Koriya
Koriya (कोरिया) is a town and district in Chhattisgarh. Koriya district, officially known as Korea district, is a district in the north-western part of the Chhattisgarh state in Central India. The administrative headquarters of the district is Baikunthpur.
Location
It is bounded on the north-west by Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur district, on the south by Korba District, on the east by Surajpur District.
Tahsils in Koriya district
History
The district is a vast mass of hill ranges.
Little is known of the area before the 16th century. Koriya was a princely state of British Empire in India; the other princely state that lay within the Koriya district was Chang Bhakar. After Indian Independence in 1947, the rulers of Koriya and Chang Bhakar acceded to the Union of India on 1 January 1948 and both were made part of Surguja District of Madhya Pradesh state.
The district of Koriya came into existence on May 25, 1998, when it was carved out of Surguja district. After the formation of the new state of Chhattisgarh on November 1, 2000, Koriya District became part of the new state.
Tourist places
Main tourist places in the district are as follows:
- Guru Ghasidas National Park. It is worth mentioning that after being persecuted in this region, the last known Indian cheetah was sighted in Koriya District in 1951.[1]
- Marine Fossil Park, Manendragarh
- Karamghongha, Manendragarh
- Boridand Junction railway station, located only 8 km from Manendragarh.
- Sirouli Temple, Manendragarh
- Siddh Baba Temple, Manendragarh
- Amritdhara Waterfall, Manendragarh
- Hasdeo River, Manendragarh
- Ramdaha Waterfall
- Gaurghat Waterfall, Tarra, Sonhat
- Jagnnath Mandir, West Chirimiri
- Jogi Math Kailashpur, Sonhat
- Gangi Rani Ramgarh, Sonhat
- Rock Painting Badra, Sonhat
- Korea Palace, Baikunthpur
- Jhumka Dam, Baikunthpur
- Gej Dam, Baikunthpur
- Ramdaiya Dham Mandir, Baikunthpur
- Aaruni Bandh, Sarbhoka
- Shri Karteskwar Shiv Mandir, Kathautiya, Manendragarh
Notable persons
External links
Koriya in Jaisalmer
Koriya is also the name of a village in Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan, under Jaisalmer Tehsil.
References
- ↑ Divyabhanusinh (1999). The End of a Trail: the Cheetah in India. Banyan Books, New Delhi.
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