POPULATION OF CLASS WISE TOWNS IN

S. No. Town Population S. No. Town Population Class I Towns 16 (NPP) 31613 1 (NN) 670042 17 Jashpurnagar (NPP) 20239 2 (NN) 143770 18 Jhahangir-Nella (NPP) 32513 3 (NN) 232517 19 Champa (NPP) 37951 4 (NN) 556366 20 Sakti (NPP) 20213 5 Bilaspur (NN) 295235 21 (NPP) 20367 6 Raigarh (NN) 115908 22 Dipika (NPP) 20150 7 Korba (NN) 315690 Class IV Towns Class II Towns 1 (NPP) 19059 1 Jagdalpur (NN) 87521 2 Aarang (NP) 16629 2 Ambikapur (NN) 66012 3 (NP) 13143 3 Chirmiri (NN) 93373 4 Rajim (NP) 11823 4 Bhatapara (NPP) 50118 5 Kasdol (NP) 11405 5 Dhamtari (NPP) 82111 6 Kurud (NP) 11473 6 Dalli Rajhra (NPP) 57058 7 Nagari (NP) 10987 7 Bhilai Charoda (NPP) 87585 8 Baagbhara (NP) 1674 7 9 Saraipali (NP) 17081 Class III Towns 10 Narayanpur (NP) 16392 1 Manendragarh (NPP) 30758 11 Kheragarh (NPP) 1515 7 2 Gobra Nayapara (NPP) 25591 12 (NP) 11 517 3 Tilda Nevra (NPP) 26909 13 (NP) 11831 4 Balodabazar (NPP) 22853 14 (NP) 12477 5 (NPP) 26703 15 Aahiwara (NP) 18719 6 (NPP) 47100 16 Kota (NP) 15031 7 Kondagaon (NPP) 26898 17 Takhatpur (NP) 17005 8 Badi Bacheli (NPP) 20411 18 Bodari (NP) 13403 9 (NPP) 32415 19 Ratanpur (NP) 19839 10 Kanker (NPP) 31385 20 Laurmi (NP) 12156 11 Dongergarh (NPP) 34441 21 Gaurela (NP) 15189 12 Balod (NPP) 21165 22 Pendra (NP) 12397 13 Kumhari (NPP) 29756 23 Sirgitti (NP) 12520 14 Bemetra (NPP) 23315 24 Tifra (NP) 19541

15 RCUES, Lucknow S. No. Town Population S. No. Town Population 15 Jamul (NPP) 21640 25 Kharsiya (NPP) 17388 26 Sarangarh (NPP) 14459 23 Pankhajur (NP) 8022 27 Dharamjaigarh (NP) 13598 24 Aantagarh (NP) 512 6 28 Pathalgaon (NP) 13956 25 Bijapur (NP) 7286 29 Kunkuri (NP) 12006 26 Chuikhadan (NP) 6418 30 (NP) 11331 27 Aambagarh Chowki (NP) 8513 31 Katghora (NP) 18523 28 Pandatarai (NP) 5201 32 Surajpur (NPP) 16834 29 Sahaspur Lohara (NP) 5 332 33 Vishrampur (NP) 12376 30 Dhamdha (NP) 8577 34 Khogapani (NP) 17862 31 Patan (NP) 8812 35 Baikhundpur (NPP) 10077 32 Bilha (NP) 8988 36 Charcha (NPP) 15217 33 Khamariya (NP) 6799 37 Bhatgaon (NP) 11098 34 Gunderdehi (NP) 7383 35 Daudi (NP) 7438 Class V Towns 36 Daudilauhara (NP) 5263 1 Sukuma (NP) 9859 37 Navagarh (NP) 8515 2 (NP) 7774 38 Utai (NP) 8847 3 Kharora (NP) 7647 39 Chikhlakasa (NP) 6174 4 Lavan (NP) 7092 40 Sakri (NP) 8854 5 Palari (NP) 6258 41 Malhar (NP) 5738 6 Fingeshwar (NP) 7526 42 Ghargorha (NP) 8103 7 Kura (NP) 6732 43 Baramkela (NP) 5020 8 Tudara (NP) 6761 44 Sariya (NP) 6276 9 Gariyaband (NP) 9762 45 Leluga (NP) 6961 10 Mana-kemp (NP) 8347 46 Kotba (NP) 6054 11 Magarload (NP) 5190 47 Bagicha (NP) 7903 12 Bhakhara (NP) 6499 48 Naya bardwar (NP) 6231 13 Aamdi (NP) 6073 49 (NP) 8606 14 Pithoda (NP) 7934 50 (NP) 8107 15 Basna (NP) 8818 51 Dabra (NP) 6501 16 Tumgaon (NP) 5691 52 Adbar (NP) 6073 17 Bastar (NP) 8532 53 Jejepur (NP) 6034 18 Dantewara (NP) 6641 54 Saragaon (NP) 6146 19 Gidam (NP) 5899 55 Navagarh (NP) 7168 20 Barasur (NP) 5488 56 Chandrapur (NP) 6775 21 Bhanupratappur (NP) 6783 57 Rahaud (NP) 5504 16 RCUES, Lucknow S. No. Town Population S. No. Town Population 22 Charama (NP) 8871 58 Churikala (NP) 6772 59 Ramanujganj (NP) 9854 12 Gurur (NP) 3470 60 Sitapur (NP) 8265 13 Aarjunanda (NP) 4444 61 Kusumi (NP) 5666 14 Maro (NP) 3356 62 Bhatgaon (NP) 8228 15 Pithariya (NP) 4986 63 Jhagrakhand (NP) 7504 16 Sargaon (NP) 4431 64 Nai Ledri (NP) 6257 17 Kirodimalnagar (NP) 433 4 65 Vishrampuri (NP) 8189 18 Pusaur (NP) 4516 19 Pali (NP) 4762 Class VI Towns 20 Balrampur (NP) 3220 1 Chura (NP) 4869 21 Rajpur (NP) 3495 2 BiIlaigarh (NP) 4896 22 Pratabpur (NP) 3398 3 Keshkal (NP) 4073 23 Wadrafnagar (NP) 4472 4 Farasgaon (NP) 4866 24 Jarhi (NP) 4072 5 Churiya (NP) 3783 25 Konta (NP) 4419 6 Bodla (NP) 4240 26 Bhairamgarh (NP) 4512 7 Pipariya (NP) 3787 27 Premnagar (NP) 3920 8 Saja (NP) 4413 28 Bhopalpattnam (NP) 3286 9 Parpaudi (NP) 2747 29 Narharpur (NP) 3317 10 Devkar (NP) 4995 30 Dornapal (NP) 2919 11 Berla (NP) 3908 31 Lakhanpur (NP) 2814

Source: 1. Town Directory - Chhattisgarh, Census of , 2001 2. Department of Urban Administration & Development, Govt. of Chhattisgarh

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