Kawardha is a peaceful and attractive
place located on the Southern bank of river Sakri. Due to the
advent of Kabir Sahib and the establishment of the seat of descendants
of his disciple Dharmdas, it was named as Kabirdham, and afterwards
as Kawardha. Before Damakhera, District Raipur,this was the seat
of Kabir Panthis.
Tehsil Kawardha included in District
Kawardha was known as state Kawardha till the first half of 18th
century. It came into existence as Tehsil Kawardha in District
Mandla from 1895 to 1902, in District Bilaspur from 1903 to 1911,
in District Raipur from 1912 to 1948, in District Durg in
1948 and remained part of Durg upto 25/01/1973. After that from
26/01/1973 this Tehsil became part of Rajnandgaon upto July 05,1998
from the time of formation of District Rajnandgaon with the division
of District Durg. Likewise, the second Tehsil Pandariya
included in the district was known as Pandariya Zamindari before
1952. In 1952 Pandariya become the community block Head-Quarters
in Dsitrict Bilaspur. It got the status of Tehsil in 1986
and from then it remained part of District Bilaspur till July
05,1998.
Both the above Tehsil Head-Quarters
of District Kawardha are important from historical point of view
also. Not only Kawardha but also the place Chaura and Chhapri
located at about 17 Km. from Kawardha, which is known as Bhoramdev,is
a very important place historically and archeologically. This
place was the capital of Nagvanshi kings from about 9th century
to 14th century.After that this came under possession of Haihayvanshi
kings who were related to state Ratanpur. The Archaelogical remains
of the temple and old fort constructed by these kings are still
available.
Geographical Location
District Kawardha extends in 4634.98 Sq K.M. area
between 21.32' to 22.28' North latitude and 80.48' to 81.48' east
longitude. Boundaries of district touch Dindori in north, Bilaspur
and Durg in east, Rajnandgaon in South, and District Balaghat
in west. The northen and western parts are surrounded by Maikal
mountain ranges of Satpura. Here the highest peak is Kesmarda
in Maikal mountain which is 925 meter high , while the minimum
height is 320 meter.
The central east and southern part of the district
is plain, whereas the northen and western part is mountainous.Mainly
Black,Kanhar and Dorsa soil is found in the district, in which
Nitrogen, Alp Potash and Sulphur is available in medium quantity,
whereas Zinc and Sulphur elements lack.
The main rivers of the district originate
generally from Maikal mountain range. Haf, Phok and Sakri rivers
after emerging from north-west of the district flow towards south-east
and in the end after going in District Durg fall in river Shivnath,
whereas Phen,Halon,Banjar and Jamunia rivers flowing towards
west fall in river Narmada. There is no all weather rivulet except
Saliha Nala in the district.
The climate of District Kawardha
is moderate, where the maximum temperature in summer is 42'c and
the minimum temperature in winter goes to the lowest of 15'c only,
where intense cold is experienced from about December 20 to January
15 only. From the point of view of rain also this district lags
behind other districts. The average rainfall here is 990 m.m.
