Chhattisgarh
Chhattisgarh छत्तीसगढ़ | |
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![]() Location o Chhattisgarh in Indie | |
![]() Poleetical Cairt o Chhattisgarh | |
Coordinates (Raipur): 21°16′N 81°36′E / 21.27°N 81.60°E | |
Kintra | ![]() |
Established | 01 November 2000 |
Caipital | Raipur |
Lairgest ceety | Raipur |
Destricts | 27 (9 dist. new) |
Govrenment | |
• Govrenor | Shekhar Dutt |
• Chief Meenister | Raman Singh (BJP) |
• Legislatur | Unicameral (90 seats) |
• Parliamentary constituency | 11 (year 2010) |
• Heich Coort | Chhattisgarh Heich Coort |
Area | |
• Total | 135194.5 km2 (52,198.9 sq mi) |
Area rank | 10 |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 25,545,198 |
• Rank | 16t |
• Density | 190/km2 (490/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
ISO 3166 code | IN-CT |
HDI | ![]() |
HDI rank | 23rd (2005) |
Literacy | 71.04% (23rd) |
Offeecial leids | Hindi, Chhattisgarhi |
Website | chhattisgarh.nic.in |
Seembols | |
Leid | Chhattisgarhi (a dialect o Hindi) |
Ainimal | Van Bhainsa (Wild Buffalo) |
Bird | Pahari Myna (Hill Myna) |
Tree | Sal or Sarai |
Chhattisgarh (Hindi: छत्तीसगढ़ Chattīsgaṛh pronounced [tʃʰʌttiːsɡʌɽʱ]) is a state in Central Indie. It is the 10t lairgest state in Indie, wi an aurie o 135,190 km2 (52,200 sq mi). Wi a population o 25.5 million, Chhattisgarh is the 16t maist-populated state o the naition. It is a soorce o electricity an steel for Indie.[1] Chhattisgarh accoonts for 15% o the tot steel produced in the kintra.
The state wis furmed on 1 November 2000 bi pairtitionin 16 Chhattisgarhi-speakin sooth-eastren destricts o Madhya Pradesh.[2][3] Raipur wis made its caipital ceety. Chhattisgarh borders the states o Madhya Pradesh in the north-wast, Maharastra in the sooth-wast, Andhra Pradesh in the sooth, Odisha in the east, Jharkhand in the north-east an Uttar Pradesh in the north. Currently the state comprises 27 destricts.
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ "Chhatisgarh State – Power Hub". Archived frae the original on 20 November 2010. Retrieved 22 Julie 2011.
- ↑ http://cgfinance.nic.in/Rules%20&%20Act/Reorganisation%20Act-2000/Reorganisation%20Act,2000(English).PDF Archived 2013-07-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 10 September 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)