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Irrigation
Bihar has an irrigation potential of 28.73 lakh hectares created through major
and medium irrigation schemes and 6.63 lakh hectares through minor irrigation
schemes.
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Government
Governor : Shri Satya Pal Malik Chief Secretary : Shri Anjani
Kumar Singh
Chief Minister : Shri Nitish Kumar Jurisdiction of : Patna High
High Court Court
Chhattisgarh
Area : 1,35,192 sq km Population : 2.56 crore (census 2011)
Capital : Raipur Principal Language : Hindi
History and Geography
Chhattisgarh, carved out of Madhya Pradesh came into being in November
2000 as the 26th state of the Union. It fulfils the long-cherished demand of the
people. In ancient times the region was known as Dakshin-Kausal. This finds
mention in Ramayana and Mahabharata also. Between the sixth and twelfth
centuries Sarabhpurias, Panduavanshi, Somvanshi, Kalchuri and Nagvanshi
rulers dominated this region. Kalchuris ruled in Chhattisgarh from 980 to 1791
AD. With the advent of the British in 1845, Raipur gained prominence instead
of capital Ratanpur. In 1904 Sambalpur was transferred to Odisha and estates
of Sarguja were transferred from Bengal to Chhattisgarh.
Chhattisgarh is bounded by southern Jharkhand and Odisha in the east,
Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra in the west, Uttar Pradesh and western
Jharkhand in the north and Andhra Pradesh in the south. Area-wise,
Chhattisgarh is the ninth largest state and population-wise it is seventeenth
populous state of the nation.
Agriculture
Total geographical area of Chhattisgarh is 137.90 lakh ha. out of which arable
land is about 47.70 lakh ha. Area under kharif crop is around 47.60 lakh ha.
and rabi is 16.61 lakh ha.
The main kharif crop of this region is paddy which is about 76 per cent of
total kharif crops. Apart from it other main crops grown here are maize,
soyabean, groundnut, urdbean and pigeon pea. Similarly main rabi crops grown
here are wheat, gram, lathyrus, mustard and linseed.