Chhattisgarh, the 26th state of India is famous for its tourism industry.

It is the 10th largest state in India.

The population of the state is estimated as 25.5 million. Chhattisgarh is the 16th

most-populated state of the nation.

It shares its boundaries with Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh,

Odisha, UttarPradesh and Jharkhand.

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

steel produced in the country.

It is the fastest-developing state comprising 27 districts. The most famous architectural

monuments are situated here in the Apna Chhattisgarh.

The state has achieved economic, social and industrial development in the

recent years.

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.

The van bhainsa, or wild water buffalo, mostly found in the southern part of the state is thestate animal. The state bird is pahari myna,

or hill myna. Sal (Sarai) tree found in Bastar division is the state tree.

In the northern part of the state lies the edge of the great Indo-Gangetic plain.

A tributary of the Ganges called theRihand tributary of the great

Ganges river flows through this area.

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.

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.

The watershed of the Godavari River and its tributary, the Indravati River contributes to

the southern part of the country.

The Mahanadi is the important river of the state. The other main rivers are Hasdo

(a tributary of Mahanadi) and the Rihand River.

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