List of districts of Chhattisgarh

Chhattisgarh, a state of India, has 18 administrative districts. Two new districts, Bijapur and Naryanpur were carved out on May 11, 2007.^[1] On August 15, 2011, Chief Minister Raman Singh announced that 12 new districts would be created in 2012.^[2]

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.

Districts of Chhattisgarh

Presently Chattisgarh state consists of 18 districts^[3][4][5][6]:

Code	District	Headquarters	Population (2001)	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)	Official website
BA	Bastar	Jagdalpur	1,302,253	14,968	87	http://bastar.nic.in/
	Bijapur	Bijapur	229,832	6,555	35
BI	Bilaspur	Bilaspur	1,993,042	8,270	241	http://bilaspur.nic.in/
DA	Dantewada	Dantewada	719,065	17,538	41	http://dantewada.nic.in/
DH	Dhamtari	Dhamtari	703,569	3,383	208	http://dhamtari.nic.in/
DU	Durg	Durg	2,801,757	8,542	328	http://durg.nic.in/
JA	Jashpur	Jashpur	739,780	5,825	127	http://jashpur.nic.in/
JC	Janjgir-Champa	Naila Janjgir	1,316,140	3,848	342	http://janjgirchampa.nic.in/
KB	Korba	Korba	1,012,121	6,615	153	http://korba.nic.in/
KJ	Koriya	Koriya	585,455	6,578	89	http://koriya.nic.in/
KK	Kanker	Kanker	651,333	6,513	100	http://kanker.gov.in/
KW	Kawardha	Kawardha	584,667	4,237	138	http://kawardha.nic.in/
MA	Mahasamund	Mahasamund	860,176	4,779	180	http://mahasamund.nic.in/
	Narayanpur	Narayanpur	110,800	6,640	17
RG	Raigarh	Raigarh	1,265,084	7,068	179	http://raigarh.nic.in/
RN	Rajnandgaon	Rajnandgaon	1,281,811	8,062	159	http://rajnandgaon.nic.in/
RP	Raipur	Raipur	3,009,042	13,083	230	http://raipur.nic.in/
SU	Surguja	Ambikapur	1,970,661	15,765	125	http://surguja.nic.in/

Bastar Division:

• Bijapur
• Sukma(new)
• Dantewada (Dakshin Bastar)
• Bastar (Jagdalpur)
• Kondagaon(new)
• Narayanpur
• Kanker (Uttar Bastar)

Durg Division:

• Kawardha (Kawardha)
• Rajnandgaon
• Balod(new)
• Durg
• Bemetara(new)

Raipur Division:

• Dhamtari
• Raipur
• Baloda Bazar(new)
• Mahasamund

Bilaspur Division:

• Bilaspur
• Mungeli(new)
• Korba
• Janjgir-Champa
• Raigarh

Sarguja Division:

• Koriya
• Surajpur(new)
• Sarguja (Ambikapur)
• Balrampur(new)
• Jashpur

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.

The British province encompassed the central portion of the state, and was made up of three districts, Raipur, Bilaspur, and Drug, which made up the Chhattisgarh Division of the Central Provinces. Drug District was created in 1906 out of the eastern 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 east the states of Nandgaon, Khairagarh, 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.

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 states of Surguja, Korea, and Chang Bhakar formed the new Surguja District, and the states of Nandgaon, Khairagarh, 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 November 1, 2000 these 16 districts were split from Madhya Pradesh to form the new state of Chhattisgarh ^[7].Two New Districts Are Added Afterwards.

References

Dr.Sanjay Alung-Chhattisgarh ki Riyaste/Princely stastes aur Jamindariyaa (Vaibhav Prakashan, Raipur1, ISBN 81-89244-96-5)

Dr.Sanjay Alung-Chhattisgarh ki Janjaatiyaa/Tribes aur Jatiyaa/Castes (Mansi publication, Delhi6, ISBN 978-81-89559-32-8)

1. ^ "2 new districts formed in Chhattisgarh". May 12, 2007. http://news.webindia123.com/news/ar_showdetails.asp?id=705120475&cat=&n_date=20070512. 
2. ^ "Chhattisgarh to have nine new districts". Aug 15, 2011. http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/chhattisgarh-to-have-nine-new-districts/788639.html. 
3. ^ "Electoral rolls". Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Chhatisgarh. http://cg.nic.in/voterlist/index.htm. 
4. ^ Chhattisgarh at a glance-2002 Govt. of Chhattisgarh ofiicial website.
5. ^ List of Chhattisgarh District Centres at NIC, Chhatisgarh official Portal
6. ^ Mathew, K.M. (ed.). Manorama Yearbook 2008, Kottayam: Malayala Manorama, ISSN 0542-5778, p.518
7. ^ Creation of Chhattisgarh Govt. of Chhattisgarh.

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