhimkund, a natural water tank and a holy place near Bajna
* Raneh Falls, the only waterfall in Asia having igneous rock. It is around 17 km from Khajuraho
* Panna National Park, near Panna district
* Pandav Falls, close to Khajuraho, Pandavas said to have sought shelter here during exile