Shahdol - Shahdol

The station is small but clean. Few vendors are available but you won't find good food.

Shahdol District is a district of Madhya Pradesh state in east central India. With a total area of 6,205 square kilometer and a population of 10,66,063. Shahdol is an important district of Madhya Pradesh. The town of Shahdol is the district headquarters. The district is also a Division. Some of the districts in this division are Annupur and Umaria. The Virateshwara Temple in Sohagpur Vangana is the most important tourist destination of Shahdol and a structural masterpiece. The district extends 110 km from east to west and 170 km from north to south. The total population of the district is 908,100, out of which 391,027 are Scheduled Tribesand 67,528 are Scheduled Castes. HistoryEdit The etymology of the name as ascertained from the local residents points to its derivation from the name of the one Shahdolwa Ahir of Sohagpur village. The progenitor of the Ex-Illakadar family of Sohagpur, Jamni Bhan was the second son of Maharaja Virbhan Singh of Bagelkhand. He decided to settle at Sohagpur and assured maximum facilities to settler around, and also declared that places settled by clearing forests will be named after the pioneer settlers. Shahdolwa Ahir is believed to have settled the former village of Shahdolwa, about 2.5 km. from the headquarters of Sohagpur after this declaration. Later on, the place used to be the camp site for the Maharaja of Rewaand British officers on tour. More villages were grouped into the village of Shahdol as it grew to a town. The District Headquarters was shifted from Umaria to Shahdol after the merger of princely states took place in 1947 TopographyEdit The District is located in the north-eastern part of the Deccan Plateau. It lies at the trijunction of Maikal Ranges of the [Satpura Range], the foot of the [Kymore Range] an extension of the Vindhya Range and a mass of parallel hills which extend over the Chhota Nagpur plateau in Jharkhand. In between these hill ranges lies the narrow valley of the Son and its tributaries. Since the Kymore Range extends along the Son just across the northern boundary, the District may be divided into three physiographic divisions. They are :- The Maikal Range The Hills of Eastern Plateau The Upper Son Valley Geographical scenarioEdit District Shahdol is predominantly hilly district. It is picturesque with certain pockets and belt of SAL and mixed forests. Total geographical area of the district is 5671 km2. Adjacents to the District Shahdol are the boarding districts Dindori, Satna, Sidhi, Umaria, Anuppur and Rewa. Mineral resourcesEdit District Shahdol is very rich in its mineral resources. Minerals found in district are coal, fire clay, ochers and marble. Sohagpur Coalfield contributes a major part in the revenue of the state. A brief description of the various occurrences is given below : CoalEdit The important coal field in the District is Sohagpur coal field. The Barakars in this area are about 3100 km2 Four coal seams have been recorded from the lower Barakars whereas a few thin seams are reported from Upper Barakars. The Lower Barakar coal of lower ash content and better quality as compared to that from Upper Barakars. In general the coal is of low rank, high moisture, high volatiles and non-coking type. A reserve of 4064 million tonnes has been estimated from this field. ClayEdit Good black clay deposits occur near Jamuni and Hinota. OchersEdit Ochers deposit in the Shahdol district is reported from pachdi. MarbleEdit Marble deposits are found near villages Pasgarhi, Bagdari and Paparedi. Details of the deposit to be under search in these areas. UraniumEdit District Shahdol is only uranium producer in state Living standard of the tribeEdit The Tribals have a simple lifestyle. Their houses are made of mud, bamboo sticks, paddy, straw and local tiles. Tribal men wear Dhoti, Bandi, Fatohi and headgear. Women wear Saree named "Kaansh" saree in the local dialect. The saree is usually of skin colour. Women love to wear colourful clothes and ornaments. They wear traditional jewelry made of bamboo, seeds and metals.Nowadays people have

Nice railway station. Safe for late night jorny

Shahdol mp........ Best station??? Love this place and park I love shahdol

Shahdol railway station is in Shahdol town of Shahdol district in Madhya Pradesh. Station Code is 'SDL'. It has three platforms. It comes under Bilaspur railway division of South East Central Railway. (SECR) Numerous trains stop here for average of 5 mins. This station has water Refilling facilities as well.

Station infrastructure is not that much big or attractive stations are clean waiting room with no branches over all facility wise low then other stations

No Ramp, only staircase. Poor information service, for eg. Even if the train is late by 1 hr or so ( as per the apps), the display board in station shows "correct time". And there is just one information display board (at the entrance).. thats it.. not at other places..

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