Chhattisgarh is the 26th state of India located in central India. It has a population of over 25 million people and is known for its tourism industry and production of steel and electricity. The state has diverse geography, with forests covering 44% of the area and major rivers including the Mahanadi supporting agriculture.

2. Chhattisgarh, the 26th state of India is
famous for its tourism industry.
It is the 10th largest
state in India.

3. The population of the state is estimated as
25.5 million. Chhattisgarh is the 16th
most-populated state of the nation.

4. It shares its boundaries with Madhya Pradesh,
Maharashtra, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh,
Odisha, UttarPradesh and
Jharkhand.

5. It is a source of electricity and steel for
India. It produces 15% of the total
steel produced in the country.

6. It is the fastest-developing state comprising
27 districts. The most famous architectural
monuments are situated here in the
Apna Chhattisgarh.

7. The state has achieved economic, social
and industrial development in the
recent years.

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. 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.

12. 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.

13. The watershed of the Godavari River and its
tributary, the Indravati River contributes to
the southern part of the country.

14. The Mahanadi is the important river of the
state. The other main rivers are Hasdo
(a tributary of Mahanadi) and the
Rihand River.

15. Know more at:
http://apnachhattisgarh.in/