History

History

Naveen government College Mainpur is located in the Mainpur Tehsil of Gariyaband District of Chhattishgarh state. It is a premier institute in the rural and tribal area of Gariyaband District . It is a Co-education College affiliated to the Pt. Rvishankar Shukla University Raipur (C.G.). It is in fact the only college in this area with 406 student including around 232 girls . Mainpur is distance of 133km from Capital city of (C.G.) Raipur and 50kms from Gariyaband . The college has two hectare of land and is Geographically located in Rural area. College is situated amidst agricultural fieldes and forest trees of Bhatigarh Gram Panchayat.it is almost 4 km away from Mainpur Khurd bus stand on Deobhog road of . In front of Rest house one has to take right turn and after passing through Forest office, Janpad office, Homeo pathy Hospital, High school, Civil line, Big size Shiv Talab is found. After this comes the Shubhas chowk of Hardibhata a much known place. From this chowk left turn leads to Nahanbiri where Kasturba Residential Middle School for Girls is Located. From Shubhash chowk one moves straight passing through Mango orchade on left side and finds a culvert on the small stream of Pairi River. Pairi River’s name is recited so many times in the State Song “arpa Pairi ke dhar , Mahanadi he apar ....’’ composed by Prof. Nrendra Deo Verma . In our own times wild buffalow (bison) Shaymu used to visit Mainpur for local she buffalows.A group of fifteen to sixteen Elephants visits very often the Dam of Sikasar. This hydroelectric project was completed in the year 1977. From Sikasar Dam this group moves to Orissa via Kulharighat. Pairi pahar is inhabitet by so many wild animals among whom small size native Bear of 4 feet hight. Below Pairi Pahar there lives an old lady who has been wounded by them so many times but she survived each and every attack.