Janjgir-Champa

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Janjgir-Champa district
District map
State Chhattisgarh
Division : Bilaspur
Administrative headquarters : Janjgir-Naila
Area : 4,466.74 km²
Residents : 1,619,707 (as of 2011)
Population density : 363 inhabitants / km²
Website : janjgir-champa.nic.in

The Janjgir-Champa ( Hindi जांजगीर-चाम्पा जिला ) district is centrally located in the northern part of the Indian state of Chhattisgarh .

The district was established on May 25, 1998. The district administration is located in the city of Janjgir-Naila .

The district is bounded in the south by the Mahanadi river . It measures almost 100 km in a west-east direction and almost 50 km in a north-south direction. The Hasdeo River flows through the district in a north-south direction and divides it into two roughly equal parts.

The district area covers 4466.74 km² (according to other sources 3853 km²). The population was 1,619,707 in 2011, 10 years earlier it was 1,317,431.

Grains (rice, millet and wheat) are grown in the district. The Minimata Bango Dam supplies the water for the irrigation areas.

Administrative division

The administrative structure of the Janjgir-Champa district is as follows:

  • 5 subdivisions (Champa, Dabhara, Janjgir, Pamgarh, Sakti)
  • 10 Tehsils (Akaltara, Baloda, Champa, Dabhara, Jaijaipur, Janjgir, Malkharoda, Nawagarh, Pamgarh, Sakti)
  • 16 RI Mandal (Adbhar, Akalatara, Bamhindih, Baroda, Champa, Chandrapur, Dabhara, Hasod, Jaijaipur, Janjgir, Malkharoda, Nawagarh, Pamgarh, Rahod, Sakti, Shivarinarayan)
  • 232 Patwari Halka
  • 9 blocks / Janpad Panchayats (Akaltara, Baloda, Bamhindih, Dabhara, Jaijaipur, Malkharoda, Nawagarh, Pamgarh, Sakti)
  • 4 Municipal Councils ( Akaltara , Champa , Janjgir-Naila , Sakti )
  • 11 Nagar Panchayats (Adbhar, Baloda, Baradwar, Chandrapur, Dabhara, Jaijaipur, Kharod, Nawagarh, Rahaud, Saragaon, Shivarinarayan)
  • 915 villages (913 Revenue Villages , 2 Forest Villages )

Web links

Commons : Janjgir-Champa District  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e janjgir-champa.nic.in
  2. ↑ a b www.census2011.co.in