Apna Chhattisgarh

Chhattisgarh, the 26th state of India is

famous for its tourism industry.

It is the 10th largest

state in India.

The population of the state is estimated as

25.5 million. Chhattisgarh is the 16th

most-populated state of the nation.

It shares its boundaries with Madhya Pradesh,

Maharashtra, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh,

Odisha, UttarPradesh and

Jharkhand.

It is a source of electricity and steel for

India. It produces 15% of the total

steel produced in the country.

It is the fastest-developing state comprising

27 districts. The most famous architectural

monuments are situated here in

Apna Chhattisgarh.

The state has achieved economic, social and

industrial development in the

recent years.

Regarding the fertility and land forms of

the state, the central part is fertile and the

northern and southern part are hilly.

The 44% of the state is mostly covered

with the deciduous forests of the

eastern highlands forests.

The van bhainsa, or wild water buffalo, mostly

found in the southern part of the state is the

state animal. The state bird is pahari myna,

or hill myna. Sal (Sarai) tree found in

Bastar division is the state tree.

In the northern part of the state lies the edge of the

great Indo-Gangetic plain.

A tributary of the Ganges called the

Rihand tributary of the great

Ganges river flows

through this area.

The rivers flowing across the state has made the

land very much useful for cultivation. The fertile

upper basin of the Mahanadi River and its

tributaries flows form the central

part of the state.

This area is rich in rice cultivation. The Maikal

Hills (part of the Satpuras) divides the upper

Mahanadi basin from the upper Narmada basin

to the west and the ranges of hills separate it

from the plains of Odisha to the east.

The watershed of the Godavari River and its

tributary, the Indravati River contributes to

the southern part of the country.

The Mahanadi is the important river of the

state. The other main rivers are Hasdo

(a tributary of Mahanadi) and the

Rihand River.

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