Poratha
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Poratha (पोरथा) is a village in tahsil Sakti of Janjgir-Champa district in Chhattisgarh.
Variants
Jat Gotras Namesake
- Poroth = Poratha, a village in tahsil Sakti of Janjgir-Champa district in Chhattisgarh. Mentioned in Kharod stone Inscription of Ratnadeva II : Chedi year 933 (1181 AD) as Pôratha (पोरथ), identified as Portha village 30 miles to the north-east of Kharôd, both in the Janjgir tahsil. (p.536).... (V.35) He (Gangadhara) caused to be erected a temple of the goddess Durgâ (दुर्गा) at Durga (दुर्ग) and (another) of the sun at the town of Pahapaka (पहपक) and a cloud-scraping temple of Sambhu at Pôratha (पोरथ). (p.542) [1]
Location
It is situated 3km away from sub-district headquarter Sakti (tehsildar office) and 42km away from district headquarter Janjgir. According to Census 2011 information the location code or village code of Poratha village is 436981. Poratha village is located in Sakti tehsil of Janjgir Champa district in Chhattisgarh, India. As per 2009 stats, Portha is the gram panchayat of Poratha village. The total geographical area of village is 842.44 hectares. [2]