Chhattisgarh State GK
Chhattisgarh is the 10th largest state in India with an area of 135,190 sq-km. Chhattisgarh is the 16th largest state in terms of population which is approximately equal to 2,08,00,000. The native language of people of Chhattisgarh is Chhattisgarhi.
Chhattisgarh was carved out of Madhya Pradesh in 01 November, 2000 with its 16 Chhattisgarhi speaking districts. It is an important hub for the production of steel and electrical power in India, producing about 15% of the total steel produced in India. It is surrounded by seven states : Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Orissa, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh.
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First in Chhattisgarh
| Category | First |
|---|---|
| First Regional Dynasty | Rajarshitulya Kul Dynasty |
| First Kalchuri Ruler | Kalingaraj (Capital - Tamangan) |
| First Maratha Ruler | Bimbaji Bhosale (Capital - Ratanpur) |
| First Subedar | Mahipat Rao Dinkar (Capital - Ratanpur) |
| First District Magistrate | Krishna Rao Appa |
| First British Superintendent | Captain Edmund |
| First Deputy Commissioner | Charles C. Elliot |
| First Woman Ruler | Prapulla Kumari Devi |
| First Tribal Rebellion | Halba Rebellion (1774-1776) |
| First Chief Minister | Shri Ajit Pramod Kumar Jogi |
| First Chief Justice | Shri W.A. Moon |
| First Acting Chief Justice | Shri R.S. Garg |
| First Election Commissioner | Shri Ajay Kumar Singh |
| First State Human Rights Commission Chairman | Shri K. M. Agarwal |
| First Speaker of the Vidhan Sabha | Shri Rajendra Prasad |
| First Deputy Speaker of Vidhan Sabha | Shri Banwarilal Agrawal |
| First Home Minister | Shri Nandkumar Patel |
| First Education Minister | Shri Satyanarayan Sharma |
| First Lokayukta | Shri Justice Krishnamurari Agrawal |
| First Governor | Shri Dinesh Nandan Sahai |
| First Chief Information Commissioner | Shri A.K. Vijayvargiya |
| First Chief Secretary | Shri Arun Kumar |
| First State Women Commission Chairman | Smt. Hemwant Porte |
| First Director General of Police | Shri Mohan Shukla |
| First Chairman of Chhattisgarh State Public Service Commission | Shri Mohan Shukla |
| First Woman Minister (in undivided Madhya Pradesh) | Smt. Padmavati Devi |
| First Woman Minister (in Chhattisgarh State) | Smt. Geeta Devi Singh |
| First Woman MP | Minimata (from Raipur parliamentary constituency) |
| Most Times MP from Chhattisgarh | Late. Vidyacharan Shukla (9 times) |
| First Chairman of Chhattisgarh State Co-Service Commission | Pawan Diwan |
| First Chairman of the Chhattisgarh State Electricity Regulatory Commission | S. K Mishra |
| First Person of Chhattisgarh, Who Became the Chief Minister of Any State | Pt. Ravi Shankar Shukla (Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh) |
| First Person of Chhattisgarh, Who Became the Governor of a State | E. Raghavendra Rao (Governor of Madhya Pradesh) |
| First Person from Chhattisgarh, Who Became the Speaker of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly | Mathura Prasad Dubey |
| First Person to Be Awarded Padma Shri | Mukutdhar Pandey (1976) |
| First Woman to Be Awarded Padma Shri | Teejan Bai (1987) |
| First Person to Be Awarded Padma Bhushan | Habib Tanveer (2002) |
| First Woman to Be Awarded Padma Bhushan | Teejan Bai (2003) |
| First Recipient of Minimata Samman | Smt. Binny Bai (2001) |
| First Recipient of Dr. Khubchand Baghel Award | Shrikant Govardhan (2001) |
| First Recipient of Pt. Ravi Shankar Shukla Award | Carebhushan (2001) |
| First Recipient of Pt. Sunderlal Sharma Award | Vinod Kumar Shukla (2001) |
| First Recipient of Gundadhur Samman | Ashish Arora (2001) |
| First College | Chhattisgarh College, Raipur (1938) |
| First Sanskrit College | Raipur (1955) |
| First University | Indira University of Arts and Music, Khairagarh (Rajnandgaon) (1956) |
| First General Education University | Pt. RaviShankar Shukla University, Raipur (1964) |
| First Private University | Maharishi University, Bilaspur (2002) |
| First Medical College | Pt. Nehru Medical College, Raipur (1963) |
| Chhattisgarh's Oldest I.T.I. | Koni (Bilaspur 1904) |
| State's First Law University | Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur |
| State's First Private Medical College | Chandulal Chandrakar Memorial Medical College, Durg |
| State's First Sports University | Rajnandgaon (proposed) |
| State's First Government Medical College | Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Medical College, Raipur (1963) |
Chhattisgarh : General Information
| Category | Information |
|---|---|
| State Name | Chhattisgarh |
| Ancient name of the state | Dakshin Kosal |
| Establishment of the state | 1 November, 2000 (26th state of the country) |
| Mother State of the State | Madhya Pradesh |
| Chhattisgarh became a division of Madhya Pradesh in | 1862 |
| State Capital | Nava Raipur (earlier Raipur) |
| State Shape | Like seahorse |
| Act for State formation | Madhya Pradesh State Reorganization Act, 2000 |
| Time of State Formation | 9th Five Year Plan (1997-2002) |
| Official language of the state | Chhattisgarhi (accepted on November 28, 2007) |
| State legislature | Unicameral (assembly) |
| Rajya Sabha seat in the state | 5 |
| Lok Sabha seats in the state | 11 |
| Assembly seats in the state | 90 |
| State High Court | Bilaspur (19th High Court of the country) |
| Railway Zone in the State | South-East Central Railway (Bilaspur) (16th Railway Zone of the country) |
| Government Press in the State | Rajnandgaon (1989) |
| Braille Script Press in the State | Tifra (Bilaspur) |
| State Revenue Division Headquarters | Bilaspur |
| State Ethnic Museum | Jagdalpur |
| Total number of districts in the state | 28 (28th district declared in August 2019 - Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi) |
| Number of districts at the time of state formation | 16 |
| Districts created in 2007 after state formation | Narayanpur, Bijapur |
| Total number of districts in December 2011 | 18 |
| Districts created in 2012 | 9 |
| Largest district by area | Rajnandgaon |
| Smallest district by area | Durg |
| At the time of formation of the state, total division | 3 (Raipur, Bilaspur, Bastar) |
| At present total division is | 5 (Raipur, Bilaspur, Bastar, Surguja, Durg) |
| Total Tehsil in the State | 172 |
| Largest Tehsil | Podi Upora (Korba) |
| No. of Blocks | 146 |
| Number of Tribal Development Blocks | 85 |
| No. of District Panchayats | 27 |
| No. of Janpad Panchayats | 146 |
| Number of Gram Panchayats | 11664 |
| No. of Municipal Corporations | 14 |
| No. of Municipalities | 44 |
| No. of Nagar Panchayats | 111 |
| Total Villages (Census 2011) | 20126 |
| Total Inhabited Villages (Census 2011) | 19576 |
| Total deserted villages (Census 2011) | 55 |
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