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Chhattisgarh

Administration
Full nameChhattisgarh
Native nameछत्तीसगढ़
CountryIndia
Established2000-11-01
Government
CapitalRaipur
GovernorShekhar Dutt
Chief MinisterRaman Singh
LegislatureUnicameral (90 seats)
Geography
Total Area52184.9 sq mi (135194 km2)
Area rank10th
Demography
Total Population25540196 (17th) (2011)
Density (pop.)auto/km2 (0/sq mi)
Other information
Time zoneIST (UTC+05:30)
ISO 3166 codeIN-CT
HDI(+) 0.516 (medium)
HDI rank23rd (2005)
Literacy64.7% (23rd)
Official languagesHindi, Chhattisgarhi

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Chhattisgarh (Chhattisgarhi/Hindi: छत्तीसगढ़, -hnstʃʰət̪ˈt̪iːsɡəɽʱpronChattisgarh is a state in central India, formed when the 16 Chhattisgarhi-speaking southeastern districts of Madhya Pradesh gained statehood on 1 November 2000.

Raipur serves as its capital. It is the 10th-largest state in India by area of 52,199 sq mi (135,194 km2).

Chhattisgarh borders Madhya Pradesh on the northwest, Maharashtra on the west, Andhra Pradesh on the south, Orissa on the east, Jharkhand on the northeast and Uttar Pradesh on the north.

The Chhattisgarhi language, a dialect of eastern Hindi, is a predominant language in the state, recognized along with Hindi as the official language of the state. Many tribal and some Dravidian influenced dialects or languages are spoken in various parts of Chhattisgarh.

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20 January 2011 Catch on Mobile Real UFO in Chhattisgarh ... smsmasti.net .....
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Sunil Pal in Rajyotsava 2008 at last Day of Rajyotsava Raipur Chhattisgarh at Science College Maidan in Big Stage
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Raipur, August 12 (ANI): After the recent protest by singers of Mehngai Dayain, Aamir Khan's much-awaited 'Peepli Live' has been surrounded by another controversy. This time it involves a plagiarism row over it's yet another song. A well-known folk singer Rama Joshi alleges that a song Chola mati ke Ram, which has been used in the film, does not give credit to Gangaram Siwar, a celebrated folk singer of Chhattisgarh and the original lyricist of the folk song. Sharing these views with the media persons, Rekha Joshi, sister of Rama Joshi said Gangaram Siwar had originally composed the song and there is no second opinion that the song doesn't belongs to Chhattisgarh. Rama Joshi has asked Aamir Khan for remuneration for the song.
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On 5th January 2008, a public hearing was scheduled in Raigarh, Chhattisgarh, for environmental clearance of a coal mine to feed Jindal's thermal power station at Tumnar. All the affected people were against handing over their land to Jindal, given the company's past record in environmental and human rights violation. Halfway through the public hearing, local goons appeared and shouted slogans on behalf of Jindal and its chairman Naveen Jindal. Short while thereafter the police lathicharged on the thousands of villagers injuring more than a thousand people. This video was shot by Ramesh Agarwal.
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With security forces facing stiff resistance from the Naxals, TIMES NOW gets an exclusive account of an anti-terror camp in the forests of Chhattisgarh that trains policemen to become geurilla commandos .
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Adivasi, Salwa Judum and Naxal in Chhattisgarh | www.jharkhand.org.in/salwa-judum
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IBNLive.com--BHUBANESWAR: With the increase in Maoist activities in -Chhattisgarh- bordering several Western Orissa districts and Sunabeda Wildlife Sanctuary, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday demanded that four more districts should be included in - Date : Wed, 15 Jun 2011 07:40:48 GMT+00:00
Selective democracy at work - TwoCircles.net Tweet this news
TwoCircles.net--Though I can cite many examples from the recent past, from the states of Jharkhand, Karnataka, Bihar, -Chhattisgarh- and Madhya Pradesh, all either ruled by BJP or a part of the government. Any brutal act by any government cannot be justif - Date : Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:11:42 GMT+00:00
Maoists kill five cops near Raipur - Hindustan Times Tweet this news
Hindustan Times--Maoists opened indiscriminate fire near the camp of -Chhattisgarh- Armed Force (CAF) killing five personnel and decamped with their weapons near the forested area of Jharaghati in Narayanpur district, south -Chhattisgarh- on Thursday morn - Date : Thu, 09 Jun 2011 18:00:42 GMT+00:00
'Chhattisgarh police claim of encounter with Maoists a hoax' - The Hindu Tweet this news
The Hindu--A 13-member fact-finding team that visited Chintalnar, Morapally, Timmapuram and Tadmetla villages of Dantewada district of -Chhattisgarh- has found that the police claim that they had an encounter with Maoists in the jungles of Dantewada durin - Date : Wed, 30 Mar 2011 22:17:34 GMT+00:00
Dantewada not fully in our control: Raman Singh - Times of India Tweet this news
Times of India--RAIPUR: No one found guilty will be spared, chief minister Raman Singh says on the Dantewada arson incident in which policemen allegedly went on the rampage in three tribal hamlets of -Chhattisgarh-. But he is quick to add that the area is - Date : Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:20:18 GMT+00:00
By-polls to 5 seats on May 8 - The Hindu Tweet this news
The Hindu--The Election Commission on Wednesday released the schedule for by-elections to the Kadapa (Andhra Pradesh) and Bastar (Scheduled Tribe--Chhattisgarh-) Lok Sabha constituencies and the Pulivendula (Andhra Pradesh), Pipraich (Uttar Pradesh) and A - Date : Wed, 30 Mar 2011 21:53:23 GMT+00:00
Rice procurement down by nearly 1% this crop year - Business Standard Tweet this news
Business Standard--Similarily, procurement has risen to 3.49 million tonnes in -Chhattisgarh- in the current marketing year so far from 3.02 million tonnes in the year-ago period. In contrast, procurement in Punjab -- which is the largest contributor to t - Date : Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:18:29 GMT+00:00
Court asks Food Commissioners to visit Chhattisgarh villages - The Hindu Tweet this news
The Hindu--The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed its two Commissioners NC Saxena and Harsh Mander and the Collector of Dantewada to visit the villages of Tadmetla, Morapalli and Timapuram in -Chhattisgarh-, where food scarcity and hunger deaths were repor - Date : Tue, 29 Mar 2011 20:53:48 GMT+00:00
Goa Lifts Curbs on New Commercial Power Connections - Daijiworld.com Tweet this news
Daijiworld.com--Power Minister Aleixo Sequeira said during the budget session of the assembly that the state which was until recently facing electricity shortage has started getting 37 MW of power from -Chhattisgarh- and Maharashtra. "Additional - Date : Tue, 29 Mar 2011 11:26:08 GMT+00:00
Sibal seeks PM, FM help for bank loans to telcos - Business Standard (blog) Tweet this news
Business Standard (blog)--The committee will take up all the four states that are going to the polls - Madhya Pradesh, -Chhattisgarh-, Delhi and Rajasthan. Top sources in the Congress said the party was not worried about Delhi and Madhya Pradesh, where th - Date : Mon, 28 Mar 2011 13:40:14 GMT+00:00

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Union TerritoriesAndaman and Nicobar Islands * Chandigarh * Dadra and Nagar Haveli * National Capital Territory of Delhi * Daman and Diu * Lakshadweep * Puducherry
Disputed territoriesTerritory disputed with Pakistan * Territory disputed with China

Districts of Chhattisgarh

Bastar * Bilaspur * Dantewada * Dhamtari * Durg * Janjgir-Champa * Jashpur * Kabirdham * Kanker * Korba * Koriya * Mahasamund * Raigarh * Raipur * Rajnandgaon * Surguja * Bijapur |



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