Bhilai Charoda

Bhilai Bhilai Power House
city
Bhilai Location in Chhattisgarh, India
Coordinates:
Country	India
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Population (2001)
• Total	87,170
Languages
• Official	Hindi, Chhattisgarhi
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	490025
Telephone code	BSNL: 07826, Others: 0788
Vehicle registration	CG 07

Charoda is a town and a municipality in Durg district in the state of Chhattisgarh, India.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, Charoda had a population of 87,170. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Charoda has an average literacy rate of 72%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 80% and female literacy of 64%. 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Charoda is situated equidistant, 20 kilometres, from Durg and Raipur (the state capital). Charoda comprises three sub-towns. Bhilai Marshalling Yard (BMY), Charoda Basti and Deobaloda. BMY is a railway yard/colony famous for being the biggest traction shed once upon a time. Basti is a place where most of the retired people from BMY settle down. Deobaloda, historically, is the oldest all three sub-towns.

Places of interest

Deobaloda temple

Deobaloda has a very ancient temple of Lord Shiva, from 5th century. This is a very beautiful temple, and has a pond near it, with a myth that this pond has an underground link to another old town in Chhattisgarh state named Arang.

Besides Deobaloda, Charoda has some temples like Sri Hanuman Mandir, Sri Kali badi, Sri Ram Mandir, Sri Jaganath Mandir, a Church - St. Vincent Palloti Church, a Mosque besides other places of worship.

The oldest English Medium School here is Jyoti Vidyalay whish was started by the FIH sisters in 1969. The next school started by them was Jyoti Hr. Sec. Eng. Med. School.

Transport

Deobaloda is separated from BMY by main railway line (Mumbai - Howrah). BMY and Basti is separated by GE Road (National Highway 6). This highway is four lane between bhilai and raipur. Means of transport constitute city buses(public buses), buses(private buses), tempos, autos. In rail route main station is Devbaloda charoda along with various railway cabin haults.