Chhattisgarh, astate ofIndia, has 33 administrativedistricts. At the time of separation fromMadhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh originally had 16 districts. Two new districts: Bijapur and Narayanpur were carved out on 11 May 2007^[1] and nine new districts on 1 Jan 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] The district of Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi, was inaugurated on 10 February 2020. In September 2022, five new districts were inaugurated: Manpur-Mohla on 2 September, Sarangarh-Bilaigarh on 3 September, and Manendragarh and Sakti districts on 9 September.^[3] Newly district Khairagarh-Chhuikhadan-Gandai announced on 17 April 2022 and Inaugurated on 3 September 2022^[4]

A district of an Indian state is an administrative geographical unit, headed by adistrict magistrate or a deputy commissioner, an officer belonging to theIndian 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 toIndian Police Service, is entrusted with the responsibility of maintaining law and order and related issues.

Before Indian independence, present-day Chhattisgarh state was divided between theCentral Provinces and Berar, a province of British India, and a number ofprincely states in the north, south, and east, which were part of theEastern States Agency.^{[citation needed]}

The British province encompassed the central portion of the state, and was made up of three districts,Raipur,Bilaspur, andDurg, which made up theChhattisgarh Division of the Central Provinces. Durg District was created in 1906 out of the western portion of Raipur District.^{[citation needed]}

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 west, the states ofNandgaon,Khairagarh,Chhuikhadan andKawardha 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 ofBastar included present-day Bastar and Dantewada districts and the southern part of Kanker District.^{[citation needed]}

After Indian Independence, the princely states were merged with the Central Provinces and Berar to form the new state ofMadhya Pradesh. Present-day Chhattisgarh comprised seven districts of Madhya Pradesh. The former states of Kanker and Bastar formed the new Bastar District, the parts of Surguja, Korea, and Chang Bhakar formed the new Surguja District, and the states of Nandgaon, Khairagarh, Chhuikhadan and Kawardha formed the new Rajnandgaon District.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

On 1 November 2000, these 16 districts were split fromMadhya Pradesh to form the new state of Chhattisgarh.^[5] Two new districts were added afterwards. On 1 January 2012, the Chhattisgarh government announced 9 new districts, for a total of 27. On 15 August 2019, the Chhattisgarh chief minister announced the creation of Chhattisgarh's 28th district, Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi, which would be carved out of Bilaspur district.^[6] On 10 February 2020, the new district was inaugurated.^[7]

Chhattisgarh consists of 33 districts.^{[2][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]}

S.No	Code	District	Headquarters	Population (2011)[15]	Area (km2)[16]	Density (/km2)	Official website	Map
1		Balod	Balod	826,165	3,527.00	234	http://balod.gov.in/
2		Baloda Bazar	Baloda Bazar	1,078,911	3,733.87	290	https://balodabazar.gov.in/
3		Balrampur	Balrampur	730,491	6,016.34	100	http://balrampur.gov.in/
4	BA	Bastar	Jagdalpur	834,873	6,596.90	213	http://bastar.gov.in/
5		Bemetara	Bemetara	795,759	2,854.81	279	http://bemetara.gov.in/
6		Bijapur	Bijapur	255,230	6,552.96	39	http://bijapur.gov.in/
7	BI	Bilaspur	Bilaspur	1,625,502	3,511.10	463	http://bilaspur.gov.in/
8	DA	Dantewada	Dantewada	283,479	3,410.50	83	http://dantewada.gov.in/
9	DH	Dhamtari	Dhamtari	799,781	4,081.93	196	http://dhamtari.gov.in/
10	DU	Durg	Durg	1,721,948	2,319.99	742	http://durg.gov.in/
11	GB	Gariaband	Gariaband	597,653	5,854.94	103	http://gariaband.gov.in/
12	GPM	Gaurella-Pendra-Marwahi	Gaurella	336,420	2,307.39	166	https://gaurela-pendra-marwahi.cg.gov.in/
13	JC	Janjgir-Champa	Janjgir	966,671	4,466.74	360	http://janjgir-champa.gov.in/
14	JA	Jashpur	Jashpur	851,669	6,457.41	132	https://jashpur.nic.in/en/
15	KW	Kabirdham	Kawardha	822,526	4,447.05	185	http://kawardha.gov.in/
16	KK	Kanker	Kanker	748,941	6,432.68	117	http://kanker.gov.in/
17		Kondagaon	Kondagaon	578,326	6,050.73	96	http://kondagaon.gov.in/
18	KCG	Khairagarh-Chhuikhadan-Gandai	Khairagarh	368,444	-	-
19	KB	Korba	Korba	1,206,640	7,145.44	169	http://korba.gov.in/
20	KJ	Koriya	Baikunthpur	247,427	2378	37	http://korea.gov.in/
21	MA	Mahasamund	Mahasamund	1,032,754	4,963.01	208	http://mahasamund.gov.in/
22	MCB	Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur	Manendragarh	376000	4226	-
23	MM	Mohla-Manpur- Ambagarh Chowki	Mohla	283,947	-	-
24		Mungeli	Mungeli	701,707	2,750.36	255	http://mungeli.gov.in
25		Narayanpur	Narayanpur	139,820	6,922.68	20	http://narayanpur.gov.in/
26	RG	Raigarh	Raigarh	1,112,982	-	-	http://raigarh.gov.in/
27	RP	Raipur	Raipur	2,160,876	2,914.37	742	http://raipur.gov.in/
28	RN	Rajnandgaon	Rajnandgaon	884,742	8,070	110	http://rajnandgaon.gov.in/
29	SB	Sarangarh-Bilaigarh	Sarangarh	607,434	-	-
30	Skt	Sakti	Sakti	653,036	-	-	https://sakti.cg.gov.in/
31	SK	Sukma	Sukma	250,159	5,767.02	43	https://sukma.gov.in/
32	SJ	Surajpur	Surajpur	789,043	4,998.26	158	http://surajpur.gov.in/
33	SU	Surguja	Ambikapur	840,352	5,019.80	167	http://surguja.gov.in/

Divisions listed north to south and east to west, and within divisions the districts have been listed clockwise starting from northwest.

• List of districts in India

• Alanga, Sanjaya (2011).छत्तीसगढ़ की पूर्व रियासतें और जमीन्दारियाँ [The former princely states of Chhattisgarh and Jmindariya] (in Hindi).Raipur: Vaibhav Prakashan.ISBN 978-81-89244-96-5.
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