Chatikona
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Chatikona
ଚାଟିକଣା | |
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village | |
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| Country |  India |
| State | Odisha |
| District | Rayagada |
| Government | |
| • Type | Democratic |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Oriya |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 765019 |
Chatikona is a small village of Rayagada district in the state of Odisha, India. It is one of the identified Tourist Centres[1][2] [3](scenic spot) of odisha.[4]
Introduction
The village is surrounded by the famous Niyamgiri hills in its three directions. Every year, on the festival of Maha Shiva Ratri, people from all nook and corner of Odisha come to visit this place as there is a beautiful Shiva(Lord Pataleswar) temple at Chatikona.[5][6] Beside the temple of Lord Shiva, Chatikona Falls enhance the scenic beauty of the place. Numerous waterfalls and streams flow from the hills of Niyamgiri. Bissam cuttack railway station is,in fact, situated at Chatikona village and hence the village is well connected with railways.
Geography
Chatikona is situated about 48 km from the district headquarters i.e. Rayagada. Chatikona is situated at lat.19° 28′N and lon. 83° 27′E. The nearest villages are Kurli, Khambesi and Khajuri.
Demography
Majority of the population at and nearby Chatikona are primitive tribal known as Dongaria [7]kondha. As per census 2011 available in the "Official website of census india" the population of Chatikona is 2183 out of which male population is 1067 & female population is 1116.
Educational institutions
Maa Markama college, Bissamcuttack is the nearest college to Chatikona. Besides, the following educational institutions are situated at Chatikona.
- The Niyamgiri High School, Chatikona,
- Govt. M.E.School, Chatikona,
- Govt. U.P.School, Chatikona,
- Railway U.P.School, Chatikona,
- Ambedkar English medium U.P.School,
- Nalini Vidya Mandira(Residential school)at Bariguda near Chatikona,
- D.K.D.A. Ashrama school, Chatikona.
- Saraswati Sishu Mandir, Chatikona.
Tourist attraction
The temple of Lord Shiva(Pataleswar) with a beautiful water fall beside, is a picnic spot and a place of tourist attraction [8][9] of Rayagada district. Besides, there is a tribal museum of Dongaria Kondha culture organized by D.K.D.A.CHATIKONA.[10] An Oriya film namely "Jianta Bhoota" produced in the year 2011 by Akhaya Kumar parija and directed by Prasanta Nanda which is based on the lives of Dongaria Kondha of this area won National Film Awards under National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Environment/Conservation/Preservation Film category.[11]
Other tourist attractions around the place is the Maa Markama Temple, Laxminarayana Temple at Therubali and the Shiv temple at Paikapada, Rayagada. The weekly Wednesday market at Chatikona is also worth seeing. Here highly ornamented Dongaria Kondha and Desia Kondha villages of Niyamagiri area bring their produce to sell.[12]
References
- ^ Identified Tourist Centres in Odisha (PDF). Orissa Reference Annual-2011. pp. 521–532. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
- ^ List of identified Tourist Centres in Odisha (PDF). Tourism Department. pp. 06–07. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
- ^ "Rayagada District: Introduction". 123orissa.com. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
- ^ Patra, Dasarathy. Tribal Tourism and Culture (PDF). Orissareview-November,2011. pp. 63–68.
- ^ "Tourist Attractions". rayagada.nic.in. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
- ^ "Rayagada". traveladda.com. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
- ^ "Dongaria Kondha of Niyamgiri area"
- ^ "Rayagada tourism"
- ^ "Rayagada district General information". indiaonapage.com. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
- ^ "DKDA CHATIKONA"
- ^ "Jianta bhoota-Odia film"
- ^ Bindloss, Joe (2009). Northeast India. Lonely Planet. pp. 270, 271.
External links
- Official website of Rayagada district
- "Tourist places of Rayagada district:Atithi.org"
- "Rayagada dist"
- List of waterfalls in India
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