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'''Baikunth''' is a small planned township in [[Chhattisgarh]] state of [[India]]. It is located 40 kilometers (25 miles) away from [[Raipur]] city on the [[Raipur]]-[[Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh|Bilaspur]] railway line. It was created for housing the employees of the Century Cement manufacturing plant, which became operational in the early 1970s.

The name Baikunth was derived from the first letters of the 3 villages that surrounded it - Ba from Bahesar, Kun from Kundru, and T from Tandwa.

The township has a population of approx 3000,{{Citation needed|date=January 2016}} but it employs a lot more folks from nearby villages and towns namely, Tilda, Kundru, Bahesar, Tulsi, etc.

At its inception, this place had just 3 trees. By the end of 2015, this place had more than 471,000 trees.{{Citation needed|date=January 2016}} The township has 3 distinct zones: the mine that provides the limestone; the cement manufacturing plant; the residential quarters with a club, a school, college, a branch of UCO bank, a hospital, a post office, shopping center with an ATM, temples, airstrip, a lake, parks, and playgrounds.

==Gallery==
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File:CCHS School Baikunth.jpg|CCHS School Baikunth
File:CC College Baikunth.jpg|Century Cement College Baikunth
File:Club Garden.jpg|Staff Club Garden
File:Senior Executive Residence.jpg|Senior Executive Residence Baikunth
</gallery>

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

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