Districts of Chhattisgarh
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Chhattisgarh, a state of India, has sixteen administrative districts.
A district of an Indian state is an administrative geographical unit, headed by a district magistrate or a deputy commissioner, an officer belonging to the Indian Administrative Service. The district magistrate or the deputy commissioner is assisted by a number of officials belonging to different wings of the administrative services of the state.
A superintendent of Police, an officer belonging to Indian Police Service is entrusted with the responsibility of maintaining law and order and related issues.
The sixteen districts of Chattisgarh state are:
- Bastar
- Bilaspur
- Dantewada (South Bastar)
- Dhamtari
- Durg
- Janjgir-Champa
- Jashpur
- Kanker (North Bastar)
- Kawardha
- Korba
- Koriya (Korea)
- Mahasamund
- Raigarh
- Raipur
- Rajnandgaon
- Surguja.