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1.1 About Chhattisgarh<br />

Chhattisgarh is a young state with<br />

an ancient, rich historical heritage,<br />

bounteous in minerals and a mining and<br />

industrial powerhouse. It was formed<br />

on the 1st of November, 2000, as a state<br />

carved out of Madhya Pradesh.<br />

Chhattisgarh is one of the 29 states of<br />

India, located in the center-east of the<br />

country. It is the tenth-largest state in<br />

India, with an area of 135,191 square<br />

kilometers, with a population of 25.5<br />

million.<br />

The state has one of the lowest rates of<br />

urbanisation, with almost 45 percent<br />

forest cover. A resource-rich state, it is<br />

a source of electricity and steel for the<br />

country, accounting for 15 percent of<br />

the total steel produced. Chhattisgarh<br />

is one of the fastest developing states in<br />

India, though the human development<br />

index is low here. Atal Nagar (formerly<br />

known as Naya Raipur) is serving as the<br />

administrative capital of the State, and<br />

it also caters to the infrastructural needs<br />

of industry and trade in the region. It is<br />

located about 17 km south-east of the old<br />

capital Raipur, with Swami Vivekananda<br />

Airport separating the old and the new<br />

cities. The name is given to this city in<br />

memory of Former Prime Minister Atal<br />

Bihari Vajpayee. This sprawling capital is<br />

considered as India’s fourth planned city<br />

and first 21st century city in India.<br />

of Chhattisgarh region of India. The<br />

headquarters of Bastar district and Bastar<br />

division is Jagdalpur city. The district<br />

has an area of 10755.79 km². Bastar<br />

District is bounded on the northwest<br />

by Narayanpur district, on the north<br />

by Kondagaon District, on the east by<br />

Nabarangpur and Koraput districts of<br />

Odisha state, on the south and southwest<br />

by Dantewada District, and on the west<br />

by Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra<br />

state. Administratively, the district is<br />

divided into two tehsils, Jagdalpur and<br />

Bastar.<br />

Kondagaon district is a district in<br />

Chhattisgarh, India, which was separated<br />

from Bastar district on January 24, 2012,<br />

with headquarters in Kondagaon.<br />

We visited Kidichepda, a village situated<br />

in this tribal district of Kondagaon, for<br />

documenting the local craft.<br />

Bastar division is an administrative<br />

division of Chhattisgarh state in Central<br />

India. It includes the districts of Bastar,<br />

Kondagaon, Dantewada, Bijapur,<br />

Narayanpur, Sukma and Kanker. Bastar<br />

is a district located on the southern side<br />

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