Bastar district
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Key facts
- Country
- India
- State
- Chhattisgarh
- Headquarters
- Jagdalpur
- Collector district magistrate
- Shri Rajat Bansal, IAS
- Divisional forest officer cum wildlife w
- Sri Staylo Mandavi, IFS
- Superintendent of police
- Sri Deepak Jha, IPS
- Total
- 6,597 km (2,547 sq mi)
- Density
- 127/km (330/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+5:30 ( IST )
- Pin
- 494xxx (Bastar)
- Website
- bastar .gov .in /en /
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 1413199
- Area
- 14974
- Official website
- bastar.gov.in
- Image
- Chitrakot waterfall3.JPG
- Households
- 311538
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- Commons category
- Bastar district
- male population
- 698487
- short name
- BAS
- female population
- 714712
- urban population
- 193494
- rural population
- 1219705
- literate population
- 650863
- illiterate population
- 762336
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Bastar district is a district in the state of Chhattisgarh in Central India. Jagdalpur is the district headquarters. Bastar is bounded on the northwest by Narayanpur District, on the north by Kondagaon district, on the east by Nabarangpur and Koraput Districts of Odisha State, on the south and southwest by Dantewada and Sukma. The district possesses a unique blend of tribal and Odia culture.
Bastar and Dantewada districts were formerly part of the princely state of Bastar. Bastar was founded in the early 14th century, by Annama Deva, the brother of Kakatiya King Pratapa Rudra Deva of Warangal in Telangana. After India achieved independence in 1947, the princely states of Bastar and Kanker acceded to the Government of India, and were merged to form Bastar district of Madhya Pradesh. The district, which had an area of 39,114 km (15,102 sq mi), was one of the largest in India when formed.