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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Ambikapur
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| native_name_lang = Surguja
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| named_for = Mahamaya Temple
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| governing_body = Municipal corporation (India)
| leader_party = [[INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS|INC]]
| leader_title = <nowiki>[MAYOR]</nowiki>
| leader_name = AJAY TIRKEY
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| area_total_km2 = 35.36
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| elevation_m = 623
| population_total = 214,104
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_footnotes = <ref name=2011Cities>{{cite web | url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_2_PR_Cities_1Lakh_and_Above.pdf | title=Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011; Cities having population 1 lakh and above | publisher=Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India | access-date=27 March 2012}}</ref>
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_metro = 243,173
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| population_rank = 8th (In Chhattisgarh) • 192nd (In India)
| population_demonym = Ambikapurian
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| area_code = 7774
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'''Ambikapur''' is a city and headquarters of [[Surguja district]] in the Indian state of [[Chhattisgarh]]. It is one of the oldest cities in the state, in east-central [[India]]. Ambikapur is also the divisional headquarters of Surguja Division which consists of the six districts of [[Surguja]], [[Koriya district|Korea]], [[Manendragarh district|Manendragarh]], [[Balrampur district, Chhattisgarh|Balrampur]], [[Surajpur district|Surajpur]] and [[Jashpur district|Jashpur]].

Ambikapur was the capital of the [[Surguja State|Princely state of Surguja]] before [[Partition of India|Indian Independence]] The name of the city is derived from the Hindu goddess Ambika ([[Mahamaya]]) Devi, who is the central figure of worship in the area.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://surguja.nic.in/default.htm/ |title=Surguja |access-date=28 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130107010021/http://surguja.nic.in/default.htm |archive-date=7 January 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The area under Ambikapur Municipal Corporation is 35.360 km<sup>2</sup>.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Brickwork Ratings withdraws issuer ratings of Ambikapur Municipal Corporation.|url=https://www.brickworkratings.com/Admin/PressRelease/Ambikapur-Municipal-Corporation-25Mar2019%20(1).pdf|access-date=9 December 2020|website=Brickwork Ratings}}</ref>

Cleanest city in India (1-10 lakh population category) Consecutive 8 years. According to Swachh Survekshan 2022,<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-04-09 |title=What makes Ambikapur take home clean city crown year after year |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/what-makes-ambikapur-take-home-clean-city-crown-year-after-year/articleshow/99350397.cms |access-date=2023-05-12 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> Ambikapur is the cleanest city of Chhattisgarh as well as the cleanest city in India amongst cities with a population of 1 to 10 lakhs.<ref>{{Cite web|title=1 से 10 लाख तक जनसंख्या वाले शहर में अपना अंबिकापुर स्वच्छता सर्वेक्षण में फिर नंबर-1|url=https://www.patrika.com/ambikapur-news/cleanliness-survey-ambikapur-again-no-1-in-cleanliness-survey-2020-6350597/|access-date=2020-09-15|website=Patrika News|language=hi}}</ref>

== Geography ==
Ambikapur is located at {{Coord|23|12|N|83|2|E|}}.<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/37/Ambikapur.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc – Ambikapur]</ref> It has an average elevation of 623 metres (2078 feet). The district is spread over a forest-rich area of 22,237 km<sup>2</sup>. Most of the district's terrain is forested and hilly. Natural resources include [[bauxite]], forest products and [[rice|paddy]] crops. [[Mainpat]] (near Ambikapur) a well known tourist place is called Shimla of Chhattisgarh. Mainpat is on a plateau with the area surrounded by jungles. The place has beautiful hill slopes, jungles, waterfalls and is a hill station that has not been exploited. There is a Tibetan settlement that offers an excellent opportunity for inter action with them. In fact, Mainpat is also known as 'Mini Tibet' because of the settlements.

===Land===
The land is classified into six categories. About 41.67% is under agriculture, while about 5.70% remains fallow. A further 11.44% of the land could be brought under cultivation by improvements in farming techniques and reclamation of marginal areas {{citation needed|date=August 2015}}. A further 1.27% is barren and uncultivated while 33.09% is forest cover and 6.83% is covered by buildings, roads and other infrastructure.{{citation needed|date=August 2015}}

This distribution of cultivated land reflects the patterns and intensity of early agricultural practices and the extent of the population, combined with physical factors. Areas with a high concentration of cultivated land are generally those with longer histories of settlement and agricultural use.

==Demographics==
{{See also|List of cities in Chhattisgarh}}
{{As of|2011|alt=As per the}} [[2011 census of India|2011 census]], Ambikapur municipal corporation had a population of 264,575 and the urban agglomeration had a population of 343,173. The municipality had a [[human sex ratio|sex ratio]] of 920 females per 1,000 males and 11.3% of the population was under six years old.<ref name=2011Cities /> Effective literacy was 88.20%; male literacy was 92.73% and female literacy was 83.29%.<ref name=2011Cities />
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Ambikapur is inhabited by people from across India. Moderate weather makes it an attractive place for settlement. Unlike the capital, the district population comprises [[indigenous peoples|aboriginal]] populations including the Pandos and [[Korwa people|Korwas]], who still live in rural areas.

Mainpat near Ambikapur is home to a significant number of Tibetan migrants who took refuge in India after the Chinese annexation of [[Tibet Autonomous Region|Tibet]] in 1959.

== Government and politics ==
The city is part of the [[Sarguja (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sarguja Lok Sabha]] constituency represented by [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]] [[Renuka Singh (politician)|Renuka Singh]] from the [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=Pioneer|first=The|title='Renuka Singh's appointment crucial for BJP in Surguja'|url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2019/state-editions/---renuka-singh---s-appointment-crucial-for-bjp-in-surguja---.html|access-date=2020-09-18|website=The Pioneer|language=en}}</ref> and in the state assembly through the [[Ambikapur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ambikapur Assembly constituency]], represented by MLA T.S. Deo from the Indian National Congress.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ambikapur Election Result 2018: Ambikapur Assembly Election 2018 Results {{!}} Ambikapur Vidhan Sabha MLA Result|url=https://www.business-standard.com/elections/chhattisgarh-assembly-elections-2018/ambikapur-election-results-11_10.html|access-date=2020-09-18|website=www.business-standard.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Constituencies {{!}} District Surguja, Government of Chhattisgarh {{!}} India|url=https://surguja.gov.in/constituencies/|access-date=2020-09-18|language=en-US}}</ref>

=== Civic administration ===
The city is governed by the [[Municipal corporation|Municipal Corporation]] of Ambikapur or Nagar Nigam Ambikapur, which is administered under the Chhattisgarh Municipal Corporation Act,1956.<ref>{{Cite web|date=15 September 2020|title=Nagar Nigam Ambikapur|url=http://nagarnigamambikapur.co.in/municipal_act_and_rules.php?act=cgmunicipal_act|website=Nagar Nigam Ambikapur}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Chhattisgarh Municipal Corporation Act, 1956|url=https://www.latestlaws.com/bare-acts/state-acts-rules/chhattisgarh-state-laws/chhattisgarh-municipal-corporation-act-1956/|access-date=2020-12-09|website=Latest Laws|language=en}}</ref> The municipal corporation has two parts, elected body and administrative body. The elected body is headed by the [[Mayor]] Ajay Tirkey from the [[Indian National Congress]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Congress gets mayors in 9 of 10 municipal corporations in Chhattisgarh|url=https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2020/01/08/congress-gets-mayors-in-9-of-10-municipal-corporations-in-chhatt.html|access-date=2020-09-17|website=The Week|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=AMRUT Cities Contact Details of Heads|url=http://amrut.gov.in/upload/uploadfiles/files/AMRUT_Cities-_Contact_details_of_Heads.pdf}}</ref> The last election to Ambikapur Municipal Corporation took place in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|title=छत्तीसगढ़ निकाय चुनाव मतगणना रिजल्ट Live Update: : अंबिकापुर नगर निगम के 27 वार्डों में कांग्रेस की जीत, 20 में बीजेपी एक में निर्दल जीता|url=https://www.livehindustan.com/national/story-chhattisgarh-local-urban-body-poll-results-ambikapur-municipal-corporation-bmc-election-counting-results-bjp-congress-independent-mayor-latest-live-updates-2919085.html|access-date=2020-12-09|website=Hindustan|language=hi}}</ref> The administrative body is headed by the [[Municipal commissioner]] Mr. Luvkush Singrol.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Swachh Volunteering|url=http://164.100.228.143:8080/sbm/content/writereaddata/Swachh%20volunteering.pdf|access-date=18 September 2020}}</ref> The city is divided into 48 wards and each ward is represented by a [[councillor]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Official website of Municipal Corporation Ambikapur Surguja, Chhattisgarh|url=http://nagarnigamambikapur.co.in/ward_boundries.php|access-date=2020-09-17|website=nagarnigamambikapur.co.in}}</ref> directly elected by the people from the ward. The mayor of the city is elected indirectly from amongst the councillors.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-10-15|title=Chhattisgarh to opt for indirect mayoral elections|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/chhattisgarh-to-opt-for-indirect-mayoral-elections/story-1GFW00tbEz5B42JZrUlpSO.html|access-date=2020-09-17|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref>

=== Civic utilities ===
Electricity is supplied by the state's [[Chhattisgarh]] State Power Distribution Company Limited.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Chhattisgarh State Power Distribution Company Limited|url=https://www.cspdcl.co.in/cseb/(S(pcfaliyclnbaxqs2ibpuvrra))/frmAmbikapurIndex.aspx|access-date=18 September 2020}}</ref> Ambikapur Municipal Corporation supplies 10.6 MLD of water to the city.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-11-04 |url=http://cpcb.nic.in/upload/NewItems/NewItem_153_Foreword.pdf |title=Status of water supply, wastewater generation and treatment in class-I cities and class-II towns of India |access-date=2020-12-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171104041100/http://cpcb.nic.in/upload/NewItems/NewItem_153_Foreword.pdf |archive-date=4 November 2017}}</ref> Drinking water was initially sourced from the Banki Dam, but after pipeline expansion and construction of an automatic filter plant in Katkalo under the AMRUT scheme, in 2020 will also be sourced from the Ghughutta Dam in [[Nawagarh]].<ref name=":1" /> The city has a total of 16 tanks for this purpose.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=मिशन अमृत से शहर के इस इलाके की 3 हजार आबादी को मिलने लगा पानी, 1 माह में पूरे शहर को होगी सप्लाई|url=https://www.patrika.com/ambikapur-news/amrit-mission-3-thousand-population-of-city-start-getting-water-6171920/|access-date=2020-09-18|website=Patrika News|language=hi}}</ref>

The Municipal Corporation is responsible for the solid waste management of the city.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=Waste away, Ambikapur shows way {{!}} India Water Portal|url=https://www.indiawaterportal.org/articles/waste-away-ambikapur-shows-way|access-date=2020-12-09|website=www.indiawaterportal.org}}</ref> Ambikapur generates 45 metric ton [[Municipal solid waste|solid waste]] everyday, 90% of which is segregated through a decentralised waste management model.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Smart Cities Council India {{!}} This small town in Chhattisgarh leads the way in waste management|url=https://india.smartcitiescouncil.com/article/small-town-chhattisgarh-leads-way-waste-management|access-date=2020-09-18|website=india.smartcitiescouncil.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-05-16|title=How Chhattisgarh's Ambikapur Is Turning Its Trash Into Treasure {{!}} Features|url=https://swachhindia.ndtv.com/how-chhattisgarhs-ambikapur-is-turning-its-trash-into-treasure-7548/|access-date=2020-09-18|website=NDTV-Dettol Banega Swasth Swachh India|language=en-US}}</ref> Household waste is collected door-to-door by 447 SHG women of 48 wards.<ref name=":3" /> The city has achieved 100% segregation of waste at the household level.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-08-20|title=Swachh Survekshan 2020: Chhattisgarh Awarded As India's Cleanest State, Here's What It Did Right {{!}} News|url=https://swachhindia.ndtv.com/swachh-survekshan-2020-chhattisgarh-awarded-as-indias-cleanest-state-heres-what-it-did-right-48717/|access-date=2020-12-09|website=NDTV-Dettol Banega Swasth Swachh India|language=en-US}}</ref> It has no landfills and has been declared a [[Zero waste|zero-waste]] city since it converted its 15-acre [[landfill]] into a park in 2016.<ref name=":2" /> Ambikapur has implemented Solid Liquid Resource Management (SLRM) for disposal of municipal solid waste.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Swachh Bharat Mission: We may be ODF, but not garbage free|url=https://www.downtoearth.org.in/blog/waste/swachh-bharat-mission-we-may-be-odf-but-not-garbage-free-67101|access-date=2020-12-09|website=www.downtoearth.org.in|language=en}}</ref> There is no sewerage system in the city. Toilets are linked to individual septic tanks.<ref>{{Cite web|title=MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, AMBIKAPUR, SURGUJA (C.G.)|url=http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:5hksqexltyMJ:nagarnigamambikapur.co.in/admin/uploads/332372595.pdf+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=in|access-date=2020-12-09|website=webcache.googleusercontent.com}}</ref>

In the Ambikapur block 74.51% of the total geographical area is cultivated. The Ambikapur Development Plan 2021 (Draft) was created by the Chhattisgarh Directorate of Town and Country Planning.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ambikapur Development Plan 2021 (Draft)|url=http://tcp.cg.gov.in/vikasyojna/SURGUJA/dev/AMBIKAPUR/map.pdf|access-date=9 December 2020|website=Directorate of Town and Country Planning}}</ref>

==Transport==
[[File:Ambikapur Railway station.jpeg|thumb|Ambikapur Railway Station Front]]

===Rail===
[[Ambikapur railway station|Ambikapur Railway Station]] is connected to the [[Anuppur]] railway junction, a bordering town in [[Madhya Pradesh]], by a broad gauge railway. Trains reach [[Ambikapur, India|Ambikapur]] from [[Delhi]], [[Katni]], [[Satna]], [[Jabalpur]], [[Durg]], [[Bhopal]] and the state capital [[Raipur]]. More destinations, such as New Delhi, can be reached from [[Anuppur]] railway junction.

Ambikapur - Delhi Special,[[Jabalpur - Ambikapur Express]], Ambikapur – Shahdol, Ambikapur – Surajpur – Anuppur – Bilaspur – Raipur – Durg Express and Bhopal – Chirmiri Passenger run from major cities [[Delhi]], [[Bhopal]], [[Gwalior]], [[Katni]], [[Raipur]] and [[Jabalpur]].

ABKP-NZM AC Special

The train from AMBIKAPUR TO HAZRAT NIZAMUDDIN (NEW DELHI). Route from Ambikapur-Anuppur-Katni-Damoh-Jhansi-Agra-Harzat Nizamuddin

=== Road ===
Ambikapur is well connected by road to other major cities of Chhattisgarh such as Raipur, Bilaspur, Durg, Bhilai, Korba and Raigarh. Daily bus services also runs for Varanasi, prayagraj, Renukoot in U.P (170 km), Raipur (345 km) and Garhwa in Jharkhand, Aurangabad in Bihar. Bus services from Anuppur to Ambikapur operate via Manendragarh and Surajpur. The bus journeys from Bilaspur and [[Anuppur]] take between five and six hours.

=== Air ===
'''[[Ambikapur Airport]] now [[Ambikapur Airport|Maa Mahamaya Airport Ambikapur]]''' is located at Darima, 12 km (7.5 mi) south of Ambikapur. The airport up-gradation work was finished in May 2023<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chhattisgarh: Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel visits Mahamaya Airport runway to inspect finished work |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/chhattisgarh-chief-minister-bhupesh-baghel-visits-mahamaya-airport-runway-to-inspect-finished-work/cid/1935033 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=www.telegraphindia.com |language=en}}</ref> at a cost of Rs. 48 crore from category 2C to 3C, to enable operations of 70-72 seater aircraft under UDAN Scheme. Making this the Fourth Public Serving Airport in Chattisgarh after Raipur, Jagdalpur and Bilaspur.

== Climate ==
{{Weather box
| location = Ambikapur, Chhattisgarh (1981–2010, extremes 1951–2012)
| metric first = Y
| single line = Y
| Jan record high C = 30.5
| Feb record high C = 34.8
| Mar record high C = 39.7
| Apr record high C = 43.8
| May record high C = 44.8
| Jun record high C = 44.9
| Jul record high C = 38.4
| Aug record high C = 36.1
| Sep record high C = 35.7
| Oct record high C = 34.5
| Nov record high C = 32.4
| Dec record high C = 29.5
| year record high C = 44.9
| Jan high C = 23.2
| Feb high C = 26.7
| Mar high C = 32.2
| Apr high C = 37.3
| May high C = 39.4
| Jun high C = 35.5
| Jul high C = 29.8
| Aug high C = 29.4
| Sep high C = 29.8
| Oct high C = 29.3
| Nov high C = 26.2
| Dec high C = 23.5
| year high C = 30.2
| Jan low C = 2.1
| Feb low C = 8.8
| Mar low C = 16.1
| Apr low C = 21.2
| May low C = 24.8
| Jun low C = 24.8
| Jul low C = 23.2
| Aug low C = 23.0
| Sep low C = 22.2
| Oct low C = 18.1
| Nov low C = 12.9
| Dec low C = 7.6
| year low C = 18.0
| Jan record low C = 0.9
| Feb record low C = 2.5
| Mar record low C = 7.8
| Apr record low C = 10.6
| May record low C = 16.1
| Jun record low C = 17.2
| Jul record low C = 16.4
| Aug record low C = 19.8
| Sep record low C = 15.7
| Oct record low C = 9.4
| Nov record low C = 4.2
| Dec record low C = 1.7
| year record low C = 0.9
| rain colour = green
| Jan rain mm = 25.8
| Feb rain mm = 20.1
| Mar rain mm = 19.5
| Apr rain mm = 13.6
| May rain mm = 21.3
| Jun rain mm = 235.0
| Jul rain mm = 411.2
| Aug rain mm = 352.2
| Sep rain mm = 227.0
| Oct rain mm = 48.4
| Nov rain mm = 14.0
| Dec rain mm = 11.2
| year rain mm = 1399.2
| Jan rain days = 2.1
| Feb rain days = 1.9
| Mar rain days = 1.8
| Apr rain days = 1.3
| May rain days = 2.6
| Jun rain days = 10.0
| Jul rain days = 17.5
| Aug rain days = 15.7
| Sep rain days = 11.2
| Oct rain days = 3.4
| Nov rain days = 1.0
| Dec rain days = 0.8
| year rain days = 69.4
| time day = 17:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| Jan humidity = 50
| Feb humidity = 40
| Mar humidity = 29
| Apr humidity = 23
| May humidity = 28
| Jun humidity = 55
| Jul humidity = 81
| Aug humidity = 83
| Sep humidity = 79
| Oct humidity = 64
| Nov humidity = 57
| Dec humidity = 54
| year humidity = 54
| source 1 = [[India Meteorological Department]]<ref name=IMDnormals>
{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205040301/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf
| archive-date = 5 February 2020
| url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf
| title = Station: Ambikapur Climatological Table 1981–2010
| work = Climatological Normals 1981–2010
| publisher = India Meteorological Department
| date = January 2015
| pages = 37–38
| access-date = 19 February 2020}}</ref><ref name=IMDextremes>
{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205042509/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf
| archive-date = 5 February 2020
| url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf
| title = Extremes of Temperature & Rainfall for Indian Stations (Up to 2012)
| publisher = India Meteorological Department
| date = December 2016
| page = M39
| access-date = 19 February 2020}}</ref>
}}

== Education ==
* [[Sarguja University]] Sant Gahira Guru Vishwavidyalaya Ambikapur
* Govt. Rajeev Gandhi (Auto.) PG College
* Rajmata shrimati Devendra Kumari Singhdeo Govt Medical College
* University Engineering College
* Govt. Polytechnic college & ITI
* Govt Rajmohani Agriculture College. * Holly cross college of Nursing
* Holly cross Women's College
* Sai Baba Aadarsh College
* K R Technical College

==Media and communications==
State-owned [[All India Radio]] has a local station in Ambikapur.
*Sigma media limited

==Notable people==
*[[T. S. Singh Deo]]
*[[Sunil Kumar Sinha]]

==Royal Palace==

Surguja palace also known as Raghunath Palace is a prime palace in Ambikapur. It is a white, two-storey palace. Surguja Palace is one of the most eye-catching tourist places for both urban and rural crowds. This palace is open for public only on the day of [[Dussehra]] every year. Its an old tradition that the heir of royal family of Surguja meets and greets the visitors on Dussehra and the festival is celebrated in a pompous manner.

== See also ==
*[[Ambikapur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ambikapur constituency]]
*[http://www.editordesk.co.in/2023/03/blog-post.html Sanjay park], Ambikapur

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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[[Category:Cities and towns in Surguja district]]

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