Bastar

Bastar is a district located in the southern direction of Chhattisgarh State of India. The headquarters of this district and this division is Jagdalpur . Its area is 6596.90 square kilometers.

district is surrounded by Kondagaon, Dantewada, Sukma and Bijapur . The population of Bastar district was 14,13,199 in 2011, covering the present district of Kondagaon.

There were 6,98,487 men and 7,14,712 women. There are 70 percent tribal communities in the population of Bastar, such as Gond, Maria, Muriya, Bhatra, Halba, Dhruva community.

district has been divided into seven Blocks / Tehsil, Jagdalpur, Bastar, Bakavand, Lohandiguda, Tokakal, Darbha.  district is also rich in the natural resources and simple living style of tribal community . Bastar district is full of dense forests, high hills, waterfalls, caves and wild animals. The people of district are rich in rare artwork, liberal culture and innate nature.

Historically

Historically, Bastar region is described in the Ramayana epic as Dandakanya.

In Mahabharata ,it is described as part of the Kosala empire. In the year 450 AD, Nal king Bhavdutt Varman was ruled the Bastar region.

In the year 1324, the imperial empire of this was established by Maharaja Ananam Dev of Kakatiya Dynasty.

Following Maharaja Ananam Dev, Maharaja Hamir Dev, Baital Dev, Maharaja Purushottam Dev, Maharaj Pratap Dev, Dikpal Dev, Rajpal Dev ruled. The capital  was settled in the city, then transferred to Jagdalpur city.

The last rule in this was Maharaja Praveer Chandra Bhanj Dev (1936-1948) Maharaja Praveer Chandra Bhanj Deva was a popular ruler of all the communities of this.

The 70 percent of the total population of Bastar is tribal community, and 26.76 percent of the total tribal population of Chhattisgarh.

The tribal communities of this are mainly Gond, Maria, Muria, Bhadra, Halba, Dhurua community, and the large population of the tribal community of this still resides in dense forests.

Tribal communities of this are trained for their culture, art, festivals, natural life styles.

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