Chitrakoot Dham (Karwi)
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Chitrakoot Dham is a city and a municipal board in Chitrakoot district
Chitrakoot District
Chitrakoot district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India, and Chitrakoot town is the district headquarters. Chitrakoot district is a part of Chitrakoot Division. The district occupies an area of 3,205 km². The district has a population of 766,225...

  in the state of Uttar Pradesh
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, India
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Demographics

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, Chitrakoot Dham (Karwi) had a population of 48,853. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Chitrakoot Dham (Karwi) has an average literacy rate of 67%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 75% and female literacy of 58%. 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.Is District Head Quarter of Chitrakoot district, which came into existence in 1997.Earlier it was a tehsil under Banda district. Distance Covered by district from east to west is 62 Km. & north to south is 57.5 Km. It is bounded in the north by Kaushambi, in the south by Satna(M.P.) & Rewa (M.P.) , in the east by Allahabad (PrayagRaj), in the west by Banda. Area of District is 345291 Sq. Kilometer. District is linked with Roadways to all adjoining districts of Banda, Allahabad, Satna, Rewa & Kaushambi. There are two tehsils namely Karwi and MAU and five blocks Chitrakoot Dham Karwi, Ramnagar, Mau, Manikpur, Pahadi in the district.
There is Chitrakoot Intermediate College which is one the oldest and prominent school of the region.

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