Rajnandgaon district

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Rajnandgaon is a district of the state of Chhattisgarh in central India. The administrative headquarters the district is Rajnandgaon town. Contents   1History 2Geography 3Demographics 4Tourist destinations 5References 6External links History See also: Nandgaon State and Khairagarh State In ancient times Rajnandgaon, like the rest of the Chhattisgarh plain, was part of Dakshina Kosala. The region was part of the Mauryan empire during Ashoka’s time. Coins of the Indo-Sassanians have been

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Narayanpur district

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Narayanpur district is one of the 28 districts of Chhattisgarh State in Central India. It is one of the two districts created on May 11, 2007. It was carved out from the erstwhile Bastar district. This district occupies an area of 6640 km² and it had a population of 110,800 in 2001. Narayanpur town is the administrative headquarters of this district. This district comprises 366 villages. It

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Mungeli district

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Mungeli district is a district of Chhattisgarh, India, with headquarters in Mungeli. It was carved out of Bilaspur district in 2013. The present collector of Mungeli is Shri Padum Singh Alma. The story of Netflix movie Chaman Bahaar is based in Mungeli district. The story revolves around a young man who runs a paan thela on a semi-deserted road, after Mungeli district was carved

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Mahasamund district

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Mahasamund district is a district in Chhattisgarh state in central India. The city of Mahasamund is the district headquarters. The district is particularly famous for the historical temple town of Sirpur besides the Mahanadi river. The present collector of Mahasamund is Shri Himshikhar Gupta, IAS. Contents   1Geography 2Transportation 3Railway 4Demographics 5Administration 5.1Politics 6Notes 7External links Geography Mahasamund district covers an area

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Korba district

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Korba District is an administrative district of Chhattisgarh state in central India. The headquarter of this district is Korba. Contents   1Geography 2Demographics 3Culture 4References 5External links Geography The district is situated in the Northern Rocks of the state. Most of the land which has plateau from the Maikal ranges of the Satpura hills, is high and low and open.

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Kondagaon district

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Kondagaon district is a district of Chhattisgarh, India, and separated from Bastar district on 24 January 2012. with headquarters in Kondagaon.It is mostly renowned for its bell metal craft and other art forms native to the tribal of Bastar. Also known as the Shilp sheher (lit. craft city) of Chhattisgarh owing to the variety of indigenous crafts produced in the area. Contents  

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Kanker district

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Uttar Bastar Kanker District is located in the southern region of the state of Chhattisgarh, India within the longitudes 20.6-20.24 and latitudes 80.48-81.48. The total area of the district is 5285.01 square kilometers. The population is 748,941. The district’s headquarters, Kanker town, is situated on the National Highway NH-43. Kanker town lies between Chhattisgarh’s two largest cities: Chhattisgarh’s capital, Raipur, and Jagdalpur, the district headquarters

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Kabirdham district

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Kabirdham district is one of the 28 administrative districts of Chhattisgarh state in central India. The district was earlier known as Kawardha district. The district is located between 21.32′ to 22.28′ north latitude and 80.48′ to 81.48′ east longitude. The district covers an area of 4,447.5 km2 (1,717.2 sq mi). The city of Kawardha is its administrative headquarters. This district is known for the Bhoramdeo temple (which is also

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Jashpur district

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Jashpur District lies in the north-eastern corner of the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh adjoining the border of Jharkhand and Odisha. Jashpur Nagar is the administrative headquarters of the district. It is placed among valleys and surrounded with lush green environment. Jashpur has a rich historical culture. It was a princely state before independence. The density of the population is 132 persons per

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Janjgir–Champa district

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Janjgir–Champa district is a district in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. The district headquarters of the district Janjgir–Champa, Janjgir, is the city of Maharaja Jajawalya Dev of the Kalachuri dynasty. Earlier a part of the Bilaspur district, Jangir was carved out in 1998 to a separate district of its own, and ran to a political controversy about the name of the freshly

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