Chitareva River

Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R)

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Chaugan Fort (Chougan) - Chichli - Chitareva River - Narsinghpur, MP

Chitareva River/Chitārewā River/Sitareva River (सीतारेवा नदी) - Tributary of Shakkar River. Chichli is situated on Sitareva River, a tributary of Narmada river which originates in Chhindwara and merges into Narmada in Narsinghpur district.

Variants

• Chitarewa River (चितारेवा नदी)

• Chitārewā River (चितारेवा नदी)

• Sitareva River/Sitarewa River (सीतारेवा नदी)

• Chitarewa, the Leopard river,
• Sitarewa, Sita’s river

The Chitarewa River (Sitarewa)

The river rises in the hills of Chhindwara District and joins the Shakkar River after a course of about 50 miles (80.47 km.), a mile above the railway bridge at Patlon near Gadarwara. At Mohpani the exposed coal measures were worked in the bed of the river, but the seams are now underwater. Hereafter the river passes the villages of Gangai and Chichli, facing each other on its banks. Its course is rocky and its stream rapid and irregular. The name is either Chitarewa, the Leopard river, or Sitarewa, Sita’s river. Rewa was the old name of the Narmada and was adopted to signify a river generically.

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