In this article, we provide comprehensive information about the geography, history, population, and top tourist destinations of Satna. Satna is a city located in the Madhya Pradesh state of central India. It is known as the “Gateway to the Satpura Range” and is a prominent cultural and industrial center.
| About: | Satna is a city located in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and serves as the headquarters for the Satna district. It ranks as the 7th largest city and the 8th most populous city in the state. Situated 500 km east of the state capital, Bhopal, Satna covers a land area of 111.9 square kilometers. The city has been chosen as one of the hundred Indian cities to be developed into a smart city under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Smart Cities Mission. |
| History: | History of Satna district is part of the history of the region known as Baghelkhand, a very large portion of which was ruled by the treaty state of Rewa, while a small part towards the west was ruled by feudatory chiefs, holding their States under sanads given by the British rulers, There were eleven in all; important ones being Maihar, Nagod, Kothi, Jaso, Sohawal and Baraundha and the five Chaube Jagirs of Paldeo, Pahra, Taraon, Bhaisundha and Kamta-Rajula. The early Budhist books, the Mahabharat etc, connect the Baghelkhand tract with rulers of the Haihaya, Kalchuri or Chedi clan, who are believed to have gained sufficient importance sometime during the third century A.D. Their original habitat is placed on the Narbada with Mahishmati (identified by some with Maheshwar in west Nimar district) as the capital; from where they seem to have been driven eastwards. They had acquired the fort of Kalinjara (a few miles beyond the border of Satna district, in U.P.), and with this as base, they extended their dominious over Baghelkhand. During the fourth and fifth centuries, the Gupta dynasty of Magadha was paramount over this region as is shown by the records of the feudatory chiefs of Uchchakalpa (Unchehra in Nagod tehsil) and the Parivrajak Rajas of Kot (in Nagod tehsil). The chief stronghold of the Chedi clan was Kalinjar, and their proudest title was Kalanjaradhishwara (Lord of Kalanjar). The Kalchuris received their first blow at the hand of Chandel chief Yashovarmma (925-55), who seized the fort of Kalinjar and the tract surrounding it. The Kalchuris were still a powerful tribe and continued to hold most of their possessions until the 12th century The chiefs of Rewas were Baghel Rajputs descended from the Solanki clan which ruled over Gujrat from the tenth to the thirteenth century. Vyaghra deo, brother of the ruler of Gujrat, is said to have made his way into northern India about the middle of the thirteenth century and obtained the fort of Marpha, 18 miles north-east of Kalinjar. His son Karandeo married a Kalchuri (Haihaya) princess of Mandla and received in dowry the fort of Bandhogarh (now in the tehsil of the same name in Shahdol district), which, until its destruction in 1597 by Akbar was the Baghel Capital. |
| Geography: | Satna is located at 24.34°N 80.49°E with an average elevation of 315 metres (1,352 feet). |
| Country : | India |
| State: | Madhya Pradesh |
| District: | Satna |
| Language: | Hindi |
| Population: | 280,222 (2011) |
| Literacy rate: | Average literacy rate of Satna city is 84.80 percent of which male and female literacy was 90.08 and 78.90 percent. |
| Major Attractions to Visit: | Chitrakoot (Nearby) Kailash Caves Bamkheda Dam Mai Ka Mandir Sphatik Shila Satna Fort Katanh (Katan) Temple Devi Ahilya Bai Temple Ramlala Temple Patal Bhuvaneshwar Shri Panchmukhi Hanuman Mandir Maa Sharda Temple Rama Ghat (Chitrakoot) Ram Janki Mandir |
