India/Satna City: State of Madhya Pradesh Part 27 (HD)
Satna City: State of
Madhya Pradesh
The Satna
City (
Cement City), is the principle town of
Satna District (सतना) of the
Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, which shares a border with neighbouring
Uttar Pradesh.
Satna - not to be confused with
Satana - is a municipal corporation within Satna District, and houses the administrative headquarters of Satna District.
Satna has been selected as one of the hundred
Indian cities to be developed as a smart city under PM
Narendra Modi's flagship initiative the
Smart Cities Mission
Location:
Satna district is situated between latitudes 23" 58' and 25"12' north and longitudes 80"21' and 81"23' east in mid northern part of
Rewa Commissioner's
Division in Madhya Pradesh state of
India. The districts takes its name from Satna, the chief municipality of the district, which in its turn takes it from the Satna Rewa river which flows near the town
.In the north, the district share borders with the
Banda District of
Uttar Pradesh state.
Eastern
Bombay of the district runs with the Teonther,
Sirmour and Huzur tehsils of
Rewa district and a very small questions of the Gopadbanas tehsil of
Sidhi District. The entire western boundary of the district is made by
Panna district while the southern boundary abuts on the
Murwara tehsil of
Jabalpur district in the west and Bandhogarh tehsil of
Umaria district and
Beohari Tehsils of
Shahdol district on the east.
Language and people
Hindi is the most commonly spoken language of the town. Some people speak
Bagheli dialect which is a derivative of Hindi in this region. Other less-spoken languages include
Sindhi,
Punjabi, English, and Hindi. However, many people generally prefer speaking proper Hindi. Satna is the 7th most populated city in Madhya Pradesh.
Railways
Satna Junction railway station (
IRCTC code
STA) is a station in Western-Central railway division on the route between
Jabalpur Junction and
Allahabad. It is a junction and the branch goes to Rewa from here. The railway station has three platforms with all up going trains (trains in the direction of
Mumbai) normally using platform number 1 and all down going (trains in direction of Allahabad-Manikpur) using platforms 2 and 3. Satna is well connected by train to almost all major cities of the countries. It lies on the
Howrah–Allahabad–Mumbai line, a train route connecting Mumbai and
Howrah. There is also a diesel depot for the
Western Central Railway. Satna junction is the most prominent junction of the
Jabalpur Railway division providing maximum income due to its high degree of loading and unloading of cement, petroleum etc. All trains passing from Satna Junction stop here which ultimately shows its importance. 3 of them have technical stoppage while the rest have commercial stoppage.
ISO certified trains such as
Rewanchal Express are the trains of the area. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satna