Chhapara


Chhapara or Seoni Chhapara is a town and a Nagar Panchayat in Seoni District of Madhya Pradesh, India.

History

Chhapara was part of the Gond and Maratha kingdoms. It was one of the garhi of Maratha kingdom. Bakht Buland Shah gave the Dongaratal region to Raj Khan, an Afghan adventurer, as governor. He also placed his relative Raja Ram Singh in charge of Seoni region, who built a fort at Chhapara. Raj Khan took part of modern Bhandara district.

Geography

Chhapara is located on 22.39°N 79.54°E. It has an average elevation of. It is about from Seoni.
The Wainganga river flows through Chhapara.

Population

Chhapara has a population of 15,371 of whom 7,844 are males while 7,527 are females as per a report released by Census India 2011.

Administration

Chhapara is a tehsil headquarter and a development block. There are 157 villages in this tehsil.
Chhapara is a Nagar Panchayat city in district of Seoni, Madhya Pradesh. Chhapara city is divided into 15 wards for which elections are held every 5 years.

Tourism in Chhapara

Chhapara is located on NH 44.
It is well connected by road and is linked to Seoni, Jabalpur, Lakhnadon, Mandla and Narsinghpur. A number of buses ply from Chhapara.