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Chhattisgarh, a state of India, has 28 administrative districts.

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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 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.A new District Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi came into existence on 10 February 2020 as the 28th district

Districts of Chhattisgarh

Following the creation of new districts in 2012, Chhattisgarh consists of 28 districts.

Code District Headquarters Population (2001) Area (km²) Density (/km²) Official website
Balod Balod 826,165 3,527 234 http://balod.gov.in/
Baloda Bazar Baloda Bazar - - - http://www.balodabazar.gov.in/
Balrampur Balrampur 598,855 3,806 157 http://balrampur.gov.in/
Bemetara Bemetara 197,035 2,855 69 http://bemetara.gov.in/
Bijapur Bijapur 229,832 6,562 35 http://bijapur.gov.in/
BI Bilaspur Bilaspur 1,961,922 5,818 337 http://bilaspur.gov.in/
DA Dantewada Dantewada 719,065 3,411 211 http://dantewada.gov.in/
DH Dhamtari Dhamtari 703,569 2,029 347 http://dhamtari.gov.in/
DU Durg Durg 1,721,726 2,238 769 http://durg.gov.in/
Gariaband Gariaband 597,653 5,823 103 http://gariaband.gov.in/
Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi Gaurela 336420 2307.39 166 https://gaurela-pendra-marwahi.cg.gov.in/
BA Jagdalpur (Madhya Bastar) Jagdalpur 1,302,253 4,030 87 http://bastar.gov.in/
JC Janjgir-Champa Janjgir 1,619,707 4,466 363 http://janjgir-champa.gov.in/
JA Jashpur Jashpur 775,607 6,457 120 http://jashpur.gov.in/
KW Kabirdham Kawardha 584,667 4,447 131 http://kawardha.gov.in/
KK Kanker Kanker 651,333 6,424 101 http://kanker.gov.in/
Kondagaon Kondagaon 578,326 7,769 74 http://kondagaon.gov.in/
KB Korba Korba 1,206,563 7,145 169 http://korba.gov.in/
KJ Koriya Baikunthpur 586,327 5,978 98 http://korea.gov.in/
MA Mahasamund Mahasamund 1,032,754 4,790 216 http://mahasamund.gov.in/
Mungeli Mungeli 701,707 - - http://cg.nic.in/mungeli/
Narayanpur Narayanpur 140,206 7,010 20 http://narayanpur.gov.in/
RG Raigarh Raigarh 1,493,627 5,031 297 http://raigarh.gov.in/
RP Raipur Raipur 2,160,876 12,383 175 http://raipur.gov.in/
RN Rajnandgaon Rajnandgaon 1,537,133 8,070 190 http://rajnandgaon.gov.in/
SK Sukma Sukma 249,841 5,636 46 http://www.sukma.gov.in/
SJ Surajpur Surajpur 660,280 2,787 237 http://surajpur.gov.in/
SU Surguja Ambikapur 840,352 16,359 51 http://surguja.gov.in/

Surguja Division:

  • Koriya
  • Balrampur-Ramanujganj
  • Surajpur
  • Jashpur
  • Surguja

Bilaspur Division:

  • Bilaspur
  • Mungeli
  • Korba
  • Janjgir-Champa
  • Raigarh

● Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi

Durg Division:

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

Raipur Division:

  • Mahasamund
  • Baloda Bazar
  • Gariaband
  • Raipur
  • Dhamtari

Bastar Division:

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