List of districts of Chhattisgarh

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Chhattisgarh, a state of India, has 33 administrative districts.

Map Chhattisgarh state and 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] A new District Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi came into existence on 10 February 2020 as the 28th district. Later 5 new districts of Khairagarh, Manendragarh, Mohla-Manpur, Sakti and Sarangarh were added in 2022.

Districts of Chhattisgarh[change | change source]

Chhattisgarh consists of 33 districts.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

Code District Headquarters Population (2011)[10] Area (km2)[11] Density (/km2) Official website
Balod Balod 826,165 3,527.00 234 http://balod.gov.in/
Baloda Bazar Baloda Bazar 1,078,911 3,733.87 290 https://balodabazar.gov.in/
Balrampur Balrampur 730,491 6,016.34 100 http://balrampur.gov.in/
BA Bastar Jagdalpur 834,873 6,596.90 213 http://bastar.gov.in/
Bemetara Bemetara 795,759 2,854.81 279 http://bemetara.gov.in/
Bijapur Bijapur 255,230 6,552.96 39 http://bijapur.gov.in/
BI Bilaspur Bilaspur 1,625,502 3,511.10 463 http://bilaspur.gov.in/
DA Dantewada Dantewada 283,479 3,410.50 83 http://dantewada.gov.in/
DH Dhamtari Dhamtari 799,781 4,081.93 196 http://dhamtari.gov.in/
DU Durg Durg 1,721,948 2,319.99 742 http://durg.gov.in/
GB Gariaband Gariaband 597,653 5,854.94 103 http://gariaband.gov.in/
GPM Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi Pendra 336,420 2,307.39 166 https://gaurela-pendra-marwahi.cg.gov.in/
JC Janjgir–Champa Janjgir 966,671 4,466.74 360 http://janjgir-champa.gov.in/
JA Jashpur Jashpur 851,669 6,457.41 132 https://jashpur.nic.in/en/
KW Kabirdham Kawardha 822,526 4,447.05 185 http://kawardha.gov.in/
KK Kanker Kanker 748,941 6,432.68 117 http://kanker.gov.in/
Kondagaon Kondagaon 578,326 6,050.73 96 http://kondagaon.gov.in/
Khairagarh-Chhuikhadan-Gandai Khairagarh 368,444 - -
KB Korba Korba 1,206,640 7,145.44 169 http://korba.gov.in/
KJ Koriya Baikunthpur 247,427 6,604 37 http://korea.gov.in/
MA Mahasamund Mahasamund 1,032,754 4,963.01 208 http://mahasamund.gov.in/
MCB Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur Manendragarh 376000 4226 -
MM Mohla Manpur Mohla 283,947 - -
Mungeli Mungeli 701,707 2,750.36 255 http://mungeli.gov.in
Narayanpur Narayanpur 139,820 6,922.68 20 http://narayanpur.gov.in/
RG Raigarh Raigarh 1,112,982 - - http://raigarh.gov.in/
RP Raipur Raipur 2,160,876 2,914.37 742 http://raipur.gov.in/
RN Rajnandgaon Rajnandgaon 884,742 8,070 110 http://rajnandgaon.gov.in/
SB Sarangarh-Bilaigarh Sarangarh 607,434 - -
Sakti Sakti 653,036 - -
SK Sukma Sukma 250,159 5,767.02 43 https://sukma.gov.in/
SJ Surajpur Surajpur 789,043 4,998.26 158 http://surajpur.gov.in/
SU Surguja Ambikapur 840,352 5,019.80 167 http://surguja.gov.in/

References[change | change source]

  1. "2 new districts formed in Chhattisgarh". May 12, 2007.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Anita (2 January 2012). "Chhattisgarh gets New Year gift - 9 new districts!". Oneindia. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  3. "Electoral rolls". Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Chhattisgarh. Archived from the original on 2012-03-05.
  4. Chhattisgarh at a glance-2002 Archived 2012-04-04 at the Wayback Machine Govt. of Chhattisgarh official website.
  5. List of Chhattisgarh District Centres Archived 2012-02-20 at the Wayback Machine at'NIC, Chhattisgarh official Portal
  6. Mathew, K.M. (ed.). Manorama Yearbook 2008, Kottayam: Malayala Manorama, ISSN 0542-5778, p.518
  7. "Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi to become Chhattisgarh's 28th district on February 10". The New Indian Express. Express News Service. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  8. "Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi inaugurated as C'garh's 28th district". Business Standard. Press Trust of India. 10 February 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  9. Ravish Pal Singh (August 15, 2021). "Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel announces 4 new districts, 18 tehsils". India Today. Retrieved 2021-10-01.
  10. "SOCIO ECONOMIC INDICATOR 2015 - District wise Population, page no.- 06" (PDF). descg.gov.in.[permanent dead link]
  11. "Socio Economic Indicator 2015(District-wise Area, page no. 04)" (PDF). descg.gov.in.[permanent dead link]

Further reading[change | change source]

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