Bade Bacheli is a town and a nagar panchayat

Nagar Panchayat

A nagar palika or nagar panchayat is a form of an urban political unit in India comparable to a municipality.An urban centre with more than 30,000 and less than 100,000 inhabitants is classified as a nagar panchayat....

 in Dantewada district

Dantewada District

Dantewada District, also known as Dantewara District or Dakshin Bastar District , is a district in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. Dantewada is the district headquarters. The district is part of Bastar Division...

  in the state of Chhattisgarh

Chhattisgarh

Chhattisgarh is a state in Central India, formed when the 16 Chhattisgarhi-speaking South-Eastern districts of Madhya Pradesh gained separate statehood on 1 November 2000....

, India

India

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. It is now very well known as NMDC Township with nature all around to explore and withness. It is situated roughly 400 k.m. from Raipur, capital of Chhattisgarh. The way to travel is by Road with frequent bus service from Raipur, Bhilai

Bhilai

Bhilai or Bhilai Nagar is a city in the Durg district of Chhattisgarh, in eastern central India. As of 2001, it had a population of 753,837. The city is located west of the capital Raipur, on the main Howrah–Mumbai rail line, and National Highway 6...

 and Jagdalpur

Jagdalpur

Jagdalpur is a city and a municipality in Bastar district in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. It is the administrative headquarters of Bastar District and Bastar Division, and was the capital of the erstwhile princely state of Bastar. Jagdalpur and its surrounding area comprise a major part of the...

 or by train from Jagdalpur .

Demographics

India census

Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

, Bade Bacheli had a population of 20,407. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Bade Bacheli has an average literacy rate of 65%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 60% of the males and 40% of females literate. 13% of the population is under 6 years of age. The population has raised primarily after commissioning of the NMDC project here.

Centre for Attraction

1. The famous Ghadi Chowk showcasing all the tribal and cultural wealth of Bastar, situated in the centre of Bacheli town.

2. HighTech Park with all the modern kind of amusement activities and decoration in the city.

3. The Iron Ore deposits under NMDC, beautiful hills and unique technique to crush iron to extract the ore.

4. Akashnagar, a small place in the hills famous for its natural beauty.

5. Lingaswara Temple, very famous for the architectual structure and history.

6. ESSAR Steel Plant situated in Kirandul 10 KM away to Bacheli Township. It has its own helipad for personal usage.