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Madhya Pradesh
Eastern Madhya Pradesh

Chitrakoot

Chitrakoot is a culturally and archaeologically significant town in , split between and . Though relatively unknown to tourists, the area is a pilgrimage destination known for a number of important temples and sites mentioned in Hindu scripture.
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  • Type: Town with 22,300 residents
  • Description: Religious town of Madhya Pradesh
  • Also known as: “Chitrakoot, Madhya Pradesh”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chitrakoot Dham.

Town
is a city in the , in the India state of . It is the headquarters of the Chitrakoot district. Situated in the Baghelkhand region, it holds great cultural, historical, religious and archaeological importance and it is said that Rama, a major deity in Hinduism, spent 11 years of exile in Chitrakoot. is situated 7 km northeast of Chitrakoot.

Chitrakoot

Latitude
25.1744° or 25° 10′ 28″ north
Longitude
80.8691° or 80° 52′ 9″ east
Population
22,300
Open location code
7MQ25VF9+QM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 245730598
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q1192410
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In Other Languages

From Assamese to Western Panjabi—“Chitrakoot” goes by many names.
  • Assamese: “চিত্ৰকূট”
  • Asturian: “Chitrakoot, Madhya Pradesh”
  • Bengali: “চিত্রকূট”
  • Bhojpuri: “चित्रकूट”
  • Bishnupriya: “চিত্রকোট”
  • Chinese: “Chitrakuta”
  • Chinese: “奇特拉库特”
  • Chinese: “奇特拉科奥特”
  • Chinese: “奇特拉科奧特”
  • Dutch: “Chitrakuta”
  • Finnish: “Chitrakoot”
  • Gujarati: “ચિત્રકૂટ ધામ”
  • Hindi: “चित्रकूट धाम”
  • Hindi: “चित्रकूट, मध्य प्रदेश”
  • Hindi: “चित्रकूट”
  • Italian: “Chitrakoot”
  • Japanese: “チトラクート”
  • Kannada: “ಚಿತ್ರಕೂಟ”
  • Kashmiri: “چترکوٹ، مدھیہ پردیش”
  • Maithili: “चित्रकूट”
  • Malagasy: “Chitrakoot”
  • Malay: “Chitrakoot”
  • Malayalam: “Chitrakoot”
  • Malayalam: “Chitrakuta”
  • Malayalam: “ചിത്രകൂട”
  • Malayalam: “ചിത്രകൂട്, മദ്ധ്യപ്രദേശ്”
  • Malayalam: “ചിത്രകൂട്”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Chitrakuta”
  • Mingrelian: “ჩიტრაკუტა”
  • Moksha: “Читракута”
  • Newari: “चित्रकूट”
  • Pampanga: “Chitrakoot”
  • Panjabi: “ਚਿਤਰਕੂਟ”
  • Polish: “Chitrakoot”
  • Portuguese: “Chitrakoot”
  • Russian: “Читракут”
  • Russian: “Читракута”
  • Spanish: “Chitrakoot”
  • Tatar: “Читракута”
  • Telugu: “చిత్రకూట్, మధ్యప్రదేశ్”
  • Telugu: “చిత్రకూట్”
  • Ukrainian: “Читракута”
  • Urdu: “چترکوٹ، مدھیہ پردیش”
  • Vietnamese: “Chitrakoot”
  • Western Panjabi: “چتراکوٹ”
  • “चित्रकूट”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Chitrakoot”. Photo: Engshubham, CC BY-SA 4.0.