Surguja (district)

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Surguja district
District map
State Chhattisgarh
Division : Surguja
Administrative headquarters : Ambikapur
Area : 15,732 * km²
Residents : 2,361,329 * (2011 census)
Population density : 150 * people / km²
Website : surguja.nic.in
*) Figures refer to the Surguja district before the Surajpur district split off in 2011.

The district of Surguja is a district of the Indian state of Chhattisgarh .

The administrative center is the city of Ambikapur . The district borders on the states of Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand . The northwestern part of the Surguja district was split off in August 2011 and now forms the newly established Surajpur district .

literature

  • SC Bhatt (Ed.): The Encyclopædic District Gazetteers of India. Volume 5: Central Zone: Madhya Pradesh. Gyan, New Delhi 1997, ISBN 81-212-0551-4 , pp. 29-39.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ District Census 2011 . Census2011.co.in. 2011. Retrieved September 30, 2011.