Chamorshi

Chamorshi The town of rice
Town
Markanda temples
Chamorshi Location in Maharashtra, India
Coordinates: 19°56′17″N 79°53′24″E / 19.938°N 79.890°E / 19.938; 79.890
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Gadchiroli
Government
• Type	Maharashtra Government
• Body	BJP
Elevation	120 m (390 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	179,120^[1]
• Rank	3rd in district population wise
Demonym	chamorshikar
Languages
• Official	Marathi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	MH 33

Chamorshi is a Town and a tehsil in Gadchiroli district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

It is located near the east bank of the Wainganga River, which along with Wardha River forms the Pranahita River at Chaprala which meets the Godavari River. It is famous for the ancient historic temple of god Markandeshwar which is located at village Markanda. Temple is situated at the bank of the Wainganga river, which flows generally from North to South but at Markanda it takes Northward turn for 20 km before again going Southward.Markanda is also known as (vidharbhachi kashi). Every year at mahashivratri there is Mela or fair at markanda. Which last for 10 days. There is also a chicdoh barrage near to chamorshi which has more than 35 gates, which is also a major attraction of this town. There is also mutnur 30km from chamorshi now a day it has famous tourist attraction for vidharbha people. Mutnur is small hill station.

Year	Male	Female	Total Population	Change	Religion (%)
Year	Male	Female	Total Population	Change	Hindu	Muslim	Christian	Sikhs	Buddhist	Jain	Other religions and persuasions	Religion not stated
2001^[2]	83886	81628	165514	-	90.653	0.581	0.103	0.059	8.081	0.050	0.364	0.110
2011^[1]	90759	88361	179120	8.220	90.753	0.784	0.170	0.032	7.814	0.055	0.151	0.241