List of districts of Chhattisgarh

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Districts of Chhattisgarh coloured by division:
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districts. At the time of separation from Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh originally had 16 districts. Two new districts: Bijapur and Narayanpur were carved out on May 11, 2007[1] and nine new districts on Jan 1, 2012. The new districts have been created by carving out the existing districts to facilitate more targeted, focused and closer administration. These districts have been named Sukma, Kondagaon, Balod, Bemetara, Baloda Bazar, Gariaband, Mungeli, Surajpur and Balrampur[2] The district of Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi, was inaugurated on 10 February 2020. In September 2022, five new districts were inaugurated: Manpur-Mohla on the 2nd September, Sarangarh-Bhilaigarh on the 3rd September, and Manendragarh and Sakti districts on the 9th September.[3] Newly district Khairagarh-Chhuikhadan-Gandai announced on 17 April 2022 and Inaugurated on 3rd September 2022[4]

Background

A district of an Indian state is an administrative geographical unit, headed by a district magistrate or a deputy commissioner, an officer belonging to the Indian Administrative Service. The district magistrate or the deputy commissioner is assisted by a number of officials belonging to different wings of the administrative services of the state.

A superintendent of police, an officer belonging to Indian Police Service, is entrusted with the responsibility of maintaining law and order and related issues.

Administrative history

Before Indian independence, present-day Chhattisgarh state was divided between the

princely states in the north, south, and east, which were part of the Eastern States Agency
.

The British province encompassed the central portion of the state, and was made up of three districts,

Durg, which made up the Chhattisgarh Division
of the Central Provinces. Durg District was created in 1906 out of the western portion of Raipur District.

The northern portion of the state, comprising present-day Koriya, Surajpur, Surguja, Jashpur, and Raigarh districts, was divided among the six princely states of Chang Bhakar, Jashpur, Koriya, Surajpur, Raigarh, Surguja, and Udaipur. To the west, the states of

Bastar
included present-day Bastar and Dantewada districts and the southern part of Kanker District.

After Indian Independence, the princely states were merged with the Central Provinces and Berar to form the new state of Madhya Pradesh. Present-day Chhattisgarh comprised seven districts of Madhya Pradesh. The former states of Kanker and Bastar formed the new Bastar District, the parts of Surguja, Korea, and Chang Bhakar formed the new Surguja District, and the states of Nandgaon, Khairagarh, Chhuikhadan and Kawardha formed the new Rajnandgaon District.

In 1998, the seven districts that make up present-day Chhattisgarh were reorganized to form 16 districts. Dantewada and Kanker districts were split from Bastar; Dhamtari District was split from Raipur; Janjgir-Champa and Korba districts were split from Bilaspur; Jashpur District was split from Raigarh; Kawardha District was formed from parts of Bilaspur and Rajnandgaon; Koriya and Surajpur District was split from Surguja; and Mahasamund District was split from Raipur.

On 1 November 2000, these 16 districts were split from Madhya Pradesh to form the new state of Chhattisgarh.[5] Two new districts were added afterwards. On 1 January 2012, the Chhattisgarh government announced 9 new districts, for a total of 27. On 15 August 2019, the Chhattisgarh chief minister announced the creation of Chhattisgarh's 28th district, Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi, which would be carved out of Bilaspur district.[6] On 10 February 2020, the new district was inaugurated.[7]

Districts of Chhattisgarh

Chhattisgarh consists of 33 districts.[2][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]

S.No Code District Headquarters Population (2011)[15] Area (km2)[16] Density (/km2) Official website Map
1 Balod Balod 826,165 3,527.00 234 http://balod.gov.in/
2 Baloda Bazar Baloda Bazar 1,078,911 3,733.87 290 https://balodabazar.gov.in/
3 Balrampur Balrampur 730,491 6,016.34 100 http://balrampur.gov.in/
4 BA Bastar Jagdalpur 834,873 6,596.90 213 http://bastar.gov.in/
5 Bemetara Bemetara 795,759 2,854.81 279 http://bemetara.gov.in/
6 Bijapur Bijapur 255,230 6,552.96 39 http://bijapur.gov.in/
7 BI Bilaspur Bilaspur 1,625,502 3,511.10 463 http://bilaspur.gov.in/
8 DA Dantewada Dantewada 283,479 3,410.50 83 http://dantewada.gov.in/
9 DH Dhamtari Dhamtari 799,781 4,081.93 196 http://dhamtari.gov.in/
10 DU Durg Durg 1,721,948 2,319.99 742 http://durg.gov.in/
11 GB Gariaband Gariaband 597,653 5,854.94 103 http://gariaband.gov.in/
12 GPM Gaurella-Pendra-Marwahi Gaurella 336,420 2,307.39 166 https://gaurela-pendra-marwahi.cg.gov.in/
13 JC Janjgir-Champa Janjgir 966,671 4,466.74 360 http://janjgir-champa.gov.in/
14 JA Jashpur
Jashpur
851,669 6,457.41 132 https://jashpur.nic.in/en/
15 KW Kabirdham Kawardha 822,526 4,447.05 185 http://kawardha.gov.in/
16 KK Kanker Kanker 748,941 6,432.68 117 http://kanker.gov.in/
17 Kondagaon Kondagaon 578,326 6,050.73 96 http://kondagaon.gov.in/
18 KCG Khairagarh-Chhuikhadan-Gandai Khairagarh 368,444 - -
19 KB Korba Korba 1,206,640 7,145.44 169 http://korba.gov.in/
20 KJ Koriya Baikunthpur 247,427 2378 37 http://korea.gov.in/
21 MA Mahasamund Mahasamund 1,032,754 4,963.01 208 http://mahasamund.gov.in/
22 MCB Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur Manendragarh 376000 4226 -
23 MM
Mohla-Manpur- Ambagarh Chowki
Mohla 283,947 - -
24 Mungeli Mungeli 701,707 2,750.36 255 http://mungeli.gov.in
25 Narayanpur
Narayanpur
139,820 6,922.68 20 http://narayanpur.gov.in/
26 RG Raigarh Raigarh 1,112,982 - - http://raigarh.gov.in/
27 RP
Raipur
Raipur 2,160,876 2,914.37 742 http://raipur.gov.in/
28 RN Rajnandgaon Rajnandgaon 884,742 8,070 110 http://rajnandgaon.gov.in/
29 SB
Sarangarh-Bilaigarh
Sarangarh 607,434 - -
30 Skt
Sakti
Sakti 653,036 - -
31 SK Sukma Sukma 250,159 5,767.02 43 https://sukma.gov.in/
32 SJ Surajpur Surajpur 789,043 4,998.26 158 http://surajpur.gov.in/
33 SU Surguja
Ambikapur
840,352 5,019.80 167 http://surguja.gov.in/

Districts grouped by divisions

Divisions listed north to south and east to west, and within divisions the districts have been listed clockwise starting from northwest.

Districts with their major cities

S.No District Headquarter Largest City Other Major Cities or Towns
1
Raipur
Raipur Raipur
Naya Raipur
, Sarona, Tatibandh, Nardaha, Ama Seoni, Kendri, Mana, Mana Camp, Sejbahar, Saddu, Daldal Seoni, Mowa, Kharora, Arang, Dharsiwa, Siltara, Birgaon, Tilda
2 Bilaspur Bilaspur Bilaspur Kota (Kargi Road), Ratanpur, Takhatpur, Masturi, Bilha, Beltara
3
Durg
Durg Bhilai-nagar Charoda, Kumhari,Utai,Anda,Dhamdha, Patan,Risali,Ahiwara,Supela,Jamul,Rasmara, Deokar,Baghera
4
Korba
Korba Korba Katghora, Pali, Dipka
5
Raigarh
Raigarh Raigarh Kharsia, Gharghora, Dharamjaigarh
6
Rajnandgaon
Rajnandgaon Rajnandgaon Dongargarh, Dongargaon
7
Koriya
Baikunthpur Baikunthpur Sonhat, Patna, Churcha
8
Surguja
Ambikapur
Ambikapur
Sitapur
9 Balrampur Balrampur Ramanujganj
10
Jashpur
Jashpur-Nagar
Jashpur-Nagar
Kunkuri, Patthalgaon
11
Surajpur
Surajpur Surajpur
Telgaon
12 Janjgir–Champa Janjgir Champa Janjgir, Akaltara
13
Mungeli
Mungeli Mungeli Lormi, Takhatpur
14
Kabirdham
Kawardha Kawardha Pandariya, Pandatarai
15 Bemetara Bemetara Bemetara Saja, Berla, Navagarh, Deokar
16 Balod Balod Balod Dalli-Rajhara, Dondhi lohara, Dondhi
17
Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara
Baloda Bazar Bhatapara

Balodabazar, Bhatapara, Kasdol, simga, palari, Bilaigarh

18 Gariaband Gariaband Gariaband Fingeshwar, Chhura, Gariaband, Deobhog, Mainpur
19 Mahasamund district Mahasamund Mahasamund Saraipali, Basna, Pithoura, Mahasamund, Bagbahra
20
Dhamtari
Dhamtari Dhamtari
Nagri
21 Bijapur Bijapur Bijapur
22 Narayanpur Narayanpur Narayanpur
23
North Bastar
Kanker Kanker Bhanupratapur
24
Bastar
Jagdalpur Jagdalpur Bastar
25
South Bastar
Dantewada Dantewada
26 Kondagaon Kondagaon Kondagaon
27 Sukma Sukma Sukma Konta
28
Gaurella-Pendra-Marwahi
Gaurella Gaurella, Pendra, Marwahi
29 Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur Manendragarh Chirmiri Manendragarh, Khongapani
30 Khairagarh-Chhuikhadan-Gandai Khairagarh Khairagarh Chhuikhadan
31 Sakti Sakti Sakti Baraduwar, Malkharouda, Jaijaipur, Dabhra, Chandrapur, Hasaud, Adbhar, Bhothiya
32 Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki Mohla Ambagarh Chowki Manpur

See also

References

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