Chhattishgarh
| Chhattisgarh | ||
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| State | ||
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 Location of Chhattisgarh in India |
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| Coordinates (Raipur chhattisgar1): 21°15′N 81°36′E / 21.25°N 81.60°ECoordinates: 21°15′N 81°36′E / 21.25°N 81.60°E | ||
| Country |
 India
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| Formation | 1 November 2000 | |
| Capital | New Raipur | |
| Largest city | Raipur | |
| Districts | 27 | |
| Government | ||
| • Governor | Balramji Das Tandon | |
| • Chief Minister | Raman Singh (BJP) | |
| • Legislature | Unicameral (90 seats) | |
| • Parliamentary constituency | 11 (year 2010) | |
| • High Court | Chhattisgarh High Court | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 135,198.5 km2 (52,200.4 sq mi) | |
| Area rank | 10 | |
| Population (2015) | ||
| • Total | 27,928,015 | |
| • Rank | 17th | |
| • Density | 210/km2 (540/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) | |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-CT | |
| HDI |
 0.537(Medium) |
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| HDI rank | 23rd (2005) | |
| Literacy | 71.04% (23rd) | |
| Official language | Hindi | |
| Website | cgstate |
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| Population Growth | |||
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1951 | 7,457,000 |
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| 1961 | 9,154,000 | 22.8% | |
| 1971 | 11,637,000 | 27.1% | |
| 1981 | 14,010,000 | 20.4% | |
| 1991 | 17,615,000 | 25.7% | |
| 2001 | 20,834,000 | 18.3% | |
| 2011 | 25,540,198 | 22.6% | |
| Source:Census of India | |||
Chhattisgarh (Chatīsgaṛh, literally 'Thirty-Six Forts') is one of 29 states located in central India. It is the 10th largest state in India, with an area of 135,194 km2 (52,199 sq mi). With a population of 28 million, Chhattisgarh is the 17th most-populated state in the country. A resource-rich state, it is a source of electricity and steel for the country, accounting for 15% of the total steel produced. Chhattisgarh is one of the fastest-developing states in India.
The state was formed on 1 November 2000 by partitioning 16 Chhattisgarhi-speaking southeastern districts of Madhya Pradesh. The capital city is Raipur. Chhattisgarh borders the states of Madhya Pradesh in the northwest, Maharashtra in the southwest, Telangana (which includes eastern parts of old Bhadrachalam constituency which was part of East Godavari District prior to 1956 and later added to Khammam district and most of which was retained by Telangana after Andhra Pradesh's bifurcation in 2014) in the south, Andhra Pradesh (East Godavari District) in the south,Odisha in the southeast, Jharkhand in the northeast and Uttar Pradesh in the north. Currently the state comprises 27 districts.
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