CHHATTISGARH - INDIA

• Area : 1,35,133 sq.km.
• Capital : Raipur
• No. of Districts : 16
• Population : 20,795,956 (2001)
• Growth rate : 18.06% (1991-2001)
• Density per sq.km. : 154
• Sex ratio : 990 (per 1000 males)
• Literacy rate : 65.18%
• Males : 77.86%
• Females : 52.40%
• Principal Language : Hindi
• Legislature : Unicameral.
• Location : Chhattisgarh is bounded by Southern Jharkhand and Orissa in the East, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra in the West, Uttar Pradesh and Western Jharkhand in the North & Andhra Pradesh in the South.