Jashpur District
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Jashpur District in the state of Chhattisgarh in India is divided in two parts from the geographical point of views. The hilly belt — the northern part — running from Loroghat Kastura, Narayanpur, Bagicha up to the Surguja district. This belt having forest area. It has a reserve forest also. It covers the Sanna, Bagicha and narayanpur. This area is called upper ghat. Upper ghat is climbed through Loroghat. Loroghat is about 4 km in length and there are three turnings that are very dangerous. The remaining southern part is called Nichghat. In Jashpur Raigarh road there are two more ghats, Jhanda bhat before Kansabel and Belaghat after Kansabel. Both are of climbing.
The North-South length of this district is about 150 km, and its East-West breadth is about 85 km. Its total area is 6,205 km². It lies in the northern corner of Chhattisgarh adjoining the border of Bihar, Jharkhand, and Orissa in the eastern side. It is between 22° 17′ and 23° 15′ North latitude and 83° 30′ and 84° 24′ East longitude. The upper ghat is an extension plateau covering 1384 km² which is about 1200 meters above sea level and is covered a dense forest. The elevated plateau called "Pat" Nichghat is flat in general. But it also has many big mountains. Kunkuri is the hottest region in Nichghat during the summer and Pandrapat is the coldest region in uppar ghat in the winter.
The main towns situated on the national highway (N.H.78) are Ludam, Gholeng, and Jashpur in the Upper ghat and Kunkuri, Bandarchuwan, Kansabel, Ludeg, and Patthalgaon. The roads running from Jashpur H.Q are:
- Jashpur Ranchi.
- Jashpur Ambikapur via Manora, Kusmi (170).
- Jashpur Ambikapur via Sanna Bagicha (170 km). These 2 and 3 are not all weather road.
- Jashpur Ambikapur via Kunkuri, patthalgaon (200 km).
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| Capital | Raipur |
| Districts | Bastar | Bilaspur | Dantewada | Dhamtari | Durg | Janjgir-Champa | Jashpur | Kanker | Kawardha | Korba | Korea | Mahasamund | Raigarh | Raipur | Rajnandgaon | Surguja |
