Editing Chhattisgarh (section)

== Administration ==
=== Divisions ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
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![[Bastar Division]]
![[Durg division]]
![[Raipur division]]
![[Bilaspur division]]
![[Surguja division]]
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* [[Bastar District|Bastar]] ([[Jagdalpur]])
* [[Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh|Bijapur]]
* [[Dantewada District|Dakshin Bastar Dantewada]] (Dakshin Bastar)
* [[Kondagaon]]
* [[Narayanpur district|Narayanpur]]
* [[Sukma district|Sukma]]
* [[Kanker District|Uttar Bastar Kanker]] (Uttar Bastar)
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* [[Balod district|Balod]]
* [[Bemetara district|Bemetara]]
* [[Durg District|Durg]]
* [[Kabirdham district|Kabirdham]] (Kabirdham)
* [[Khairagarh-Chhuikhadan-Gandai district|Khairagarh-Chhuikhadan-Gandai]]
* [[Mohla Manpur district]]
* [[Rajnandgaon District|Rajnandgaon]]
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* [[Baloda Bazar]]
* [[Dhamtari District|Dhamtari]]
* [[Gariaband district|Gariaband]]
* [[Mahasamund District|Mahasamund]]
* [[Raipur District|Raipur]]
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* [[Bilaspur District, Chhattisgarh|Bilaspur]]
* [[Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi district|Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi]]
* [[Janjgir-Champa]]
* [[Korba District|Korba]]
* [[Mungeli District|Mungeli]]
* [[Raigarh District|Raigarh]]
* [[Sarangarh-Bilaigarh District|Sarangarh-Bilaigarh]]
* [[Shakti district|Shakti]]
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* [[Balrampur district, Chhattisgarh|Balrampur-Ramanujganj]]
* [[Jashpur District|Jashpur]]
* [[Koriya District|Koriya]] ([[Baikunthpur, Koriya|Baikunthpur]])
* [[Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur district|Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur]]
* [[Surajpur district|Surajpur]]
* [[Surguja District|Surguja]] ([[Ambikapur, Chhattisgarh|Ambikapur]])
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=== Districts ===
{{Main|List of districts of Chhattisgarh}}
[[File:Chhattisgarh districts map.svg|thumb|Districts of Chhattisgarh state in 2020]]
Chhattisgarh comprises 33 districts.<ref name="economictimes.indiatimes.com">{{Cite news|url = https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/chhattisgarh-to-have-4-new-districts-says-cm-baghel-on-independence-day/articleshow/85345132.cms|title = Chhattisgarh to have 4 new districts, says CM Bhupesh Baghel on Independence Day|newspaper = The Economic Times|access-date = 15 August 2021|archive-date = 15 August 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210815184510/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/chhattisgarh-to-have-4-new-districts-says-cm-baghel-on-independence-day/articleshow/85345132.cms|url-status = live}}</ref> The following are the list of the districts of Chhattisgarh State with major cities:

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left;"
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! District !! Headquarter !! Largest City !! class=unsortable| Other Major Cities
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| [[Raipur District|Raipur]] || [[Raipur]] || [[Raipur]] || [[Arang]], [[Tilda Newra|Tilda-Neora]]
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| [[Bilaspur district, Chhattisgarh|Bilaspur]] || [[Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh|Bilaspur]] || [[Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh|Bilaspur]] || Kota (Kargi Road), [[Bilha, India|Bilha]]
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|[[Durg District|Durg]] || [[Durg]] || [[Bhilai]]|| [[Bhilai Charoda|Charoda]], [[Kumhari]], [[Patan, Chhattisgarh|Patan]]
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| [[Korba District|Korba]] || [[Korba, Chhattisgarh|Korba]]|| [[Korba, Chhattisgarh|Korba]] || [[Katghora]], Dipka, Pali
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|[[Raigarh District|Raigarh]] || [[Raigarh]] || [[Raigarh]]|| [[Kharsia]], Gharghora
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|[[Rajnandgaon District|Rajnandgaon]] || [[Rajnandgaon]] || [[Rajnandgaon]] ||  [[Dongargarh]], [[Dongargaon Assembly constituency|Dongargaon]]
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|[[Koriya District|Koriya]] || [[Baikunthpur, Koriya|Baikunthpur]] || [[Baikunthpur, Koriya|Baikunthpur]] || [[Ramgarh, Chhattisgarh|Ramgarh]]
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|[[Surguja District|Surguja]] || [[Ambikapur, India|Ambikapur]] || [[Ambikapur, India|Ambikapur]]|| [[Sitapur, Chhattisgarh|Sitapur]]
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|[[Balrampur district, Chhattisgarh|Balrampur-Ramanujganj]] || [[Balrampur]] || [[Balrampur]] || [[Ramanujganj]]
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| [[Jashpur District|Jashpur]] || [[Jashpur Nagar]]|| [[Jashpur Nagar]]|| Kunkuri, [[Pathalgaon|Patthalgaon]], [[Jashpur district|Tapkara]]
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| [[Surajpur District|Surajpur]] || [[Surajpur, Chhattisgarh|Surajpur]]|| [[Surajpur, Chhattisgarh|Surajpur]] || [[Telgaon]], [[Bishrampur, Chhattisgarh|Bishrampur]]
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| [[Janjgir–Champa]] ||   [[Janjgir]] ||[[Champa, Chhattisgarh|Champa]] || [[Janjgir-Naila]], [[Akaltara]], [[Shivrinarayan]]
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|[[Mungeli District|Mungeli]]||[[Mungeli]]||[[Mungeli]]||[[Lormi]], [[Takhatpur]]
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|[[Kabirdham District|Kabirdham]] || [[Kawardha]] || [[Kawardha]] || [[Pandariya]], Pandatarai
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| [[Bemetara district|Bemetara]] || [[Bemetara]] || [[Bemetara]] ||  Nawagarh, Saja
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| [[Balod district|Balod]]|| [[Balod]] || [[Balod]] || [[Dalli Rajhara|Dalli-Rajhara]]
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| [[Baloda Bazar District|Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara]] || [[Baloda Bazar]] || [[Bhatapara]] || [[Simga]], Palari, Lawan, [[Kasdol Assembly constituency|Kasdol]]
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| [[Gariaband district|Gariaband]]||[[Gariaband]] || [[Gariaband]] || [[Rajim]], [[Deobhog]]
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| [[Mahasamund district|Mahasamund]] || [[Mahasamund]] || [[Mahasamund]] || [[Saraipali]], [[Bagbahara|Bagbahra]]
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| [[Dhamtari District|Dhamtari]] || [[Dhamtari]] || [[Dhamtari]] || [[Kurud]]
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|[[Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh|Bijapur]]||[[Bijapur, Chhattisgarh|Bijapur]] || [[Bijapur, Chhattisgarh|Bijapur]] ||  Sangampal, Kasiguda
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| [[Narayanpur district|Narayanpur]] || [[Narayanpur, Chhattisgarh|Narayanpur]] ||[[Narayanpur, Chhattisgarh|Narayanpur]] ||  Kodenar, Orchha
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| [[Kanker District|Kanker]] || [[Kanker, Chhattisgarh|Kanker]] ||[[Kanker, Chhattisgarh|Kanker]] ||  [[Bhanupratappur|Bhanupratapur]],
[[Pakhanjur|Pakhanjore]]
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| [[Bastar District|Bastar]] || [[Jagdalpur]] || [[Jagdalpur]] || [[Bastar (town)|Bastar]]
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| [[Dantewada district|Dantewada]] || [[Dantewada]] || [[Dantewada]] || [[Kirandul]], [[Geedam]]
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| [[Kondagaon district|Kondagaon]]|| [[Kondagaon]] || [[Kondagaon]] || [[Keshkal]]
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|[[Sukma district|Sukma]] || [[Sukma]] || [[Sukma]] ||  Tadmetla, Murtonda
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| [[Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi district|Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi]] || [[Gaurella]] || [[Pendra]] ||  [[Marwahi]], Basti-Bagra, Rajmergarh, Pasan
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| [[Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur district|Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur]] || [[Manendragarh]] || [[Chirmiri]] || [[Bharatpur (Chhattisgarh)|Bharatpur]], [[Khongapani]], Jhagrakhand, New Ledri, Janakpur
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| [[Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki district|Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki]] || [[Mohla Khurd|Mohla]]|| [[Ambagarh Chowki]]||  [[Manpur, Chhattisgarh|Manpur]], Chilamtol
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| [[Sakti district|Sakti]] || [[Sakti, Chhattisgarh|Sakti]] || [[Sakti, Chhattisgarh|Sakti]] || [[Sonthi, Sakti district|Sonthi]]
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| [[Sarangarh-Bilaigarh District|Sarangarh-Bilaigarh]] || [[Sarangarh]] || [[Sarangarh]] || [[Bilaigarh]]
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| [[Khairagarh-Chhuikhadan-Gandai district|Khairagarh-Chhuikhadan-Gandai]]|| [[Khairagarh]] || [[Khairagarh]] || [[Gandai]], [[Chhuikhadan]]
|}

=== Major cities ===
{{Main|List of cities in Chhattisgarh}}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.2em auto"
!colspan="12" style="padding:0.3em 0; line-height:1.2em; font-size:110%;"| [[List of cities in Chhattisgarh by population|Largest cities in Chhattisgarh]]<br />{{nobold|<small>(2011 Census of India estimate)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_2_PR_Cities_1Lakh_and_Above.pdf|title=Cities having population 1 lakh and above, Census 2011|publisher=The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|access-date=25 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120507135928/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_2_PR_Cities_1Lakh_and_Above.pdf|archive-date=7 May 2012|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref></small>}}
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! Rank !! City !! District !! Population
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| align=center | 1 ||align=left | '''[[Raipur]]''' || [[Raipur district|Raipur]] ||1,010,087
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| align=center | 2 ||align=left | '''[[Bhilai]]-[[Durg]]''' || [[Durg district|Durg]] || 1,003,406
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| align=center | 3 ||align=left | '''[[Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh|Bilaspur]]''' || [[Bilaspur District, Chhattisgarh|Bilaspur]] || 717,030
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| align=center | 4 ||align=left | '''[[Korba, Chhattisgarh|Korba]]''' || [[Korba district|Korba]] || 365,253
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| align="center" | 5 || align="left" |'''[[Ambikapur, India|Ambikapur]]'''|| [[Surguja district|Sarguja]]|| 214,575
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| align="center" | 6 || align="left" | '''[[Rajnandgaon]]'''|| [[Rajnandgaon district|Rajnandgaon]]|| 163,122
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| align="center" | 7 || align="left" | '''[[Raigarh]]'''|| [[Raigarh district|Raigarh]]|| 150,019
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| align="center" | 8 || align="left" | '''[[Jagdalpur]]'''||[[Bastar district|Bastar]]|| 125,463
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| align=center | 9 ||align=left | '''[[Chirmiri]] ''' ||[[Koriya district|Koriya]] || 103,575
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| align=center | 10 ||align=left | '''[[Dhamtari]] ''' ||[[Dhamtari district|Dhamtari]] || 101,677
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| align=center | 11 ||align=left | '''[[Mahasamund]] ''' ||[[Mahasamund district|Mahasamund]] || 54,413
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