Charoda is a town and a municipality in Durg district in the state of Chhattisgarh, India.As of 2001 India census,[1] 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 , 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.Deobaloda has a very ancient temple of Lord Shiva, from the 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 Vidyalaya which was started by the FIH sisters in 1969. The next school started by them was Jyoti Hr. Sec. Eng. Med. School., Nutkhat, The International Pre-School is one of the latest addition in the education fraternity of Charoda [1]
Bhopal , Jabalpur , Gwalior , Indore , Raipur - chattisgarh , Bilaspur , Baroda(mp) , Ujjain , Ghatigaon , Bareli , Surajpur , Balrampur , Raigarh , Rewa , Shahdol
