List of districts of Chhattisgarh

Districts of Chhattisgarh coloured by division:

  Surguja division

  Bilaspur division

  Durg division

  Raipur division

  Bastar division

Chhattisgarh, a state of India, has 33 administrative districts. At the time of separation from Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh originally had 16 districts. Two new districts: Bijapur and Narayanpur were carved out on 11 May 2007 ^[1] and nine new districts on 1 Jan 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 2 September, Sarangarh-Bilaigarh on 3 September, and Manendragarh and Sakti districts on 9 September. ^[3] Newly district Khairagarh-Chhuikhadan-Gandai announced on 17 April 2022 and Inaugurated on 3 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 Central Provinces and Berar, a province of British India, and a number of princely states in the north, south, and east, which were part of the Eastern States Agency.^{[ citation needed ]}

The British province encompassed the central portion of the state, and was made up of three districts, Raipur, Bilaspur, and 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.^{[ citation needed ]}

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 Nandgaon, Khairagarh, Chhuikhadan and Kawardha comprised parts of present-day Rajnandgaon and Kawardha districts. In the south, the state of Kanker comprised the northern portion of present-day Kanker District, and the state of Bastar included present-day Bastar and Dantewada districts and the southern part of Kanker District.^{[ citation needed ]}

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.^{[ citation needed ]}

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.^{[ citation needed ]}

On 1st 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 1st January 2012, the Chhattisgarh government announced 9 new districts, for a total of 27. On 15th 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-Bhatapara	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	972,453	2375.59	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	1553.84	-	https://s351ef186e18dc00c2d31982567235c559.s3waas.gov.in/hi/
19	KB	Korba	Korba	1,206,640	7,145.44	169	http://korba.gov.in/
20	KJ	Koriya	Baikunthpur	247,427	2001.779	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	-	https://manendragarh-chirmiri-bharatpur.cg.gov.in/en/
23	MM	Mohla-Manpur- Ambagarh Chowki	Mohla	283,947	2145.29	-	https://mohla-manpur-ambagarhchowki.cg.gov.in/en/
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	6527.44	-	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	1650.14	-	https://sarangarh-bilaigarh.cg.gov.in/
30	Skt	Sakti	Sakti	653,036	1600.88	-	https://sakti.cg.gov.in/
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.

Surguja Division Balrampur-Ramanujganj Jashpur Koriya Manendragarh Surajpur Surguja

Bilaspur Division Bilaspur Gaurella-Pendra-Marwahi Janjgir-Champa Korba Mungeli Raigarh Sakti Sarangarh-Bilaigarh

Durg Division Balod Bemetara Durg Kabirdham (Kawardha) Khairagarh-Chhuikhadan-Gandai Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki Rajnandgaon

Raipur Division Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara Dhamtari Gariaband Mahasamund Raipur

Bastar Division Bastar Bijapur Dantewada (Dakshin Bastar) Kanker (Uttar Bastar) Kondagaon Narayanpur Sukma

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	Charoda, Kumhari, Utai, Anda, Dhamdha, Patan,Risali, Ahiwara, Supela, Jamul, Rasmara, 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	Bishrampur, Bhatgaon, Pratappur, Prem Nagar, Ramanuj Nagar, Bhaiyathan, Odagi
12	Janjgir–Champa	Janjgir	Champa	Janjgir, Akaltara
13	Mungeli	Mungeli	Mungeli	Lormi, Sargaon, Pathariya
14	Kabirdham	Kawardha	Kawardha	Pandariya, Pandatarai
15	Bemetara	Bemetara	Bemetara	Saja, Berla, Navagarh, Deokar
16	Balod	Balod	Balod	Dalli-Rajhara, Dondi Lohara, Dondi
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	Kurud, 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	Pendra, Pendraroad
29	Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur	Manendragarh	Chirmiri	Manendragarh, Khongapani
30	Khairagarh-Chhuikhadan-Gandai	Khairagarh	Khairagarh	Chhuikhadan
31	Sakti	Sakti	Sakti	Baradwar, Malkharoda, Jaijaipur, Dabhra, Chandrapur, Hasaud, Adbhar, Bhothiya
32	Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki	Mohla	Ambagarh Chowki	Manpur
33	Sarangarh-Bilaigarh	Sarangarh	Sarangarh	Bilaigarh

See also

• List of districts in India

References

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Further reading

• Alanga, Sanjaya (2011). छत्तीसगढ़ की पूर्व रियासतें और जमीन्दारियाँ[The former princely states of Chhattisgarh and Jmindariya] (in Hindi). Raipur: Vaibhav Prakashan. ISBN   978-81-89244-96-5.
• Alanga, Sanjaya (2011). Chattīsagaṛha kī janajātiyām̐ aura jātiyām̐[Tribes and castes of Chhattīsgarh] (in Hindi). Delhi: Mansi Publication. ISBN   978-81-89559-32-8.

External links

• Districts of Chhattisgarh
• Chhattisgarh Photos, Videos, Maps and Tourism
• List of Chhattisgarh District Centres at Chhattisgarh Official Portal.
• List of District official websites