Bhadravati, Maharashtra

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Bhadravati Bhandak
city
Bhadravati
Bhadravati Location in Maharashtra, India
Coordinates: 20°6′35″N 79°7′12″E / 20.10972°N 79.12000°E / 20.10972; 79.12000
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Chandrapur
Government
• Type	Municipal Council
• Body	Bhadravati Municipal Council
Area
• Total	20 km2 (8 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	84,147
• Rank	3rd In Chandrapur District = 17 In Vidarbha
• Density	4,200/km2 (11,000/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Marathi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	442902
Telephone code	+91 07175
ISO 3166 code	IN-MH
Vehicle registration	MH 34
Website	maharashtra.gov.in

Bhadravati (formerly Bhandak) is a city and a municipal council in Chandrapur district in the state of Maharashtra, India. It lies 26 km from Chandrapur city. Bhadravati city has recently bagged the Best City in 'Innovation & Best Practices' award under the population Category - 50K to 1 Lakh from the Government of India under Swach Surverkshan Awards-2021. It has also bagged 8th Rank in being the cleanest city under category population Category - 50K to 1 Lakh under Swach Surverkshan Awards-2021 amongst 132 cities nominated. [1]

It has an ordnance factory and several open-cast coal mines.