List of cities in Chhattisgarh by population

Urban Agglomeration

In the census of India 2011, an Urban Agglomeration has been defined as follows:^[1]

“An urban agglomeration is a continuous urban spread constituting a town and its adjoining outgrowths (OGs), or two or more physically contiguous towns together with or without outgrowths of such towns. An Urban Agglomeration must consist of at least a statutory town and its total population (i.e. all the constituents put together) should not be less than 20,000 as per the 2001 Census. In varying local conditions, there were similar other combinations which have been treated as urban agglomerations satisfying the basic condition of contiguity.”

Constituents of Urban Agglomerations in Chhattisgarh

The constituents of Urban Agglomerations in Chhattisgarh, with a population of 1 lakh or above, are noted below:^[2]

• Raipur Urban Agglomeration includes Raipur (M Corp.), Deopuri (OG), Boriakhurd (OG) and Birgaon (M).
• Bilaspur Urban Agglomeration includes Bilaspur (M Corp.), Ameri (OG), Uslapur (OG), Mangla (OG), Khamtrai (Partly OG), Behtrai (Partly OG), Mopka (Partly OG), Tifra (NP), Sirgiti (NP), Lingiyadih (CT) and Deori (CT)
• Durg-Bhilainagar Urban Agglomeration includes: Durg (M Corp.), Bhilai Nagar (M Corp.), Dumardih (part) (OG), Bhilai Charoda (M), Jamul (M), Kumhari (M) and Utai (NP).
• Korba Urban Agglomeration includes: Korba (M Corp.) and Dondro (partly OG).
• Raigarh Urban Agglomeration includes Raigarh (M Corp.), Boirdadar (OG), Benderchua (OG), Bade Attarmuda (OG), Amlibhauna (OG), Kalmi (partly OG), Bhagwanpur (OG) and Kishanpur (partly OG).
• Ambikapur Urban Agglomeration includes Ambikapur (M Corp.), Nawagarh (OG), Bhagawanpur Khurd (OG) and Shubhashnagar (OG).
• Dhamtari Urban Agglomeration includes: Dhamtari (M), Ratna Bandha (OG), Rudri (OG), Shyamatarai (OG) and Arjuni (OG).
  • Mahasamund Urban Agglomeration includes : Mahasamund (M), Bemcha(OG), Kharora(OG), Machewa(OG), Khaira(OG), Baronda(OG), Labhra(OG), Parsada(OG).

Abbreviations: M Corp. = Municipal corporation, M= Municipality, NP = Nagar panchayat, CT = Census town, OG= Out Growth

Urban Agglomeration constituents

Urban Agglomerations constituents with a population above 100,000 as per 2011 census are shown in the table below.^[3]

Urban Agglomeration	Name of Constituent	District	Type*	Population 2011	Male	Female	Population below 5 yrs	Literacy Rate
Raipur	Raipur	Raipur district	M Corp.	1,010,087	519,286	490,801	124,471	86.90
Durg - Bhilai	Durg - Bhilai	Durg district	M Corp.2	894376	458791	435585	82175	175.17
Bilaspur	Bilaspur	Bilaspur district	M Corp.	330,106	169,738	160,368	36,448	88.76
Korba	Korba	Korba district	M Corp.	363,210	188,514	174,606	45,354	84.28
Rajnandgaon	Rajnandgaon district	Rajnandgaon district	M Corp.	263122	131,249	131,873	45000	95.94
Raigarh	Raigarh	Raigarh district	M Corp.	100,097	70,234	66,863	16,576	87.55
Jagdalpur	Jagdalpur	Bastar district	M Corp.	125,345	63,910	61,435	13,804	85.44
Ambikapur	Ambikapur	Surguja district	M Corp.	114,575	59,673	54,902	12,995	88,20
Chirmiri	Chirmiri	Koriya district	M Corp.	103,575	52,673	54,902	12,995	88,80
Pakhanjore	Pakhanjore	kanker district	M	14,2240	72869	69371		86.86
Dhamtari	Dhamtari	Dhamtari district	M
Mahasamund	Mahasamund	Mahasamund district	M	96850				85%

References

1. "Urban Agglomerations and Cities" (PDF). Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011. Retrieved 2012-04-16.
2. "Constituents of urban Agglomerations Having Population 1 Lakh & above" (PDF). Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011. Retrieved 2012-04-16.
3. "Cities having population 1 lakh and above" (PDF). Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011. Retrieved 2012-04-16.