Bijapur district

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Bijapur district is an administrative district in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh, known for its dense forests, tribal population, and location within the mineral-rich but insurgency-affected Bastar region.

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Bijapur district canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf district
administrativeSubdivisionOf Chhattisgarh
borderState Andhra Pradesh
Maharashtra
Telangana
country India
governingBody Bijapur district administration
hasAdministrativeHeadquarters Bijapur
linked to: Vijayapura
hasClimate tropical climate
hasDemographicCharacteristic high proportion of Scheduled Tribes
hasDevelopmentChallenge limited infrastructure
low literacy rate
hasDevelopmentProgram government tribal welfare schemes
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
forestry
mining
hasFeature low population density
rural character
hasForestType tropical deciduous forest
hasLandCover forest
hasLawEnforcementAgency Bijapur district police
hasMajorCommunity Gond tribe
other Adivasi groups
hasNaturalResource coal
iron ore
other minerals
hasRiver Indravati River
linked to: Indravati
hasSector primary education
public health
hasSecurityIssue Naxalite–Maoist insurgency
hasSecurityPresence paramilitary forces
hasTransportMode road
isInsurgencyAffected yes
knownFor dense forests
mineral resources
tribal population
languageSpoken Chhattisgarhi
Gondi
Hindi
locatedIn central India
locatedInTimeZone Indian Standard Time
partOf Bastar division
linked to: Bastar region

Red Corridor
region Bastar region
state Chhattisgarh
utcOffset +05:30

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Bastar region contains Bijapur district
Indravati National Park locatedIn Bijapur district
Dantewada district borderedBy Bijapur district
Raipur division hasDistrict Bijapur district