Chhapara

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

Seoni Chhapara
Town
Wainganga River Near Chhapara
Seoni Chhapara Location in Madhya Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 22.39°N 79.54°E / 22.39; 79.54
Country	India
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Seoni District
Government
• Type	Nagar panchayat
Population  (2011)
• Total	15,371
Languages
• Official	Hindi
PIN	480884
Vehicle registration	MP 22

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 put his relative Raja Ram Singh in charge of Seoni region, who built a fort at Chhapra. 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 741 m (2,431 ft). It is about 35 km (22 mi) from Seoni. Wainganga river flows from here.

Population

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

Administration

Chhapara is a tehsil headquarter and a development block. Total 157 villages in this tehsil.

Chhapara is a Nagar Panchayat city in district of Seoni, Madhya Pradesh. The Chhapara city is divided into 15 wards for which elections are held every 5 years.

Tourism in Chhapara

• Wainganga River
• Bheemgarh Dam Chhapara
• Banjari Devi Temple Chhapara
• Chhapara Garhi

Transportation

Chhapara is located on NH 44. It's well connected with roads. It's connected Seoni, Jabalpur, Lakhnadon, Mandla and Narsinghpur. Daily bus runs from Chhapara.