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It is believed that the name "Bhilai" is derived from the Bhil people tribe which originally inhabited this region and continues to dwell in the nearby forests until today.
Bhilai was a small village and a part of the Haihaivanshi kingdom until 1740, when it was conquered by the Maratha Empire. It was administered by the British from 1853 until 1947, when it merged with the Indian union.
The foundation of the modern city of Bhilai was laid in 1955 when the Indian government signed a historic agreement with the Soviet Union in Magnitogorsk to establish a steel plant near the village. The first blast furnace of the plant was commissioned in 1959 by the first president of India, Rajendra Prasad.
In the 2011 census, Bhilai Nagar Urban Agglomeration had a population of 1,064,222, of which 545,916 are males and 518,306 are females. Bhilai has an average literacy rate of 86.63%, male literacy is 92.22% and, female literacy is 80.71%.
Bhilai lies at 21.21°N 81.38°E in Central India at an elevation of 297m above sea level on the banks of the Shivnath River, a tributary of the river Mahanadi. It covers an area of 341 km2 (132 sq mi).
According to the Bureau of Indian Standards, the town falls under Earthquake zones of India, in a scale of 2 to 5 (in order of increasing value of vulnerability to earthquakes).
Owing to its proximity to the Tropic of Cancer, Bhilai has a tropical climate. There are three main seasons: summer, monsoon and winter. The average annual temperature in Bhilai is 26.6 °C and the city receives an average rainfall of 1188 mm in a year. Summers usually last from May to June, followed by monsoons in July and August. The town receives the bulk of rainfall in July, with an average rainfall of 352mm. There is little rainfall during the winters, with November being the driest month of the year.
Bhilai is home to the Bhilai Steel Plant, the first Indian plant to produce steel rails, which was established with help from the Soviet Union in 1955. The amount of steel rails produced by the facility can go around the circumference of the earth 7 times. This is depicted on the monument at the globe square in the heart of the city. The facility underwent modernization and expansion, and is amongst leading manufacturer of iron and steel in Asia
Schools in Bhilai are run either by municipal corporations,
privately by entities, trusts and corporations. The majority of schools are affiliated with the Chhattisgarh Board of Secondary Education and the Central Board of Secondary Education. Most notable ones are Kendriya Vidyalaya Durg, DPS Risali, DPS Durg, and KPS Nehru Nagar.
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