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

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

CodeDistrictHeadquartersPopulation (2011)[10]Area (km2)[11]Density (/km2)Official website
BalodBalod826,1653,527.00234http://balod.gov.in/
Baloda BazarBaloda Bazar1,078,9113,733.87290https://balodabazar.gov.in/
BalrampurBalrampur730,4916,016.34100http://balrampur.gov.in/
BABastarJagdalpur834,8736,596.90213http://bastar.gov.in/
BemetaraBemetara795,7592,854.81279http://bemetara.gov.in/
BijapurBijapur255,2306,552.9639http://bijapur.gov.in/
BIBilaspurBilaspur1,625,5023,511.10463http://bilaspur.gov.in/
DADantewadaDantewada283,4793,410.5083http://dantewada.gov.in/
DHDhamtariDhamtari799,7814,081.93196http://dhamtari.gov.in/
DUDurgDurg1,721,9482,319.99742http://durg.gov.in/
GBGariabandGariaband597,6535,854.94103http://gariaband.gov.in/
GPMGaurela-Pendra-MarwahiPendra336,4202,307.39166https://gaurela-pendra-marwahi.cg.gov.in/
JCJanjgir–ChampaJanjgir966,6714,466.74360http://janjgir-champa.gov.in/
JAJashpurJashpur851,6696,457.41132https://jashpur.nic.in/en/
KWKabirdhamKawardha822,5264,447.05185http://kawardha.gov.in/
KKKankerKanker748,9416,432.68117http://kanker.gov.in/
KondagaonKondagaon578,3266,050.7396http://kondagaon.gov.in/
Khairagarh-Chhuikhadan-GandaiKhairagarh368,444--
KBKorbaKorba1,206,6407,145.44169http://korba.gov.in/
KJKoriyaBaikunthpur247,4276,60437http://korea.gov.in/
MAMahasamundMahasamund1,032,7544,963.01208http://mahasamund.gov.in/
MCBManendragarh-Chirmiri-BharatpurManendragarh3760004226-
MMMohla ManpurMohla283,947--
MungeliMungeli701,7072,750.36255http://mungeli.gov.in
NarayanpurNarayanpur139,8206,922.6820http://narayanpur.gov.in/
RGRaigarhRaigarh1,112,982--http://raigarh.gov.in/
RPRaipurRaipur2,160,8762,914.37742http://raipur.gov.in/
RNRajnandgaonRajnandgaon884,7428,070110http://rajnandgaon.gov.in/
SBSarangarh-BilaigarhSarangarh607,434--
SaktiSakti653,036--
SKSukmaSukma250,1595,767.0243https://sukma.gov.in/
SJSurajpurSurajpur789,0434,998.26158http://surajpur.gov.in/
SUSurgujaAmbikapur840,3525,019.80167http://surguja.gov.in/

References

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Further reading

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  • 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.