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Old Bhilai Location in Chhattisgarh, India Old Bhilai Old Bhilai (India)
Coordinates: 21.21979°N 81.45751°E / 21.21979; 81.45751
Country	India
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Government
• Type	Municipal Corporation
• Body	Charoda Municipal Corporation
Area
• Total	190 km2 (73 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	107,170
• Density	560/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Demonym	Bhilites
Languages
• Official	Hindi, Chhattisgarhi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	490025
Telephone code	0788
Vehicle registration	CG-07

Bhilai Charoda is a municipal corporation and a part of Bhilai city in the state of Chhattisgarh, India. Charoda is an industrial area of Bhilai city. Asia's longest railway marshaling yard is in Charoda, Bhilai.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census Charoda had a population of 98,008. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Charoda has an average literacy rate of 77.63%, higher than the national average of 74.04%; with male literacy of 87.19% and female literacy of 67.96%. 13% of the population is under 6 years of age. The sex ratio of Bhilai Charoda is 995. Thus per every 1000 men, there were 995 females in Bhilai Charoda. Additionally, the child sex ratio was 1,034 which is greater than the average sex ratio (989) of Chhattisgarh. Bhilai Charoda is situated equidistant, 20 kilometers, from Durg and Raipur (the state capital).

Places of interest

Deobaloda temple

Deobaloda has a temple of the Hindu god Shiva called Mahadev temple, built by the Kalachuris during the 13th century.

Mahadev Temple, Deobaloda built by the Kalchuris during the 13th Century