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City in Chhattisgarh, India
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Korba is a city in Chhattisgarh. Korba is the power capital of Chhattisgarh. The district comes under Bilaspur division and is inhabited mainly by tribals including the protected tribe Korwas (Pahadi Korwa). Korba is blessed with lush green forest cover, where a sizable number of tribal population is found. The Adivaisis in the forest areas live in harmony with the environment and have retained their distinctive cultural characteristics and traditional observances.
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It was constructed by Raja Pratwidev First. Archeologists consider it as one of the strongest natural fort. Since it is protected by strong natuaral walls, only at some places walls have been built. The fort has three main entrances which are named as Menaka, Humkara, and Simhadwar.
By train
Korba is at a distance of 40 km from Champa junction on Mumbai Howrah line.
By plane
The nearest airport is in Raipur (RPR), which is 200 km from Korba.
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