List of districts of Chhattisgarh

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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]

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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 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.NoCodeDistrictHeadquartersPopulation (2011) [15] Area (km2) [16] Density (/km2)Official websiteMap
1 Balod Balod 826,1653,527.00234 http://balod.gov.in/ Balod in Chhattisgarh (India).svg
2 Baloda Bazar Baloda Bazar 1,078,9113,733.87290 https://balodabazar.gov.in/ Baloda Bazar in Chhattisgarh (India).svg
3 Balrampur Balrampur 730,4916,016.34100 http://balrampur.gov.in/ Balrampur in Chhattisgarh (India).svg
4BA Bastar Jagdalpur 834,8736,596.90213 http://bastar.gov.in/ Bastar in Chhattisgarh (India).svg
5 Bemetara Bemetara 795,7592,854.81279 http://bemetara.gov.in/ Bemetara in Chhattisgarh (India).svg
6 Bijapur Bijapur 255,2306,552.9639 http://bijapur.gov.in/ Bijapur in Chhattisgarh (India).svg
7BI Bilaspur Bilaspur 1,625,5023,511.10463 http://bilaspur.gov.in/ Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh (India).svg
8DA Dantewada Dantewada 283,4793,410.5083 http://dantewada.gov.in/ Dantewada in Chhattisgarh (India).svg
9DH Dhamtari Dhamtari 799,7814,081.93196 http://dhamtari.gov.in/ Dhamtari in Chhattisgarh (India).svg
10DU Durg Durg 1,721,9482,319.99742 http://durg.gov.in/ Durg in Chhattisgarh (India).svg
11GB Gariaband Gariaband 597,6535,854.94103 http://gariaband.gov.in/ Gariaband in Chhattisgarh (India).svg
12GPM Gaurella-Pendra-Marwahi Gaurella 336,4202,307.39166 https://gaurela-pendra-marwahi.cg.gov.in/ Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi in Chhattisgarh (India).svg
13JC Janjgir-Champa Janjgir 966,6714,466.74360 http://janjgir-champa.gov.in/ Janjgir-Champa in Chhattisgarh (India).svg
14JA Jashpur Jashpur 851,6696,457.41132 https://jashpur.nic.in/en/ Jashpur in Chhattisgarh (India).svg
15KW Kabirdham Kawardha 822,5264,447.05185 http://kawardha.gov.in/ Kawardha in Chhattisgarh (India).svg
16KK Kanker Kanker 748,9416,432.68117 http://kanker.gov.in/ Kanker in Chhattisgarh (India).svg
17 Kondagaon Kondagaon 578,3266,050.7396 http://kondagaon.gov.in/ Kondagaon in Chhattisgarh (India).svg
18KCG Khairagarh-Chhuikhadan-Gandai Khairagarh 368,444-- Khairagarh-Chhuikhadan-Gandai in Chhattisgarh (India).svg
19KB Korba Korba 1,206,6407,145.44169 http://korba.gov.in/ Korba in Chhattisgarh (India).svg
20KJ Koriya Baikunthpur 247,427237837 http://korea.gov.in/ Koriya in Chhattisgarh (India).svg
21MA Mahasamund Mahasamund 1,032,7544,963.01208 http://mahasamund.gov.in/ Mahasamund in Chhattisgarh (India).svg
22MCB Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur Manendragarh 3760004226- Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur in Chhattisgarh (India).svg
23MM Mohla-Manpur- Ambagarh Chowki Mohla283,947-- Mohla-Manpur-Chowki in Chhattisgarh (India).svg
24 Mungeli Mungeli 701,7072,750.36255 http://mungeli.gov.in Mungeli in Chhattisgarh (India).svg
25 Narayanpur Narayanpur 139,8206,922.6820 http://narayanpur.gov.in/ Narayanpur in Chhattisgarh (India).svg
26RG Raigarh Raigarh 1,112,982-- http://raigarh.gov.in/ Raigarh in Chhattisgarh (India).svg
27RP Raipur Raipur 2,160,8762,914.37742 http://raipur.gov.in/ Raipur in Chhattisgarh (India).svg
28RN Rajnandgaon Rajnandgaon 884,7428,070110 http://rajnandgaon.gov.in/ Rajnandgaon in Chhattisgarh (India).svg
29SB Sarangarh-Bilaigarh Sarangarh 607,434-- Sarangarh-Bhilaigarh in Chhattisgarh (India).svg
30Skt Sakti Sakti 653,036-- https://sakti.cg.gov.in/ Shakti in Chhattisgarh (India).svg
31SK Sukma Sukma 250,1595,767.0243 https://sukma.gov.in/ Sukma in Chhattisgarh (India).svg
32SJ Surajpur Surajpur 789,0434,998.26158 http://surajpur.gov.in/ Surajpur in Chhattisgarh (India).svg
33SU Surguja Ambikapur 840,3525,019.80167 http://surguja.gov.in/ Surguja in Chhattisgarh (India).svg

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.NoDistrictHeadquarterLargest CityOther 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,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 Baraduwar, Malkharouda, Jaijaipur, Dabhra, Chandrapur, Hasaud, Adbhar, Bhothiya
32 Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki Mohla Ambagarh Chowki Manpur

See also

References

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