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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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