Sakti, Chhattisgarh

Sakti is located at 22.03°N 82.97°E / 22.03; 82.97.[2] It has an average elevation of 237 metres (777 feet).

Sakti is situated on the banks of Borai river.Which comes in the drainage system of Mand river The Mand river originates from the Mand mountain range.

Sakti District Surrounded by Korba District in the North West, Janjgir Champa District in the west, Raighar District in the East, Saranghar District in the South.

Mazor Cities Arround Sakti Are.

. Bilaspur(nyay Dhani of Chhattisgarh)

.Korba (Power House of Chhattisgarh)

.Raighr (culture capital of Chhattisgarh)

.Janjgir-Champa (Mother District of Sakti)

During the British Raj era, Sakti was the capital of Sakti State, one of several princely states of the Eastern States Agency.[3]

The rulers of this princely state bore the title of 'Rana'.

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• .... – .... Udai Singh
• .... – .... Kiwat Singh
• .... – .... Kagan Singh
• .... – 1837 Kalandar Singh
• 1837–19 Jun 1850 Vacant
• 19 Jun 1850 – 1875 Ranjit Singh (b. 1836 – d. ....)
• Popo Bhaiya Prince of Sakti
• 1875 – Feb 1892 Vacant
• Feb 1892 – Jul 1914 Rup Narayan Singh
• 4 July 1914 – 15 August 1947 Liladhar Singh (b. 1892 – d. 19..)

.[2]independence day of India 15 August 2021 sakti is a new district of chhattisgarh state, and proudly decided that of 3rd CM of CG Bhupesh Baghel

Sakti has a tropical wet and dry climate. Temperatures remain moderate through most of the year, though not from March to June, which can be extremely hot. The temperature in April–May sometimes rises above 44 °C. These summer months also have dry and hot winds. The city receives about 1,300 millimeters (51 in) of rain, mostly in the monsoon season from late June to early October. Winters last from November to January and are mild, although lows can fall to 5 °C (41 °F). The entire area including Sakti is passing through a severe shortage of drinking water. Groundwater is hard and resources are limited. If the problem of drinking water is not met timely, the entire terrain may be converted into the desert in the years to come.

As of 2011 India census, Sakti had a population of 20,213. Males constitute 10,374 of the population and females 9,839.

Sakti Railway Station

Sakti is a Railway Station on the Tatanagar–Bilaspur section of Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai line. Major trains stop here including Mumbai-Howrah Mail since beginning. It is also connected through National Highway No.200.

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Sakti

There are many private and government schools in Sakti, some of them are:

• Saraswati Shishu Mandir, Sakti[4] (one of the oldest school of Sakti, established in 1957)
• Gunjan Education Centre High School, Sakti
• Govt. G.H.M.S. Sakti
• M.L.Jain H.S. School Sakti (First English Medium School of Sakti, established in the 1980s)
• Anunay Convent Ms Sakti
• Prakhar public school (PPS), Navdha Chowk, Sakti
• Little flower English Medium School
• Adarsh B. Ms. Sakti
• J.B.D.A.V.Sch. Sakti
• Arunodaya Model C.S. Sakti
• Gitanjali Public School, Sakti
• Jindal World School, Sakti
• Bal Shramik V. Sakti,
• Govt. M.S. Kaserpara, Sakti
• Navjeevan Mukbadhir School Sakti
• Govt. P.S.Sarwani Sakti
• NPS Akharabhatha Sakti
• NPS Sosaiti Chaowk Sakti
• Ps. Sadar Boys Sakti
• Ps. Steshion Para (Sakti)
• Shishu Bharati P.M.S. Sakti,
• UPS Sadar Sakti
• Ps. Sadar Girls Sakti

• Dr. Sanjay Alung-Chhattisgarh ki Riyaste/Princely stastes aur Jamindariyaa (Vaibhav Prakashan, Raipur1, ISBN 81-89244-96-5)
• Dr. Sanjay Alung-Chhattisgarh ki Janjaatiyaa/Tribes aur Jatiyaa/Castes (Mansi publication, Delhi6, ISBN 978-81-89559-32-8)

• Lethbridge, Roper (1893). The Golden Book of India. MacMillan & Co. p. 475.