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CHHATTISGARH (For All District) Application Received for the Period of ( 01/01/2011 to 31/03/2020 )
Registration Under Rule 45 of MCDR 1988 - Indian Bureau of Mines (Ministry of Mines) *********** Title : Web Query Report Report Date : 29/06/2020 04:15:52 PM State: CHHATTISGARH (For All District) Application Received for the period of ( 01/01/2011 to 31/03/2020 ) CHHATTISGARH App Id/ Sl. Business Position Region/ State/ Registration No./ Date/ Application Name/ Category Address No. Activity In Mine District Status Date 414/45, naogaon IBM/57/2011 (26/08/2011) Mining, Trader, NAGPUR 57 Mr A R Shilpa Lodhi State t (Suspended) (31/08/2018) 1 Storage, End Owner CHHATTISGARH 26/08/2011 (Individual) New Delhi Reason being: Testing user BIJAPUR 110004 suspension C/O ANAND OIL MILL M/s SRI SAINATH Trader, NAGPUR 73 BEHIND SAMRAT TALKES 2 INDUSTRY PVT. LTD. Storage, CHHATTISGARH IBM/73/2011 (23/08/2012) 26/08/2011 CIVIL SATION ROAD, RAIPUR (Company) Exporter RAIPUR 492009 B.M.Y. Charoda NAGPUR 168 Mr Rakesh Kumar Dist-Durg, Chhattisgarh IBM/168/2011 3 Storage None CHHATTISGARH 09/09/2011 (Individual) patan (15/09/2011) DURG 490025 Shiv Mohan Bhawan M/s Gopal Sponge & Trader, NAGPUR 322 Jeevan Bima Marg IBM/322/2011 4 Power Pvt. Ltd Storage, End CHHATTISGARH 20/09/2011 Pandri (21/11/2011) (Company) user, Exporter RAIPUR 492001 A 8 MAHAVEER GOUSALA M/s SPONGE Trader, COMPLEX NAGPUR 349 ENTERPRISES PVT IBM/349/2011 5 Storage, K K ROAD MOUDHAPARA CHHATTISGARH 21/09/2011 LTD (13/02/2012) Exporter RAIPUR RAIPUR (Company) 492001 works guma - Urla road M/s Shivalay Ispat NAGPUR 359 Village Kara IBM/359/2011 6 and Power Pvt. -
24 Diversity of Edible Wild Plants of Pendra Road Forest Region of Chhattisarh
International Journal of Advanced Educational Research International Journal of Advanced Educational Research ISSN: 2455-6157; Impact Factor: RJIF 5. 12 www.educationjournal.org Volume 2; Issue 4; July 2017; Page No. 24-28 Diversity of edible wild plants of Pendra road forest region of Chhattisarh 1 Megha Sharma, 2 Dr. Raghunandan Prasad Sharma 1 Research Scholar, M.Phil, Dr. C.V.Raman University, Kota, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India 2 Asst. Professor, Botany, D.P.Vipra, P.G. College, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India Abstract Pendra road is a forest region, which is situated in Northern region of Bilaspur district of Chhattisgarh state. The climatic condition of district is sub humid type. Average rainfall is 52.8 mm/year. Edible wild plants are an important source of food of tribes in this region. The Present in vestigation deal the traditional wild food plants used by tribal people in this region. Tribal Population of pendra road is approximately 25-30%. Fifty six species of wild plants were used by inhibited tribal’s and villagers for food. Among those species 21 species are herb, belonging to 21 Genera, and 15 families, followed by 10 species are shrub, belonging to 10 Genera and 10 families and 17 species are trees belonging to 15 Genera and 12 families. 07 species are climber in nature belonging to 05 Genera and 05 families documented plants 16 were abundant 24 were common and 15 were uncommon in this area. Total no of Genera and species are Calculated. Study of diversity of edible wild plants could contribute to improve food security and vegetable status of reemit areas. -
Naya Raipur Development Plan 20312031
Naya Raipur Development Plan 20312031 Naya Raipur Development Authority NAYA RAIPUR DEVELOPMENT PLAN-2031 PLANNING TEAM NAYA RAIPUR DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Shri P. Joy Oommen (I.A.S.) Chairman Shri S.S. Bajaj (I.F.S.) Chief Executive Officer & Director T & CP Shri A.K. Dubey , General Manager (Finance) Shri P.C. Jain, Manager (Finance) Shri S.K. Shrivastava , General Manager (PWD) Shri. S.K.Nag, Manager (PWD) Shri K.P. Bajpai , Building Officer & Town Planner Shri. G.C.Nahata, Deputy Manager ( Land) Shri J.C. Singhal , Dy. G.M. (Public Relation) Shri.V.R. Meshram, Asst. Manager (Land) Shri J.P. Sharma ,Manager (Env) & Dy.M.(R) OFFICERS ASSOCIATED WITH NRDA (EARLIER CADA) AND DIRECTORATE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ,RAIPUR, IN EARLY STAGES OF PLAN Shri.Vivek Dhand, I.A.S, Chairman Shri.M.K.Gupta, Dy.G.M.(Planning) Shri. Sanjay Shukla, I.F.S, Chief Executive Officer Shri.P.Nihalani, Nazul Officer & D.M (Land) Shri. B.K.Sinha, I.F.S. Chief Executive Officer & Director T & CP Shri. Alok Tiwari, Manager (Environnent) Shri. K.C.Yadav, I.F.S. Chief Executive Officer Shri. Akhilesh Shukla, Data Entry Operator Shri. Anil Tuteja, Chief Executive Officer Shri. Vineet Nair, T & CP OTHER OFFICIAL ASSOCIATED WITH NRDA Shri Rajkumar Mudaliar Shri G.P.Sharma. Shri. B.L.Nishad Shri R.S. Tiwari Shri.Manoj Joshi Shri. K.K.Singaur Shri.Pradeep Thambi Shri S.L. Dhruwanshi Shri.P.D.Yoshen Shri.Mani Ram Dhruw Shri. N.L.Sahu Shri.Navneet Kotwaliwale CITY AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (CIDCO), NAVI MUMBAI Shri N. -
Issues Pertaining to Ministry of Environment & Forest S
ISSUES PERTAINING TO MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT & FOREST S.No. Name of the Issues in Brief Action to be taken Company and Location 1 SAIL Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC), Environmental Clearance to be Gua Ore Mines, MOEF considered the Environment granted at the earliest to resume Jharkhand Clearance (EC) proposal on 24.2.11 the operations at mine. and recommended for grant of EC for Duargaiburu lease of Gua ore mines. Grant of Environment Clearance is awaited from MoEF. The Mine is closed since 15.6.11. Chiria Iron Ore Mine Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) of Environmental Clearance to be (Sukri-Latur lease), MoEF considered the environment granted at the earliest to resume Jharkhand clearance proposals of Sukri-latur the operations at mine. lease of Manoharpur (Chiria) Iron Ore Mine 21.12.2009 and recommended for grant of environment clearance. Grant of environment clearance is awaited. The mine is closed since 21.3.09 2 Posco India Steel Plant Environment Clearance This EC should be revalidated ISP Project at Revalidation immediately to avoid Paradip, - Current status: Expert Appraisal unnecessary noises raised by Jagatsinghpur, Committee (EAC) recommended NGO and anti-project entities etc Odisha revalidation of 4-mtpa steel plant during the implementation of Environment Clearance in as-it-is land acquisition by GoO. form in its meeting held on 14th June 2012. Revalidation recommendation has, however, been awaiting MoEF approval till date. 3 Jindal Steel & Power Ltd Angul Project, Issues of Iron Ore Slurry Pipeline Being a linear project it should Odisha Project be exempted from the MOEF clearance: Recommendations of the Report of the Committee constituted under the Chairmanship of Shri J.M. -
Notice Final Voter List Election2
Page 1 V O T E R L I S T - E L E C T I O N 2017 Rgn.N Father's/ Husband's Qualifin. S.No. Name Address District o. Name for Reg. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 1 Kamlesh Chandra Shil Shri Kartik Chandra Shil P.V. No.-7, Po. Kapsi Kanker D.Pharma 2 2 Kunj Ram Shri Chamru Q.No. 29/7, Banki Mongra Korba D.Pharma 3 3 Tufail Ahmed Mohd. Israil Artision Block, Chirmiri (w) Korea D.Pharma 4 5 Pradeep Kumar Jain Shri Rambilash Jain Vill.- Keshgwan Korea D.Pharma Steel Nagar, Camp-I, Road No.- 5 6 Manish Kumar Agrawal Shri Khanjanchi Lal Durg D.Pharma 8, Post - Bhilai c/o. Prashant Medicose, Post - 6 7 Pratap Narayan Singh Shri Jag Narayan Singh Surguja D.Pharma Jarahi Morh, M/409 Near Bus Stand, Post - 7 8 Sawan Kumar Shri Surendra Kumar Bastar D.Pharma Kondagaon Q.No. - M/108, Rajgamar 8 9 Arun Kumar Mishra Shri Shiv Narayan Korba D.Pharma Colony, Post - Ompur Katainar, Q.No. CH/142, Post - 9 10 Ganga Prasad Shri Sukhi Ram Korba D.Pharma Banki Mongra Shri Birendra Kumar H.No. 31/551, Azad Chowk, 10 11 Vikas Shukla Raipur D.Pharma Shukla Brahaman Para, Raipur 11 12 Vinod Kumar Agrawal Shri Ratan Lal Hospital Colony. Post - Surajpur Surguja D.Pharma Sapna Garments, Sanjay 12 13 Smt. Shailja Gupta Shri Saran Gupta Korea D.Pharma Chowk, Post - Baikunthpur C.H.C. Kartala, Post - Bhaishma 13 15 Sushma Singh Shri Dhyan Singh Korba D.Pharma 495674 Qtr. -
Indian Medical Association
Page 1 of 69 Printed on 09/0 ** Indian Medical Association (Hqrs.) Membership List - Working All Members State Name : CHHATTISGARH Receipts for Members issued between / / to / / whose names have been entered in computer from / / till / / Branch Name : AMBIKAPUR ; SM:0, CM:0, L:31, CL:14 Dr. AGRAWAL, DINDAYAL Dr. AGRAWAL, LALIT KUMAR Dr. AGRAWAL, MAHABIR PD. CGH/6/2/1/71295/1999-00/L CGH/998/2/35/119668/2005-06/CL CGH/7/2/2/56882/1996-97/L Dr. AGRAWAL, KIRAN BHATTAPARA AMBIKAPUR-497001, DIST. SARGUJA AGRASEN -WARD, AGRASEN CHOWK, `SHREYAS` 22/251, RAMANUJ WARD, JAIL ROAD, CHHATISGARH. AMBIKAPUR - 497 001, CHHATTISGARH. AMBIKAPUR-497 001, MADHYA PRADESH. Dr. BAISH, SHARDA PRASAD Dr. BANERJI, PRASHASTHI KUMAR Dr. BANSAL, ASHOK KUMAR CGH/1004/2/41/119676/2005-06/L CGH/8/2/3/24057/1991-92/L CGH/9/2/4/25900/1992-93/CL Dr. BANSAL, ASHA NEAR JODAPIPAL KEDARPUR, AMBIKAPUR - 497 001, PRIVATE PRACTITIONER, BABUPARA, JAIL ROAD, COLLECTOR BURGLOW ROAD, DIST. SURGUJA, CHHATTISGARH. AMBIKAPUR - 497001, DIST. SURGUJA, MADHYA PRADESH. AMBIKAPUR - 497001, MADHYA PRADESH. Dr. BHAGAT, AZAD Dr. BHALLA, UJAGAR SINGH BAWA Dr. EKKA, SUSHIL CGH/10/2/5/83782/2001-02/L CGH/11/2/6/24058/1991-92/CL CGH/13/2/8/73836/1999-00/CL Dr. BHALLA, C.K. Dr. SNEH LATA EKKA, EASTER FUNDUR DIHARI PATEL PARA (RAJWADE BHAVAN) 70, DARRI PARA, DIST.HOSPITAL, SURGUJA, AMBIKAPUR - 497 001, MADHYA PRADESH. AMBIKAPUR - 497001, MADHYA PRADESH. AMBIKAPUR-497001, MADHYA PRADESH. Dr. FIRDOSI, NOORUL HASAN Dr. FIRDOUSI, FAIZUL HASAN Dr. GOYAL, MALAY RANJAN CGH/14/2/9/77733/2000-01/L CGH/993/2/34/118924/2005-06/L CGH/15/2/10/18127/1991-92/CL Dr. -
Existing Consumers
Sector wise valid Consumer list Factory Address Capacity FSA Quantity ACC LIMITED, Jamul Cement Works, PO - Jamul Cement works, NA 1,72,500 Dist. Durg (CG) 490024 ACC LIMITED, Gagal Cement Works, PO. Barmana, Dist. Bilaspur 3,37,500 (1,87,500 KR NA (HP)-174013 + 1,50,000 KRB) ACC LIMITED, Lakheri Cement Work, PO. Lakheri, Dist. Bundi (Raj.) NA 67,500 323603 ACC LIMITED, Kymore Cement works, PO. Kymore, Dist. Katni (MP) 3,60,000 (2,02,500 KR NA 483880 + 1,57,500 KRB) ACC LIMITED, Jamul Cement Works, PO - Jamul Cement works, 25 MW 1,20,000 Dist. Durg (CG) 490024 ACC LIMITED, Lakheri Cement Work, PO. Lakheri, Dist. Bundi (Raj.) 25 MW 146,900 323603 ACC LIMITED, Kymore Cement works, PO. Kymore, Dist. Katni (MP) 39.25 MW 221,173 483880 ACC LIMITED, Kymore Cement works, PO. Kymore, Dist. Katni (MP) 25 MW 146,900 483880 ACC LIMITED , Chaibasa Cement Works (Unit-II), P.O. Jhinkpani, 6 MW 35,256 Dist. West Singhbhum, (Jharkhand)-833215 BIRLA CORPORATION LIMITED, Satna Cement Works, PO - Birla 3,46,500 (2,77,500 KR 15.50 (ltpa) Vikas, Dist. Satna (MP) 485005 + 69,000 KRB) BIRLA CEMENT WORKS, CEMENT PLANT at CHANDERIA, CHITTOORGARH, PO - Cement Factory, Madhav Nagar, Dist. 20.00 (ltpa) 132,000 Chittoorgarh (Raj)-312021 BIRLA CORPORATION LIMITED, Satna Cement Works, PO - Birla 27 MW Vikas, Dist. Satna (MP) 485005 1,58,652 BIRLA CORPORATION LIMITED, Satna Cement Works, PO - Birla 19.5 MW 114,582 Vikas, Dist. Satna (MP) 485005 BIRLA CEMENT WORKS, CEMENT PLANT at CHANDERIA, CHITTOORGARH, PO - Cement Factory, Madhav Nagar, Dist. -
Durg District, Chhattisgarh
For official use GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTY OF WATER RESOURCES Nawgarh CENTRAL GROUND WATER BOARD Bemetara Saja Berla Dhamdha GROUND WATER BROCHURE OF DURG DISTRICT, CHHATTISGARH 2012 Durg -2013 Patan Gunderdehi Dondi Lohara Balod Gurur Dondi Regional Director North Central Chhattisgarh Region, Reena Apartment, IInd Floor, NH-43, Pachpedi Naka, Raipur-492001 (C.G.) Ph. No. 0771-2413903, 2413689 E-mail: rdnccr- [email protected] DISTRICT AT A GLANCE DURG DISTRICT) By J.R.Verma, Scientist “B” 1. GENERAL INFORMATION i) Geographical area (Sq. km) 8701.80 ii) Administrative Divisions (As on 2009) a) Number of Tehsil/ Block 11/12 b) Number of Panchayat/ Villages 998/1176 iii) Population as on 2011 Census 1316140 iv) Annual Normal Rainfall (IMD,2008) 1142 mm v) Average Annual Rainfall (1994-12) 1055.56mm 2. GEOMORPHOLOGY i) Major Physiographic Units Two; Chhattisgarh Plain ii) Major Drainages Mahanadi, Seonath. 3. LAND USE (Sq. km) As on 2009 i) Forest Area 709.11 ii) Net Area Sown 5469.61 iii) Double cropped Area 2392.76 4. MAJOR SOIL TYPES Red & yellow soil, Black soil 5. AREA UNDER PRINCIPAL CROPS, in Rice: 2325.95, Pulses:555.28 Sq. km (As on 2011) Wheat: 186.90, 6. IRRIGATION BY DIFFERENT SOURCES (2011) (Areas in Sq. km. and Numbers of Structures) i) Dugwells 1458/16.69 ii) Tubewells/Borewells 33938/917.94 iii) Canals 296/1272.24(1788 km) iv) Ponds 306/27.29 v) Other sources 126.15 vi) Net Irrigated Area 2360.31 vii) Gross Irrigated Area 3174.33 7. NUMBERS OF GROUND WATER MONITORING WELLS OF CGWB (As on 31.3.2012) i) No of Dugwells 39 ii) No of Piezometers 25 8. -
1 Dalli Mechanised Mine 30 Mpr 13006 Kondekasa Balod
MCDR INSPECTION REPORT 1.0 GENERAL SN Particulars Details 1 Name of the Mine DALLI MECHANISED MINE 2 Total Lease Area (Ha) with breakup of Non- Total Lease Area - 719.60 Ha. (Part) forest and forest land Non Forest - 436.00 Ha. Forest - 283.60 Ha. 3 Mine code 30 MPR 13006 4 IBM Registration Number under rule 45 of 5662/2011/IBM MCDR, 1988 5 Name of the lessee, Address, phone, email Bhilai Steel Plant, Steel Authority of India Ltd. and fax number Shri Kalyan Maity (Director R-M&L) Ispat Bhawan, Lodhi Road, New Delhi Ph- 01124366219, Fax- 01124369355 Email- [email protected] 5a Date of Inspection 7-12-2016 6 Village KONDEKASA 7 Taluka/Mandal Taluka – DALLI-RAJHARA 8 District BALOD 9 Pincode 491228 10 State CHHATTISGARH 11 Post office DALLI RAJHARA 12 Nearest police station DALLI RAJHARA 13 Nearest Railway station DALLI RAJHARA 14 Date of Grant of Mining Lease 05.11.1962 15 Date of Execution 30.4.1963 16 Date of opening of Mine 05.11.1962 17 Date of first Renewal, if applicable and NA its period & expiry 18 Date of second Renewal, if applicable Second Renewal- 01.06.2003 and its period & expiry Period & Expiry – 20 years, 31.05.2023 19 Date of submission of renewal NA application if Mining Operations are continuing under deemed extension 1 20 Name of the Nominated Owner with SHRI KALYAN MAITY, Address, phone, email, fax number and date of appointment Dir (Raw Material & Logistics), Ispat Bhawan, Lodhi Road, New Delhi 21 Name of the Mine Agent with Address, Shri Samir Swarup, phone, email, fax number and date of DGM cum Agent(DMM & DMNL), appointment Off Address: Dalli Administrative Building, 22 Name of the Mines Manager with Shri C.Srikant, Mine Manager, Address, phone, email, fax number and 07882851804(Off), 9407982915 date of appointment in mines 23 Name of the Mining Engineer, Shri Satyendra Kumar, Qualification and total experience with AMIE(Mining), 15 yrs exp in various mines. -
MAHASAMUND BRANCH FIRST FLOOR,AIMAN COMPLEX, MAIN ROAD, MAHASAMUND,Chhattisgarhr -493445 Ph : 07723-222285 [email protected]
MAHASAMUND BRANCH FIRST FLOOR,AIMAN COMPLEX, MAIN ROAD, MAHASAMUND,CHHATTISGARHr -493445 Ph : 07723-222285 [email protected] Bank of Baroda [erstwhile Dena Bank amalgamated into Bank of Baroda with effect from 1st April 2019 in terms of Gazette of India No.GSR No 2E dated 2nd January 2019 issued by Ministry of Finance, Government of India] a body corporate constituted under the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertaking) Act 1970 and Having its Head Office at Mandavi, Baroda, Gujrat State and one of the Regional Office at Raipur, 2nd Floor LIC Investment Building –II Pandri, Raipur. SALE NOTICE FOR SALE OF IMMOVABLE PROPERTIES E-Auction Sale Notice for sale of Immovable Assets under the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 read with provisio to Rule 8(6) of the Security Interest (Enforcement) Rules, 2002 Notice is hereby given to the public in general and in particular to the Borrower(s) and Guarantor (s) that the below described immovable property mortgaged /hypothecated/ charged to the Secured Creditor, the constructive / physical (whichever is applicable) possession of which has been taken by the Authorised Officer of Dena Bank now Bank of Baroda (Secured Creditor) will be sold on “ As is where is”, “As is what is” and “whatever there is” on 10.06.2019, for recovery of amount due ( mentioned against each property from Sr No 1 to 2 in the following table) to the Bank of Baroda [erstwhile Dena Bank] (Secured Creditor) from Borrowers (mentioned against each property from Sr No 1 to 2 in the following table) and Guarantors (mentioned against each property from Sr No 1 to 2 in the following table). -
DSO List of Chattisgarh
DSO list of Chattisgarh Sl.no Distt Name Designati Phone Mobile Address Email Email2 on 1 Koriya ShriC.Kerketta D.P.S.O. 07836‐ 9165836983 Room No.9‐10, deskoriya.cg@nic. topposanjay@gmail. (Baikunthpur 234450, Collectorate in com, ) 233405 premises, Koriya nikhilbhardwaj343@ 497335 gmail.com 2 Surguja Shri Suresh D.P.S.O. 07774‐ 9754658788 Collectorate ‐ sureshsingh.jkd@gm (Ambikapur) Kumar Singh 220422, premises, ail.com 220421 Surguja 497001 3 Jashpur Shri S. D.P.S.O. 07763‐ 9479944643 Collectorate dpsojashpur@gm shrivastava 220648 premises, ail.com Jashpur 496331 4 Raigarh Shri S.R. D.P.S.O. 07762‐ 9827960973 Collectorate dpsoraigarh@gm [email protected] Bhaskar 223241, premises, ail.com .in 223044 Raigarh 496001 5 Korba Mrs. D.P.S.O. 07759‐ 9977737783 Collectorate ‐ [email protected] MadhuSahu 227875, premises, Korba om 222886 495677 6 JanjgirCham Shri S. K. D.P.S.O. 07817‐ 9826769460 Collectorate ‐ [email protected] pa Kashyap 222773, premises, 224103 JanjgirChampa 7 Bilaspur Smt. D.P.S.O. 07752‐ 9907901797 Collectorate dpsobilaspur@gm PayalPandey 222251, premises, ail.com 223993 Bilaspur 495001 8 Kabirdham Smt. D.P.S.O. 07741‐ 8251029531 Collectorate dpsokwd@gmail. sadarrsuankurre@ya UshaKiran 232306 premises, com hoo.com Sharma Kabirdham 491995 9 Rajnandgaon Shri S.K. Dutta D.P.S.O. 07744‐ 9893310668 Room No.‐19, desrajnandgaon.c [email protected] 224608 Collectorate [email protected] om premises, Rajnandgaon 491441 10 Durg Mis. Prachi D.P.S.O. 0788‐ 9827402874 Collectorate dpsodurg@yahoo prachiemishra@india Mishra 2323137 premises, Durg .in times.com 491001 11 Raipur Shri B.L. D.P.S.O. -
Directorate of Geology and Mining Chhattisgarh
DIRECTORATE OF GEOLOGY AND MINING CHHATTISGARH DISTRICT SURVEY REPORT BILASPUR CONTENTS • Introduction • Overview of Mining Activity in the District • The list of Mining Leases in the District with location, area and Period of validity • Details of Royalty of Revenue received in last three years • Detail of Production of Sand, Bajari or others minor mineral in last three years • Process of Deposition of Sediments in the rivers of the District • General Profile of the District • Land utilization Pattern in the district: Forest, Agriculture, Horticultrue, Mining etc. • Physiography of the District • Rainfall : month-wise • Geology and Mineral Wealth o District wise detail of river or stream and other sand source. o District wise availability of sand or gravel or aggregate resources o District wise detail of existing mining leases of sand and aggregates. 1. INTRODUCTION Bilaspur district is named after a fisherwoman called “Bilasa.” The city stands on the banks river Arpa. It is famous for its unique characteristics of rice quality, and its cutural background. The district play a major role for contribution in rice production and so Chhattisgarh called as “Dhan ka Katora.” It is situated between north latitude 21 0 47’00’’ to 23 0 08’00’’ and east longitude 81 0 14’00’’ to 83 0 15’00’’. It is bounded by Koria on the north, Anuppur and Dhindori district of Madhya Pradesh on the north-west, Mungeli on the west and south west, Baloda Bazar on the south, Korba district on the east and Jangir-Champa on the south-east. The area of the district is about 5818.49 km 2.